World Health Organization Established by United Nations April 7, 1948
Date: April 7, 1948
Date: April 7, 1948
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. Date: May 3, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
ArabโIsraeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces. Date: April 22, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 22 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1948KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation Crashes Near Glasgow, 40 Killed – October 20, 1948Soviet…
The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel. Date: September 17, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today) More…
Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives". The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India. Date: January 30, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 30…
Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi releases Yrjรถ Leino from his duties as interior minister after the Finnish parliament adopted a motion of censure of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen people to the Soviet Union in 1945. Date: May 22, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May…
Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned. Date: November 1, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Official Establishment of North Korea, July 10, 1948Paul Hermann Mรผller Wins Nobel Prize for DDT Discovery, October…