The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
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The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.
The Day of the Tiles took place.
King Kamehameha III of Hawaii signed the Declaration of Rights, which was a significant movement away from the country's 'ancient ways.'
During the Great Plague of London, infected persons' homes were marked with crosses.
Vatican City signed the Lateran Treaty making it an independent state.
