WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1948
Find out what all happened January to August 1948

Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the explusion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla. (12. July 1948)

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

Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO. (7. January 1948)

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

Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. (10. August 1948)

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

Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia. (22. February 1948)

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

Chiang Kai-shek is elected as the first President of the Republic of China. (20. May 1948)

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

World Council of Churches is formed. (23. August 1948)

A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. (17. June 1948)

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

A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead. (7. April 1948)

Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known for his non-violent freedom struggle, is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. (30. January 1948)

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

The Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO. (17. March 1948)

The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. (26. May 1948)