Fatto matematico: 1948 is the number of 4×4 sliding puzzle positions that require exactly 10 moves to solve starting with the hole in a corner.
Trivia: 1948 is an uninteresting number.
Data storica: May 1st is the day in 1900 that the Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.