WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1948
Find out what all happened January to July 1948

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

Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater. (8. June 1948)

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

The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport". (28. July 1948)

The Constitution of Italy comes into force. (1. January 1948)

Burma joins the United Nations. (19. 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)

Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era. (28. June 1948)

Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament. (14. July 1948)

Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel. (23. May 1948)

Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom. (4. January 1948)

At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated. (31. 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)

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)

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. (24. May 1948)

A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon, within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless. (30. May 1948)

Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York. (21. June 1948)

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

Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO. (9. June 1948)

Creation of the United Nations peacekeeping force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. (29. May 1948)