The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula. Date: August 15, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers known as Beaver drop occurred. This program relocated beavers from Northwestern Idaho to Central Idaho by airplane and then parachuting the beavers into the Chamberlain Basin . Date: August 14, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events…
Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police. Date: August 12, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as The Candid Microphone. Date: August 10, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. Date: August 3, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated. Date: July 31, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London. Date: July 29, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this…
U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States. Date: July 26, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. Date: July 16, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day…