WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1948
Find out what all happened August to November 1948

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

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

Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army General Su Yu launches a massive offensive toward Xuzhou, defended by seven different armies under the Suppression General Headquarter of Xuzhou Garrison, the Huaihai Campaign. The largest operational campaign of the Chinese Civil War begins. (6. November 1948)

The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel. (17. September 1948)

The Honda Motor Company is founded. (24. September 1948)

Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten. (18. September 1948)

Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies. (18. 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)

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

Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands. (6. September 1948)

In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II. (12. November 1948)

The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000. (5. October 1948)

Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of Nizam's Army. (18. September 1948)

Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people die as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks. (1. November 1948)

Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (9. September 1948)

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons. (4. September 1948)

Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. (3. August 1948)

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

Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. (27. October 1948)