First Successful Tornado Forecast Predicts Tinker Air Force Base Tornado, March 25, 1948
Date: March 25, 1948
Date: March 25, 1948
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 1948Deir Yassin Massacre by…
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. Date: May 3, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Egypt…
The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. Date: August 25, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Northwest Airlines Flight 421 Crashes in Wisconsin,…
The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries. Date: August 23, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Athenagoras I Enthroned as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, November 1, 1948Truman Signs…
Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. Date: June 28, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948US Air Force Accepts First Female…