Council of Europe Founded at Hague Congress, May 7, 1948
Date: May 7, 1948
Date: May 7, 1948
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 β π Other events on April 13 π Events on this…
Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi releases YrjΓΆ 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 β π Other events on May…
The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. Date: May 26, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 26 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Finno-Soviet Treaty…
ArabβIsraeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later. Date: May 24, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 24 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day…
The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta. Date: February 19, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Thomas Mantell UFO Pursuit Crash, January 7, 1948Renville…
Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist terror groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100 Palestinians. Date: April 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 9 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19481948 Arab-Israeli War Begins with Arab Invasion…