WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1948
Find out what all happened August to December 1948

Safsaf massacre. (29. October 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)

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

Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned. (1. November 1948)

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

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

Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. (23. December 1948)

Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. (13. September 1948)

In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II. (5. 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 F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). (15. September 1948)

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

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

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

The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award. (30. December 1948)

Taman Shud Case: The body of an unidentified man is found in Adelaide, Australia, involving an undetectable poison and a secret code in a very rare book; the case remains unsolved and is "one of Australia's most profound mysteries." (1. December 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 DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida. (28. December 1948)

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