WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1948
Find out what all happened February to October 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)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is struck from the naval record. (12. August 1948)

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

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

The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. (18. May 1948)

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

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

The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union. (17. September 1948)

Deputy Primer Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into the Hyderabad to integrate it with Indian Union. (13. September 1948)

The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. (25. August 1948)

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

The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north. (15. August 1948)

Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah's death. (12. September 1948)

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

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

Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine. (26. June 1948)

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

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

Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. (24. June 1948)

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