1948 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1948?
- January 4, 1948 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- January 21, 1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
- February 10, 1948 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
- February 22, 1948 – Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia.
- March 20, 1948 – 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.
- March 27, 1948 – The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.
- April 1, 1948 – Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
- April 19, 1948 – Burma (now Myanmar) joins the United Nations.
- May 20, 1948 – Chiang Kai-shek elected to be the first President of the Republic of China.
- June 24, 1948 – Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
- July 5, 1948 – National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom
- July 8, 1948 – The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
- August 3, 1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- August 25, 1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: “Confrontation Day” between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
- September 4, 1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
- September 9, 1948 – Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
- September 17, 1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
- September 24, 1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
- October 29, 1948 – Safsaf massacre.
- November 6, 1948 – Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army General Su Yu launched a massive offensive toward Xuzhou, defended by seven different armies under the Suppression General Headquarter of Xuzhou Garrison, the Huaihai Campaign, the largest operational campaign of the Chinese Civil War begins.
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