1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1948 - Events. 1948 - January-February. January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution. January 4 - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom. January 5 - Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tou ...

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1948 - January-February. January 2 - Mary Archer, British scientist January 2 - Deborah Watling, British actress January 7 - Kenny Loggins, American singer January 10 - Donald Fagen, American keyboardist January 10 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist January 14 - Carl Weathers, American football player and actor January 14 - T-Bone Burnett, American record producer and musician January 15 - Ronnie Van Zant, American musician (d. 1977) Janu ...

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The first F-series truck from Ford was introduced in 1948, replacing the company's previous car-based pickup line. It was a modern-looking truck with a one-piece windshield and integrated headlights. The F-series was available as three models: F-1 - half-ton F-2 - three-quarter-ton F-3 - Heavy Duty Engines: 1948-1950 - 226 in³ (3.7 L) straight-six, 95 hp (71 kW) 1948-1952 - 239 in³ (3.9 L) Flathead V8, 100 hp (74.6 kW) 1951-1952 - 215 in³ (3.5 L) stra ...

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Ford F-Series, Ford F-Series - 1948, Ford F-Series - 1953, Ford F-Series - 1957, Ford F-Series - 1961, Ford F-Series - 1967, Ford F-Series - 1973, Ford F-Series - 1980, Ford F-Series - 1987, Ford F-Series - 1992, Ford F-Series - 1997, Ford F-Series - 2004, Ford F-Series - 2005

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In 1945, after WWII, Communist Yugoslavia was formed, and Montenegro was proclaimed as one of its constituent republics. The 1948 and following censa were taken by the Republic of Montenegro. Total: 377,189 inhabitants Serbs: 6,707 or 1.78% Montenegrins: 342,009 or 90.67% Albanians: 19,425 or 5.15% Croats: 6,808 or 1.8% Practically all people who have in former censa declared themselves as havin ...

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The Deir Yassin events began with an attack on April 9, 1948, in which several Jewish armed factions seized and occupied the Arab town of Deir Yassin, simultaneous with Jewish attempts to break the siege of western Jerusalem, although the levels of provocation, military necessity and authority justifying the action remain controversial.The village had previously entered into a non-agression pact with Israel. During the takeover or related holding of the village, according to conclusions drawn from villager oral histories in a 1998 study by B ...

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The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the "War of Independence" (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) or as the "War of Liberation" (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. For Palestinians, the war marked the beginning of the events referred to as "The Catastrophe" ("al Nakba," Arabic: النكبة ). It was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. It established the state of Israel as an independent state, dividing the remaining areas of the British Mandate of Palestine into areas co ...

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1948 Arab-Israeli War - Phases of the War
1948 Arab-Israeli War - First phase: November 29 1947 - April 1 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Second phase: April 1 1948 - May 15 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Third phase: May 15 1948 - June 11 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War - First truce: June 11 1948 - July 8 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Fourth phase: July 8 1948 - July 18 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Second truce: July 18 1948 - October 15 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Fifth phase: October 15 1948 - July 20 1949
1948 Arab-Israeli War - Aftermath
1948 Arab-Israeli War - 1949 Armistice Agreements 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Casualties 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Demographic outcome
1948 Arab-Israeli War - Footnotes

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1948 in baseball - January-March. 1948 in baseball - April-June. 1948 in baseball - July-September. 1948 in baseball - October-December. ...

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Danna was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Besides name of the village, danna also means a man who had adopted a formal relationship with a geisha in Japan (please see Memoirs of a Geisha for further details). See also. List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war ...

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1948 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves (4-2) All-Star Game, July 13 at Sportsman's Park: American League, 5-2 1948 in baseball - Other champions. College World Series: USC Little League World Series: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Negro League World Series: Homestead G ...

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1948 in aviation - January. January 17 - BOAC begins to replace flying boat routes with the Lockheed Constellation 1948 in aviation - March. the Israeli Air Force is formed, with the new state of Israel March 10 - VF-5 becomes the first US Navy carrier squadron to be equipped with jets. March 19 - BOAC extends its Hong Kong service to Japan March 23 - Grp Cpt John Cunningham sets a new world altitude record of 59,446 ft (18,119 m) i ...

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March March 10 - FJ Fury with VF-1 aboard USS Boxer May May 5 - FH Phantom with VF-17 aboard USS Saipan June June 1 - Convair 240 with American Airlines November B-45 Tornado with the 47th Bombardment Wing ...

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February February 22 - LWD Junak March March 5 - XF-87 Blackhawk March 9 - Gloster E.1/44 May May 7 - Tupolev Tu-78 July July 3 - Douglas XAJ-1 July 8 - Ilyushin Il-28 July 16 - Vickers Viscount August Lavochkin La-174D, prototype of the La-15 August 16 - Northrop XF-89 August 23 - XF-85 Goblin September September 1 - Saab J-29R, Sweden's first jet September 18 - Convai ...

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1948 in South Africa - March. 13 March - Dr K. Goonam led a batch of twelve passive resisters across the Natal-Transvaal border 1948 in South Africa - June. 4 June Daniel François Malan is elected the 5th Prime Minister of South Africa ...

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1 special election held due to death of John H. Overton (D-LA) 2 special election held due to death of Harlan J. Bushfield (R-SD) ...

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U.S. Senate election 1948, U.S. Senate election 1948 - Senate contests in 1948, U.S. Senate election 1948 - Senate composition before and after elections

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1948 Arab-Israeli War - First phase: November 29 1947 - April 1 1948. Right after the UN partition plan was approved, joint Jordanian, Egyptian, Syrian, Lebanese and Iraqi troops invaded Palestine, which Israel, the United States, the Soviet Union, and UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie called illegal aggression. The British Army frequently intervened, but as the end of British involvement in Palestine drew nearer and attacks on them by Irgun and Lehi increased, their intervention grew steadily more inconsistent and ...

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1948 Arab-Israeli War - First phase: November 29 1947 - April 1 1948. In the twelve days following the UN decision 79 jews were killed by Palestinians, on Nov 30 seven were killed in an attack on a Jerusalem bound bus, and on Dec 2, a mob of Palestinians looted jewish-owned shops in Jerusalem and killed two. The British, who were responible for law and order did not always enforce it, sometimes they would disarm Jewish defense brigades who would then be attacked by Palestinians. The Jews defended themselves and s ...

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1948 Arab-Israeli War, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Background, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - The Great Arab Revolt and Its Aftermath, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Yishuv/British Security and Intelligence Collaboration, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - The End of Colonial Rule, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Amin al-Husayni, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Phases of the War, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - First phase: November 29 1947 - April 1 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Second phase: April 1 1948 - May 15 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Third phase: May 15 1948 - June 11 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - First truce: June 11 1948 - July 8 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Fourth phase: July 8 1948 - July 18 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Second truce: July 18 1948 - October 15 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Fifth phase: October 15 1948 - July 20 1949, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Aftermath, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - 1949 Armistice Agreements, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Casualties, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Demographic outcome, 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Footnotes

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U.S. presidential election 1948 - Campaign. Given Truman's sinking popularity, Dewey seemed unstoppable. The Republicans figured that all they had to do was avoid any major missteps, and as such, Dewey didn't take risks. He spoke in platitudes, trying to transcend politics. Speech after speech was filled with empty statements of the obvious, such as the famous quote: "You know that your future is still ahead of you." An editorial in the Louisville Courier-Journal summed it up best: "No presidential candidate in t ...

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1948 in rail transport - January events. January 4 - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad debut a new lightweight passenger car consist for the Golden State passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California. 1948 in rail transport - February events. February 4 - The last steam locomotive built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 4-8-4 3752, is test fired at the factory. February 29 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway upgrades its El Capitan p ...

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The city of Haifa, on the Mediterranean coast at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Sharon, was among the most strategic locations in Palestine. Under the 1947 UN Partition plan, it was within the area allocated to a Jewish state. Haifa was the country's largest port, and had an oil refinery and oil terminal and pipeline. The port of Haifa made it possible for the Jews to receive supplies and armaments before and during the war. The Zionist leadership considered it vital for the new state of Israel, and a ...

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Capture of Haifa in 1948, Capture of Haifa in 1948 - Background, Capture of Haifa in 1948 - The battle, Capture of Haifa in 1948 - Aftermath

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