Explore 3061 historical events from 1940–1949.
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 is an Act of the Oireachtas which declares that the description of Ireland is the Republic of Ireland, and vests in the president of Ireland the po…
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 came into force, describing Ireland as a republic and ending its membership in the Comm
Lorenzo Abrogar Gamboa was a Filipino-American man who was excluded from Australia under the White Australia policy, despite having an Australian wife and children. His treatment s…
In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian speculative fiction novel by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final c…
Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional total
Francisco Javier Arana Castro was a Guatemalan military leader and one of the three members of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 du…
Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of…
A jet airliner or jetliner is an airliner powered by jet engines. Airliners usually have two or four jet engines; three-engined designs were popular in the 1970s but became less co…
The world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, the de Havilland Comet, had its maiden flight.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on 21 April 1948, concerns the resolution of the Kashmir conflict. After hearing arguments from both India and Pakistan, the …
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers o…
Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center
The Council of Europe is an international organisation which aims to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergover…
The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for fo…
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world t…
The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civi…
Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces
Thomas Campbell Wasson was an American diplomat who was assassinated while serving as the Consul General for the United States in Jerusalem. He was also a member of the United Nati…
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Daniël François Malan was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The National Party implemented the system of aparthe…
Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United St
Bogotá is the capital and largest city of Colombia. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding dep…
In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The U
Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe created in 1918, as Czecho-Slovakia, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the…
Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civi…
Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre occurs, a day prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence
The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, was proclaimed at the Tel Aviv Museum on 14 May 1948, at the end of t…
Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established
Shirley Hardie Jackson was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels…
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker magazine
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, statesman, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on…
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
The National Health Service (NHS) is the collective term for the four separate publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS …
National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
Mandatory Palestine, officially known as Palestine, was a British administrative territory between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine. From 1922, under the terms of the Leagu…
Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq a
Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 and head of the Nationalist government f…
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first Preside