National Health Service Acts Create UK Public Health System, July 5, 1948
Date: July 5, 1948
Date: July 5, 1948
The Semiramis Hotel bombing kills at least 23 people. Date: January 5, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 5 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Edvard BeneΕ‘ Resigns as Czechoslovak President, Communist State Formed June 7, 1948UN Security Council Adopts Kashmir…
In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre. Date: April 13, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 13 π Events on this…
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 1948Finno-Soviet Treaty Signed in Moscow, April 6, 1948Irgun and Lehi Attack Deir Yassin,…
Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London. Date: July 29, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 29 π Events on this…
Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard. Date: August 29, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 29 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Deutsche Mark Introduced in Western Germany, Berlin Blockade Follows June 20, 1948NASCAR…
The 1948 Accra riots erupt following a march by ex-servicemen of the Gold Coast Regiment towards the seat of the colonial government at Christiansborg Castle, where they were fired upon by Superintendant Colin Imray, leading to the killing of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey and the arrest of the Big Six in…