Last Soviet Troops Withdraw from North Korea December 26, 1948

The flag of North Korea is adopted with the passing of the country's first constitution by the Supreme People's Assembly. Date: September 8, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Al-Waziri Coup Ousts Yemen’s Hamidaddin…

The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom. Date: June 22, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic. Date: January 4, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Organization of European Economic Co-operation Formed April 16, 1948Operation Polo Ends as Hyderabad…

Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Date: September 13, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

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…

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…