Year 48 was a leap year starting on Monay (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Trivia about 48

  • States in the United States in 1945
  • 4 x 12
  • In 1910 there were 46 U.S. states; 10 years later there were this many
  • Number of stars on American flag raised at Iwo Jima
  • Total number of stars on the U.S. flag in 1957
  • During WWII, the total number of stars on the U.S. flag
  • Number of stars in U.S. flag raised over Iwo Jima
  • It's 4 cubed minus 4 squared
  • You shouldn't have to count to know it's the number of stars on the flag seen here
  • If Tom's picket fence used 3"-wide pickets, he'd need this many edge to edge to cover a 12' length
  • With a regular deck of cards, you can play 52 Pick-Up; with a pinochle deck, only this many pick-up
  • From 1912 to 1959 there were this many states in the United States
  • Jasper Johns' 1958 work "Three Flags" shows 3 U.S. flags when they had this many stars
  • Total number of regulation minutes in most high school football games
  • "____ Hours Mystery"
  • If Queen Beatrix had a potter who could make 3 vases a day, it would take him this long to make a gross
  • Number of stars on the U.S. flag for the longest period of time
  • You play gin with 52 catrds but pinochle with this many