First Commercial Aircraft Hijacking: Miss Macao Seaplane Storming July 16, 1948
Date: July 16, 1948
Date: July 16, 1948
The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions. Date: June 25, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 25 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Ben-Gurion…
The official establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).:β121 Date: July 10, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 10 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Tito-Stalin Split Expels Yugoslav Communists from Cominform, June 28, 1948Burma Gains Independence from…
The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF). Date: July 8, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 8 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Cold War Begins: First Berlin Airlift…
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 β π Other events on July 26 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Cold War: Start of Berlin Blockade, Soviet Restricts West…
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…
Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the TitoβStalin split. Date: March 18, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 18 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Egypt Captures Yad Mordechai in Arab-Israeli War May 24, 1948Tito-Stalin Split Expels Yugoslav…