WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1948
Find out what all happened February to April 1948

Cold War: Berlin Airlift — Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin. (1. April 1948)

In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre. (3. April 1948)

President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. (3. April 1948)

Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. (4. February 1948)

The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta. (19. February 1948)

Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark. (1. April 1948)

The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened. (27. March 1948)

1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces. (22. April 1948)

Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia. (22. February 1948)

The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (25. March 1948)

In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established. (30. April 1948)

Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center. (28. April 1948)

The Hadassah medical convoy massacre: In an ambush, 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital and a British soldier are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem. (13. April 1948)

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia known as La violencia. (9. April 1948)

The Communist Party takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic ends. (25. February 1948)

Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100. (9. April 1948)

Soviet consultants left Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito-Stalin split. (18. March 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. (20. March 1948)

The formal creation of the Korean People's Army of North Korea is announced. (8. February 1948)

The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. (7. April 1948)