Operation Polo Ends as Hyderabad Army Surrenders, September 18, 1948
Date: September 18, 1948
Date: September 18, 1948
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…
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. Supreme Court Rules…
Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. Date: October 28, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Kfar Etzion Massacre in…
Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Date: July 16, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. Date: February 4, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Deadly Donora Smog Event Kills 20, Sickens Thousands – October 27, 1948Columbia Records Introduces…
National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom. Date: July 5, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948King George VI Renounces Emperor of India Title, June 22, 1948Organization…