United Nations Truce Supervision Organization Founded May 29, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later. Date: May 24, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day…

With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC. Date: March 20, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade. 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 1948Al-Waziri Coup Ousts Yemen’s Hamidaddin Dynasty, February 17, 1948Deutsche Mark Introduced…

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…

Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad. Date: September 18, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948Organization of American States Established in Bogotá, Colombia, April…

Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra. Date: December 22, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1948First Successful Tornado Forecast at Tinker…