United Airlines Flight 624 Crash Near Mount Carmel June 17, 1948
Date: June 17, 1948
Date: June 17, 1948
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…
Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5Β billion in aid for 16 countries. Date: April 3, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 3 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Columbia Records Introduces Long-Playing Record Album at…
The 1948 Accra riots erupt following a march by ex-servicemen of the Gold Coast Regiment towards the seat of the colonial government at Christiansborg Castle, where they were fired upon by Superintendant Colin Imray, leading to the killing of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey and the arrest of the Big Six in…
The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF). Date: July 8, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 8 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Finno-Soviet Treaty Signed in Moscow April…
Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel. Date: May 23, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 23 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Al-Waziri Coup Ousts Yemenβs Hamidaddin Dynasty, Imam Yahya Killed – February 17, 1948Anti-Jewish Riots…
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted. Date: April 21, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 21 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948British Railways Nationalized, January 1, 1948Burma Gains Independence from United Kingdom, Becomes Republic…