Historical Events In 1948

May 10 Winston Churchill visits The Hague

May 17 Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha & Telel-Kadi

May 11 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa

May 18 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus

May 14 US grants Israel de facto recognition

May 08 Bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours

May 15 Bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five

May 26 Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers

May 14 Jewish provisional government formed as British Mandate for Palestine ends

May 01 North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea

May 12 Queen Wilhelmina resigns

May 16 Egyptians enter the Gaza

May 23 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive homeruns

May 23 Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel

May 26 South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy

May 03 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener &Tennessee Williams

May 16 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece

May 14 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak

May 18 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

May 16 Chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel

May 05 The first air squadron of jets aboard a carrier

May 20 The first use of Israeli Air Force & first war victory, defeating Syrian army

May 01 Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"

May 07 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death

May 05 Belgian Government of Spaak resigns

May 11 Luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy

May 10 The first attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel

May 24 The USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West

May 14 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's first broadcast

May 15 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record

May 27 Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid

Jul 09 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleve

Jul 23 USS Putnum (DD-757) evacuates U.N. team from Haifa, Israel and becomes first U.S. Navy ship to fly the U.N. flag.

Jul 17 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro

Jul 01 Berlin Airlift, supplying Berlin's zones by air

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