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| 1947 |
| | | French designer Christian Dior introduces the 'New Look', a lavish feminine style of dress welcomed by all after wartime austerity | |
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| 1948 |
| | | US zoologist Alfred Charles Kinsey publishes some unexpected findings in his Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The British government advertises in Jamaica for people to come and work in Britain | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The Morris Minor is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes one of Britain's best-selling cars | |
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| 1948 |
| | | US novelist and poet Jack Kerouac coins a term for his contemporaries, the Beat Generation | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The National Health Service comes into effect in Britain, providing free medical, dental and hospital services for the entire population | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Daniel Malan moves swiftly to reinforce apartheid, South Africa's already existing system of racial segregation | |
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| 1948 |
| | | 700,000 Palestinian Arabs flee from their homes in Israel and become refugees | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Prime minister Ben Chifley sees Australia's first mass-produced car, the Holden, roll off the production line | |
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| 1949 |
| | | French author Simone de Beauvoir publishes The Second Sex, a widely influential feminist polemic | |
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