Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency. Date: June 16, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO. Date: June 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Edvard Beneลก resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state. Date: June 7, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place. Date: June 7, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded. Date: May 29, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Daniel Franรงois Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid. Date: May 28, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 28 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 26 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)
ArabโIsraeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later. Date: May 24, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day…
Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel. Date: May 23, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 23 ๐ Events on this day in 1948 ๐ On This Day (Today)