Date: April 13, 1948
The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. Date: April 7, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Cold War: Start of Berlin Blockade, Soviet Restricts West Berlin Access June 24, 1948Malayan Communist…
In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre. Date: April 13, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this…
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing. Date: May 20, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard. Date: August 29, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Assassination Sparks Bogotazo Riot in Colombia, April 9, 1948Semiramis…
USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships. Date: July 31, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day…
The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways. Date: January 1, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Paasikivi Dismisses Yrjö Leino After Censure, May 22, 1948NASCAR Incorporated February 21, 1948Last Soviet Troops…