Date: July 16, 1948
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 1948Hadassah Medical Convoy Massacre in Sheikh Jarrah – April 13, 1948Faroe Islands…
A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, eventually killing 20 and sickening thousands. Date: October 27, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Published in The New Yorker, June 26,…
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…
A KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation crashes on approach to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, killing 40. Date: October 20, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal Sentences Seven to Death, November 12, 1948Margaret…
Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid. Date: May 28, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Athenagoras I Enthroned as Ecumenical Patriarch of…
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker magazine. 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 1948U.S. Congress Establishes Civil Air Patrol as Air Force Auxiliary, May 26,…