Columbia Records Introduces Long-Playing Record Album at Waldorf-Astoria June 18, 1948
Date: June 18, 1948
Date: June 18, 1948
ArabβIsraeli 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 β π Other events on May 24 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day…
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…
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 β π Other events on August 14 π Events…
Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. Date: December 23, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 23 π Events on this day in 1948 π On…
United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. Date: June 17, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 17 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948North Carolina Monument Honoring Three U.S. Presidents…
The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 80 kilometres (50Β mi) south of Miami. Date: December 28, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 28 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948First Successful Tornado Forecast at Tinker Air Force Base, March 25, 1948Nizam of Hyderabad…