72 events found for 1948
The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF).
The official establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).: 121
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to…
The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific…
U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer…
At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is…
USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and…
Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as The Candid Microphone.
Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police.
An Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers known as Beaver drop occurred. This program relocated…
The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula.
Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin is expelled by the United States, due to the Kasenkina Case.
The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day"…
Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.