Stravinsky Conducts Premiere of Orpheus Ballet in New York City Center, April 28, 1948

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 1948Accra Riots, Gold Coast Regiment, Big Six Arrested – February 28, 1948Faroe Islands Gain Autonomy from Denmark, April 1,…

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…

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 → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this…

United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. Date: June 17, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Finnish President Dismisses Interior Minister Yrjö Leino…

Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel, thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Date: May 15, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)…