Date: June 25, 1948
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker magazine. 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 1948Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Assassination Sparks Bogotazo Riot in Colombia, April 9, 1948British…
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 1948Cold War: Communist Forces Challenge Deutsche Mark in Berlin, April…
The Al-Waziri coup briefly ousts the ruling Hamidaddin dynasty of Yemen; Imam Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din is killed. Date: February 17, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Cold War: Start of Berlin Blockade, Soviet…
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 1948First Commercial…
The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Date: March 25, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Igor Stravinsky Conducts Orpheus Premiere at New York City…
Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament. Date: July 14, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Published in The New Yorker,…