US Consul-General Thomas C. Wasson Assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel, May 23, 1948

Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi releases Yrjö 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 → 📅 Other events on May…

Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade. Date: June 26, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Israel Declares Independence, Provisional Government Established, 1948 Arab-Israeli War Begins May…

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 → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. Date: June 28, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Athenagoras I Enthroned as Ecumenical Patriarch…

National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom. Date: July 5, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948International Council on Archives Founded Under UNESCO, June 9, 1948United Nations…