WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1948
Find out what all happened February to July 1948

Following the demise of the British Mandate of Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. (15. May 1948)

U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States. (26. July 1948)

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

1948 Arab-Israeli War: the Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14. (13. May 1948)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships. (31. July 1948)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan. (1. July 1948)

The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions" granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991. (10. May 1948)

National Health Service Acts creates the national public health systems in the United Kingdom (5. July 1948)

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

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

The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. (18. May 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)

Burma joins the United Nations. (19. April 1948)

Edvard Beneš resigned as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state. (7. June 1948)

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader. (1. May 1948)

The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress. (7. May 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 Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta. (19. February 1948)

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

The Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc. (28. June 1948)