Czechoslovakia Ninth-of-May Constitution Comes Into Effect, May 9, 1948
Date: May 9, 1948
Date: May 9, 1948
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 1948U.S. Congress…
A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board. Date: October 30, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament. Date: July 14, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Tito-Stalin Split Expels Yugoslav Communists from Cominform, June 28,…
The Genocide Convention is adopted. Date: December 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Kfar Etzion Massacre in Arab-Israeli War, May 13, 1948Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Soviet Spy Activity, August 3, 1948Cold…
The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways. Date: January 1, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Finnish Security Police Established to Remove Communist Leadership, December 17, 1948Egypt Captures Yad Mordechai in…
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 1948U.S. Congress Establishes Civil…