Soviet Consultants Leave Yugoslavia, First Sign of Tito-Stalin Split, March 18, 1948

Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency. Date: June 16, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948International Council…

William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. Date: June 26, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948United Airlines Flight 624 Crash Near Mount Carmel June 17,…

The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. Date: April 7, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948US Consul-General Thomas C. Wasson Assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel, May 23, 1948Hadassah Medical Convoy Massacre…

Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect. Date: May 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Council of Europe Founded at Hague Congress, May 7, 1948Official Establishment of North Korea, July 10, 1948Shirley Jackson’s “The…

Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the Deutsche Mark will be introduced in western Germany and West Berlin. Over the next six days, Communists increasingly restrict access to Berlin.[citation needed] Date: June 18, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day…

Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark. Date: April 1, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Egypt Captures Yad Mordechai in Arab-Israeli War May 24, 1948Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Published in The New Yorker, June…