Burma Gains Independence from United Kingdom, Becomes Republic – January 4, 1948
Date: January 4, 1948
Date: January 4, 1948
Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives". The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India. Date: January 30, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 30…
William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. Date: June 26, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 26 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Soviet Consultants Leave Yugoslavia, First Sign of Tito-Stalin Split, March…
The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified. Date: January 17, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 17 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Paasikivi Dismisses YrjΓΆ Leino After Censure, May 22, 1948Anti-Jewish Riots in Oujda and Jerada, June…
Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 ArabβIsraeli War. Date: May 14, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 14 π Events on this day in 1948 π On…
The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. Date: May 26, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 26 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Treaty of…
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan. Date: July 1, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 1 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948HMT Empire Windrush Brings First West Indian Immigrants to UK, June 22,…