WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1948
Find out what all happened February to June 1948

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut. (20. June 1948)

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

NASCAR is incorporated. (21. February 1948)

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

William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. (26. June 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)

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)

The Berlin airlift begins. (25. June 1948)

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