![Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the Deutsche Mark will be introduced in western Germany and West Berlin. Over the next six days, Communists increasingly restrict access to Berlin.[citation needed]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/GIF_of_Series_4_of_Deutsche_Mark_Banknotes.gif/330px-GIF_of_Series_4_of_Deutsche_Mark_Banknotes.gif)
Date: June 18, 1948
The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo. Date: September 15, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Finnish Security Police Established to Remove Communist…
NASCAR is incorporated. Date: February 21, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948UN Passes Resolution 194 to Mediate Arab-Israeli War, December 11, 1948Deir Yassin Massacre by Irgun and Lehi, April 9, 1948U.S. Congress Passes…
A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless. Date: May 30, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Egypt Captures…
Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO. Date: January 7, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Indian Army Captures Aurangabad in Operation Polo, September 14, 1948First…
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia. Date: April 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948F-86 Sabre Sets World…
With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC. Date: March 20, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)…