Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civi…
Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USA…
The U
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) is an organization founded on 29 May 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. Established amidst the 1948 Arab–Israeli Wa…
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded
Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He rose to fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlif…
Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered at the Toranomon Alcea Tower in Toranomon, Minato, To…
The Honda Motor Company is founded.
Reginald B. Alcock, was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Winnipeg South as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2006 and wa…
Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (died 2011)
The 1948 Columbia River flood was a regional flood that occurred in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Large portions of the Columbia River watershed were impac…
A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes
Anti-Jewish riots occurred on June 7–8, 1948, in the towns of Oujda and Jerada, in the French protectorate of Morocco in response to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ensuing the declarati…
Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place
Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his se…
Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation
The International Council on Archives is an international non-governmental organization which exists to promote international cooperation for archives and archivists. It was set up…
Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO
The Malayan Communist Party (MCP), officially the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya an…
Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Mala
Jan Hammer is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well …
Jan Hammer, Czech pianist, composer, and producer
Alice Varnado Harden was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 28th District from 1988 until her death. She lived in Jackson and represented Hinds County.
Alice Harden, American educator and politician (died 2012)
Pekka Antero Vasala is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Vasala had a brilliant three-month period in 1…
Pekka Vasala, Finnish runner
Régis Wargnier is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1986 film The Woman of My Life won the César Award for Best First Film at the 12t…
Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter
United Air Lines Flight 624 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from San Diego, California, to New York City, with stopovers in Los Angeles and Chicago. The four-engined, pro…
United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, an American subsidiary of multinational conglomerate Sony. Founded…
Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New
The Deutsche Mark, abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" ( ), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990, and then unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the eu…
Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the Deutsche Mark will be introduced in western Germany
The Deutsche Mark, abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" ( ), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990, and then unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the eu…
The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany
United Air Lines Flight 624 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from San Diego, California, to New York City, with stopovers in Los Angeles and Chicago. The four-engined, pro…
United Air Lines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board
Matthias Kuhle was a German geographer and professor at the University of Göttingen. He edited the book series Geography International published by Shaker Verlag.
Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (died 2015)
Gary Adrian Condit is an American former politician from California. A Democrat, Condit represented California's 18th congressional district in the United States House of Represent…
Gary Condit, American businessman and politician
Josef Flammer is a Swiss ophthalmologist and long-time director of the Eye Clinic at Basel University Hospital. Flammer is a glaucoma specialist who developed a new pathogenetic co…
Josef Flammer, Swiss ophthalmologist
Dieter Fromm is a retired East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He held the indoor 800 m world record for over ten years.
Dieter Fromm, German runner