What happened in 1948?

State of Israel established

Major Events · Tel Aviv, Israel

David Ben-Gurion declares the establishment of the State of Israel.

Marshall Plan enacted

Major Events · Washington DC, USA

The United States launches a massive aid program to help rebuild Western European economies after WWII.

Malayan Emergency

Wars & Conflicts

1948–1960 conflict in British Malaya

Battles of Latrun

Wars & Conflicts · Latrun

Series of military engagements in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Battle of Haifa

Wars & Conflicts · Haifa

1948 battle of the Arab-Israeli War

Siege of Changchun

Wars & Conflicts · Changchun

1948 siege

Battle of Mishmar HaEmek

Wars & Conflicts · Mishmar HaEmek

1948 battle of the 1947–1949 Palestine War

Battle of Nitzanim

Wars & Conflicts · Nitzanim

Battle fought in the 1948 Palestiniane–Zionism War

Battle of Jenin

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Battles of the Kinarot Valley

Wars & Conflicts · Israel

Part of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Battle of Nirim

Wars & Conflicts · Nirim

Battle of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Battle of Beersheba

Wars & Conflicts · Beersheba

Part of Operation Yoav in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Battle of Gesher

Wars & Conflicts · Baqoura

1948 battle

Battle of Yad Mordechai

Wars & Conflicts · Yad Mordechai

1948 battle in the Middle East

Battle of Hill 86

Wars & Conflicts

1948 battle

Battles of Negba

Wars & Conflicts · Negba

1948 battles between Israeli and Egyptian forces in Negba

Battle of 'Auja

Wars & Conflicts

Military engagement between Israel and Egypt

Beit Hanoun wedge

Wars & Conflicts

Battle

Battle of Jinzhou

Wars & Conflicts · Jinzhou

1948 battle

Battles of the Sinai

Wars & Conflicts · Sinai Peninsula

Series of Isreali-Egyptian conflicts in the Sinai Peninsula

Battles of the Separation Corridor

Wars & Conflicts · Negev

Series of engagements during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Battle of Jinan

Wars & Conflicts · Jinan

1948 battle

Battle of Tashan

Wars & Conflicts · Liaoning

1948 battle

Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak

Wars & Conflicts

1948 Arab–Israeli War battle

Battle of 3 Shevat

Wars & Conflicts

1948 battle

Battle of Kalavryta

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of the Greek Civil War (1948)

Battle of Shangcai

Wars & Conflicts · Henan

1948 battle

Battle of Jiulianshan

Wars & Conflicts · Guangdong

1948 battle

assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

Wars & Conflicts · Gandhi Smriti

1948 murder in New Delhi, India

Battle of Phu Tong Hoa

Wars & Conflicts · Phủ Thông

1948 battle of the First Indochina War

Costa Rican Civil War

Wars & Conflicts · Costa Rica

1948 conflict in Costa Rica

Batang Kali massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Batang Kali

Massacre of civilians by British soldiers during the Malayan Emergency

Hyderabad Massacre

Wars & Conflicts

Mass murder of thousands of Hyderabadi Muslims by the Indian military

Battles of Malkia

Wars & Conflicts · Israel

Battles of Malkia during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Palestine

Ongoing military and political conflict in the Levant

Berlin Blockade

Wars & Conflicts · West Berlin

Blockade on Berlin imposed by the USSR from 1948 to 1949

Gaza–Israel conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Southern Levant

Armed conflict between armed forces of Israel and armed forces of Gaza

Operation Polo

Wars & Conflicts · Hyderabad State

1948 military operation by the Indian Dominion to merge Hyderabad with India

Operation Danny

Wars & Conflicts · Jaffa

Palmach military operation to conquer Lod, Ramle, Latrun and Ramallah in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Operation Kraai

Wars & Conflicts · Sumatra

Dutch military offensive during the Indonesian National Revolution

Operation Hiram

Wars & Conflicts · Upper Galilee

1948 Israeli military operation

Operation Yoav

Wars & Conflicts · Negev

1948 Israeli military action in the Negev

Operation Pleshet

Wars & Conflicts · Ashdod

Israeli military operation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Operation Horev

Wars & Conflicts · Negev

1948-1949 IDF's Attack on Egypt Forces

Liaoshen Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Manchuria

1948 military campaign during the Chinese civil war

Huaihai Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Shandong

1948 military campaign

Pingjin Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Hebei

Campaign of the Chinese Civil War

Operation Yevusi

Wars & Conflicts · Jerusalem

1948 military operation

Operation Death to the Invader

Wars & Conflicts

1948 military operation

Operation Shoter

Wars & Conflicts · Israel

1948 military operation

Al-Kabri incident

Wars & Conflicts · Al-Kabri

Incident/massacre in the 1948 where the order was "to kill the men [and] to destroy and set fire to" the Palestinian village of Kabri

Operation Maccabi

Wars & Conflicts · Ramle Subdistrict

1948 military operation

Operation Shmone

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Yoav

1948 military operation

Operation Koronis

Wars & Conflicts · Gramos

Shuangduiji Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Anhui

1948 military campaign

Operation Peristera

Wars & Conflicts · Peloponnese

1948–1949 military campaign of the Greek Civil War

Taiyuan Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Taiyuan

1948 battle of the Chinese Civil War

Bombardment of Cairo

Wars & Conflicts · Cairo

1948 attack by Israel

1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état

Politics & Government

1948 coup in Czechoslovakia

Treaty of Brussels

Politics & Government

1948 Western European defence treaty

Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948

Politics & Government

Treaty between Finland and the Soviet Union

American Treaty on Pacific Settlement

Politics & Government · Bogotá

1948 treaty

1948 Republican National Convention

Politics & Government · Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center

Political convention

Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta died

People · Buenos Aires

Italian prince and navy officer (1900-1948)

Kristine Bonnevie died

People · Oslo

Norwegian biologist and Norway's first female professor (1872–1948)

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson died

People · St Andrews

Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar (*1860 – †1948)

Wesley Clair Mitchell died

People · New York City

American statistician (1874–1948)

Antoine Lacroix died

People · 14th arrondissement of Paris

French mineralogist and geologist (1863–1948)

Sergei Eisenstein died

People · Moscow

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

Edgar de Wahl died

People · Tallinn

Estonian teacher and linguist (1867–1948)

Mileva Marić died

People · Zurich

Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein (1875–1948)

Thekla Resvoll died

People · Oslo

Norwegian botanist (1871-1948)

Na Hye-sok died

People · Seoul

Writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948)

D. W. Griffith died

People · Hollywood

American filmmaker (1875–1948)

Antonin Artaud died

People · Paris

French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)

Pompeu Fabra died

People · Prades

Catalan linguist (1868–1948)

Yevgeniy Abalakov died

People · Moscow

Soviet mountain climber (1907–1948)

Mufti Amjad Ali Aazmi died

People · Mumbai

Grand Mufti of India (1882-1948)

Anna Jarvis died

People · West Chester

Founder of Mother's Day (1864–1948)

Isabel Andreu de Aguilar died

People · Fajardo

Puerto Rican writer, educator, activist, and philanthropist

Emilie Rathou died

People · Bromma parish

Swedish politician (1862-1948)

Alexander Aaronsohn died

People · Nice

Jewish author and activist (1888-1948)

Maria Clara Correia Alves died

People · Lisbon

Portuguese feminist, editor

Kurt Schwitters died

People · Ambleside

German artist (1887–1948)

Harry A. Millis died

People · Chicago

American economist (1873-1948)

François Cadoret died

People · Riec-sur-Bélon

French politician and oyster farmer

Richard Chace Tolman died

People · Pasadena

American physicist (1881–1948)

Harry Brearley died

People · Torquay

Inventor of stainless steel (1871–1948)

Eric von Rosen died

People

Swedish explorer (1879-1948)

August Weberbauer died

People · Lima

German naturalist, botanist and university professor (1871-1948)

George Kruck Cherrie died

People · Newfane

American zoologist (1865–1948)

Ester Blenda Nordström died

People · Sankt Matteus

Swedish writer and explorer

Henning Haslund-Christensen died

People · Kabul

Danish travel writer and explorer (1896–1948)

Jan Eskymo Welzl died

People · Dawson City

Czech arctic explorer and writer (1868–1948)

Väinö Tanner died

People · Hässleholm

Finnish engineer, geologist, diplomat and professor (1881–1948)

Arnold Schultze, later Schultze-Rhonhof died

People · Madeira Island

German colonial officer, geographer and entomologist (1875-1948)

Milagros Benet de Mewton died

People · San Juan

Puerto Rican teacher and suffragist (1868-1948)

Mary Booze died

People · Davis Bend

American politician (1877–1948 )

Florence Harrison Bell died

People · Newcastle upon Tyne

Socialist and suffragist activist

Margaret Robertson Watt died

People · Montreal

British Women's Institute activist

May Moss died

People · East Melbourne

Australian suffragist

May Whitty died

People · Beverly Hills

English actress (1865-1948)

Egon Erwin Kisch died

People · New Town

Austrian/Czech publicist and writer (1885-1948)

Jacques Feyder died

People · Prangins

Belgian-French film director (1885-1948)

Paul Wegener died

People · Wilmersdorf

German actor and film director (1874-1948)

Carole Landis died

People · Pacific Palisades

American actress (1919–1948)

C. Aubrey Smith died

People · Beverly Hills

British actor (1863-1948)

Henri-Alexandre Deslandres died

People · Paris

French astronomer (1853-1948)

Orville Wright died

People · Dayton

American aviation pioneer (1871–1948)

Louis Lumière died

People · Bandol

French inventor (1864–1948)

Eugen Slutsky died

People · Moscow

Russian mathematician (1880-1948)

Philippa Fawcett died

People · London

English mathematician (1868–1948)

Marcel Brillouin died

People · Paris

French mathematician and physicist (1854-1948)

Joseph Wedderburn died

People · Princeton

British mathematician (1882–1948)

Poul Heegaard died

People · Oslo

Danish mathematician (1871-1948)

Joachim Mrugowsky died

People · Landsberg Prison

Died in Landsberg Prison. German physician, SS officer, Chief of Hygiene Institute of the Waffen-SS and convicted war criminal (1905-1948).

Austin Roberts died

People · Lusikisiki

South African zoologist and ornithologist (1883-1948)

Frederick Gardner Cottrell died

People · Berkeley

American chemist (1877–1948)

Frank Benford died

People · Schenectady

American electrical engineer & physicist best known for rediscovering Benford's Law (1883-1948)

Wilhelm von Opel died

People · Wiesbaden

German industrialist and Nazi party member (1871-1948)

Ōtani Kōzui died

People · Beppu

Japanese noble (1876–1948)

John Robert Gregg died

People · New York City

Irish inventor and writer (1867-1948)

Gustav Giemsa died

People · Biberwier

German scientist (1867–1948)

Arthur Dinter died

People · Offenburg

German writer, botanist and Nazi politician (1876–1948)

Marjory Stephenson died

People · Cambridge

British biochemist (1885–1948)

Ludwik Silberstein died

People · Rochester

Polish physicist (1872–1948)

André Bloch died

People · Paris

French mathematician (1893–1948)

Thomas Armat died

People · Washington, D.C.

American cinematographer (1866–1948)

Ragnar Sohlman died

People · Kungsholm parish

Swedish chemical engineer, manager, civil servant (1870–1948)

Christian Kautz died

People · Bremgarten bei Bern

Swiss racing driver (1913-1948)

David Danskin died

People · Warwick

Scottish footballer (1863-1948)

Feodosy Krasovsky died

People · Moscow

Russian astronomer

Templeton Crocker died

People · San Francisco

American patron and collector 1884-1948

Fredrik Adelborg died

People · Hedvig Eleonora parish

Swedish writer

Martin Nordegg died

People · Silesia

German entrepreneur and pioneer (1868-1948)

Francis Joseph Bayldon died

People · Australia

Master mariner, nautical instructor (1872-1948)

Karl Valentin died

People · Planegg

Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer (1882–1948)

Solomon Mikhoels died

People · Minsk

Soviet actor, Yiddish theatre performer (1890–1948)

Fred Niblo died

People · New Orleans

American film director (1874–1948)

Susan Glaspell died

People · Provincetown

American writer (1876-1948)

Leo White died

People · Glendale

German-American actor (1882-1948)

Edgar Kennedy died

People · Woodland Hills

Actor (1890–1948)

Mary Eaton died

People · Hollywood

American actress (1901–1948)

Warren William died

People · Encino

Broadway and Hollywood actor (1894–1948)

King Baggot died

People · Los Angeles

American actor, screenwriter and director (1879-1948)

Richard Tauber died

People · London

Austrian tenor (1891-1948)

Sonny Boy Williamson I died

People · Chicago

American blues musician (1914–1948)

Elissa Landi died

People · Kingston

Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s

James Young died

People · New York City

American film director, actor and screenwriter (1872-1948)

James Baskett died

People · Los Angeles

Actor (1904-1948)

Charles III born

People · Buckingham Palace

Born in Buckingham Palace. King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948).

Al Gore born

People · Washington, D.C.

Born in Washington, D.C.. Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948).

Hassan Rouhani born

People · Sorkheh

Born in Sorkheh. President of Iran from 2013 to 2021.

Svetlana Alexievich born

People · Ivano-Frankivsk

Born in Ivano-Frankivsk. Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948).

George R. R. Martin born

People · Bayonne

Born in Bayonne. American writer and television producer (born 1948).

Yoshihide Suga born

People · Akinomiya

Born in Akinomiya. Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021.

Terry Pratchett born

People · Beaconsfield

Born in Beaconsfield. English fantasy author (1948–2015).

Sauli Niinistö born

People · Salo

Born in Salo. Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012-2024).

Abdulrazak Gurnah born

People · Zanzibar City

Born in Zanzibar City. Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948).

Richard Simmons born

People · New Orleans

Born in New Orleans. American fitness instructor and video producer (1948–2024).

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan born

People · Al Ain

Born in Al Ain. President of the United Arab Emirates from 2004 to 2022.

Steven Chu born

People · St. Louis

Born in St. Louis. American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu born

People · Nazımiye

Born in Nazımiye. Turkish politician (born 1948).

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa born

People · Lisbon

Born in Lisbon. Portuguese politician and academic, former President of Portugal.

Hema Malini born

People · Ammankudi

Born in Ammankudi. Indian actress, dancer, and politician.

Svetlana Savitskaya born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Soviet cosmonaut.

Andrew Lloyd Webber born

People · Kensington

Born in Kensington. British theatre composer (born 1948).

William Gibson born

People · Conway

Born in Conway. American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948).

Andrzej Sapkowski born

People · Łódź

Born in Łódź. Polish novelist (born 1948).

Brian Eno born

People · Melton

Born in Melton. British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948).

Henning Mankell born

People · Stockholm

Born in Stockholm. Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist (1948–2015).

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo born

People · Baucau

Born in Baucau. Roman Catholic bishop.

Ian McEwan born

People · Aldershot

Born in Aldershot. British author (born 1948).

Billy Crystal born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and television presenter (born 1948).

Amadou Toumani Touré born

People · Mopti

Born in Mopti. Malian soldier and politician.

Ram Baran Yadav born

People · Sapahi

Born in Sapahi. Former President of Nepal.

Eckhart Tolle born

People · Lünen

Born in Lünen. German spiritual teacher and author.

Joschka Fischer born

People · Gerabronn

Born in Gerabronn. German politician.

Bernard-Henri Lévy born

People · Beni Saf

Born in Beni Saf. French film director and philosopher.

Nicolae Timofti born

People · Ciutulești

Born in Ciutulești. 4th President of Moldova (r. 2012–2016).

John Carpenter born

People · Carthage

Born in Carthage. American filmmaker, composer and actor (born 1948).

John Bolton born

People · Baltimore

Born in Baltimore. American lawyer and diplomat (born 1948).

Jaya Bachchan born

People · Jabalpur

Born in Jabalpur. Indian politician and actress.

Beppe Grillo born

People · San Fruttuoso

Born in San Fruttuoso. Italian comedian, actor, blogger, and politician.

Charles Taylor born

People · Arthington

Born in Arthington. 22nd president of Liberia.

Raymond Kurzweil born

People · Queens

Born in Queens. American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor (born 1948).

George Tupou V of Tonga born

People · Tongatapu

Born in Tongatapu. King of Tonga.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin born

People · Poitiers

Born in Poitiers. 94th Prime Minister of France.

Jayaram Jayalalithaa born

People · Melukote

Born in Melukote. Indian Actress, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1948–2016).

Michel Suleiman born

People

Born. 12th President of Lebanon.

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson born

People · Nsuta Wassa

Born in Nsuta Wassa. Ghanaian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1948-).

Robert Jordan born

People · Charleston

Born in Charleston. American fantasy writer (1948–2007).

Davíð Oddsson born

People · Reykjavík

Born in Reykjavík. Icelandic politician.

Tony Judt born

People · London

Born in London. British-American historian (1948–2010).

Shaul Mofaz born

People · Tehran

Born in Tehran. Israeli military officer and politician.

John N. Gray born

People · South Shields

Born in South Shields. British political philosopher (born 1948).

Robert Hübner born

People · Cologne

Born in Cologne. German chess player, chess writer, and papyrologist (1948–2025).

Diane Ackerman born

People · Waukegan

Born in Waukegan. Author, poet, and naturalist.

Drago Jančar born

People · Maribor

Born in Maribor. Slovenian writer.

Viktor Afanasyev born

People · Bryansk

Born in Bryansk. Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and military pilot.

Vladimír Remek born

People · České Budějovice

Born in České Budějovice. Czech ambassador, astronaut and pilot.

David Albahar born

People · Peja

Born in Peja. Serbian writer (1948-2023).

Pavel Grachev born

People · Rvy

Born in Rvy. Russian general.

Wadih Saadeh born

People · Chibtine

Born in Chibtine. Lebanese Australian journalist, poet and writer.

Muse saed born

People · Hargeisa

Born in Hargeisa. Somaliland politician.

Mark Phillips born

People · Tetbury

Born in Tetbury. English equestrian; first husband of Anne, Princess Royal.

Pascal Bruckner born

People · 15th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 15th arrondissement of Paris. French writer.

Peter Hammill born

People · Ealing

Born in Ealing. English singer-songwriter.

Banu Mushtaq born

People · Hassan

Born in Hassan. Indian writer and activist (born 1948).

Victor Skumin born

People · Penza Oblast

Born in Penza Oblast. Russian scientist, writer, philosopher.

Patricia Hill Collins born

People · Philadelphia

Born in Philadelphia. African-American scholar.

Gioconda Belli born

People · Managua

Born in Managua. Nicaraguan writer.

Stephen Schwartz born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American musical theatre lyricist and composer.

Wu Den-yih born

People · Caotun Township

Born in Caotun Township. Politician and former Premier of Taiwan.

Jonathan Sacks born

People · Lambeth

Born in Lambeth. British rabbi (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (1991-2013) and Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal (2009-2020).

Efraim Zuroff born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American historian.

Dale Gardner born

People · Fairmont

Born in Fairmont. American astronaut (1948–2014).

Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente born

People · Torres Vedras

Born in Torres Vedras. Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon.

Jerry L. Ross born

People · Crown Point

Born in Crown Point. American astronaut.

Rocco Buttiglione born

People · Gallipoli

Born in Gallipoli. Italian politician.

Benny Morris born

People · Ein HaHoresh

Born in Ein HaHoresh. Israeli historian (born 1948).

Arturo Sosa Abascal born

People · Caracas

Born in Caracas. Venezuelan cleric, Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

Michael Wood born

People · Moss Side

Born in Moss Side. English historian and broadcaster (born 1948).

George W. Casey, Jr. born

People · Sendai

Born in Sendai. US Army general (born 1948).

Tomáš Halík born

People · Prague

Born in Prague. Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian.

Sergey Lebedev born

People · Jizzakh

Born in Jizzakh. Russian military officer, CIS secretary-general.

Pierre Rosanvallon born

People · Blois

Born in Blois. French historian, political theorist and intellectual.

N. T. Wright born

People · Morpeth

Born in Morpeth. Anglican bishop.

Byron K. Lichtenberg born

People · Stroudsburg

Born in Stroudsburg. American astronaut and engineer.

Guy Gardner born

People · Altavista

Born in Altavista. American astronaut.

Rashid Khalidi born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. Palestinian-American historian.

Zdravko Tolimir born

People · Glamoč

Born in Glamoč. Commander in the Army of Republika Srpska.

Karl Schlögel born

People · Hawangen

Born in Hawangen. German historian of Eastern Europe.

Guido Knopp born

People · Treysa

Born in Treysa. German journalist.

Radislav Krstić born

People · Vlasenica

Born in Vlasenica. Bosnian Serb Officer.

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria died

People · Coburg

Died in Coburg. Bulgarian ruler (1861–1948).

Moncef Bey died

People · Pau

Died in Pau. Bey of Tunis (1942-1943).

Nicolas Grimal born

People · Libourne

Born in Libourne. French Egyptologist (born 1948).

Céphas Bansah born

People · Hohoe

Born in Hohoe. King of the Gbi Traditional area of Hohoe, Ghana.

Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo born

People · Treichville

Born in Treichville. Ivorian Catholic archbishop.

Immaculée Nahayo born

People · Commune of Gatara

Born in Commune of Gatara. Burundian politician.

Solomon Iguru I born

People · Hoima

Born in Hoima. Omukama of Bunyoro.

Ahmed Midaoui born

People · Oulad Amrane

Born in Oulad Amrane. Moroccan civil servant and politician.

Susumu Satomi born

People · Okinawa

Born in Okinawa. Japanese surgeon and academic.

Alikram Hummatov born

People · Lerik

Born in Lerik. Azerbaijani convicted of treason.

Antoine Sfeir born

People · Beirut

Born in Beirut. French journalist (1948–2018).

Edouard Mathos born

People · Bossangoa

Born in Bossangoa. Central African Roman Catholic bishop (1948–2017).

Brandeis University

Science & Technology

Private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts

Corvinus University of Budapest

Science & Technology

University

University of the Andes

Science & Technology

Private university in Colombia

Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences

Science & Technology

Serbian research institute, member of the University of Belgrade, and academic publisher

Raman Research Institute

Science & Technology

Scientific research institute in Bengaluru, India

Sheba Medical Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in the Tel Aviv District, Israel

Shamir Medical Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Israel

Belarusian State University of Foreign Languages

Science & Technology · Minsk

University in Minsk, Belarus

Zoo Miami

Science & Technology

Zoological park and garden in Miami, in the United States

University of Rajasthan

Science & Technology

State public university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Science & Technology

University in Wuhan, China

Institute of Croatian Language

Science & Technology

Croatian linguistic institute and academic publisher in Zagreb

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

Science & Technology

Research institute

Oil & Gas University of Ploiești

Science & Technology

University in Romania

University of Jinan

Science & Technology

University in Ji'nan, Shandong Province, China

Swedish Institute at Athens

Science & Technology

Research and cultural institute

Playa Ancha University

Science & Technology

University in Chile

Bugema University

Science & Technology

Private university in Uganda

National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Science & Technology

Japanese language research facility in Japan

Southern Polytechnic State University

Science & Technology

Former state university in Marietta, Georgia, United States

Universidad de Zamboanga

Science & Technology

In Zamboanga City, Philippines

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Science & Technology

University in Puerto Rico

Liaoning University

Science & Technology

University in Shenyang, China

Uzhhorod Botanical garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

University of Luzon

Science & Technology

Private university in Pangasinan, Philippines

China Youth University of Political Studies

Science & Technology

University in China

District University of Bogotá

Science & Technology

Colombian public university

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience

Science & Technology

Research school of King's College London, England

Franco-German Institute

Science & Technology

Research library in Germany

Calcutta National Medical College

Science & Technology

Medical college and hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Shenyang Ligong University

Science & Technology

University in China

Aichi Sangyo University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Elisabeth University of Music

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

National Taitung University

Science & Technology · National Taitung University - Main Campus

University in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan

Ohio Christian University

Science & Technology

College in Circleville, Ohio, U.S.

Crimea University of Culture Art and Tourism

Science & Technology

Education organization in Simferopol

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Science & Technology

Hospital in Canada

Holy Family Hospital, Karachi

Science & Technology

Hospital in Pakistan

Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Science & Technology

Research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Marine Hydrophysical Institute

Science & Technology · Sevastopol

Facility in Sevastopol, Crimea

Electronic Computing Technology Scientific-Research Center

Science & Technology

Soviet and Russian computer R&D facility

University of Baguio

Science & Technology

Private university in Benguet, Philippines

Hiroshima Bunkyo University

Science & Technology

A private university in Hiroshima, Japan

Kaluga State University named after K.E. Tsiolkovskij

Science & Technology · Kaluga

Higher education institution in Russia

PMI Colleges

Science & Technology

Private, non-sectarian maritime school in the Philippines

Lozenetz Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Bulgaria

Sisaket Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Sisaket, Thailand

Klaipėdos Jūrininkų ligoninė

Science & Technology

Hospital in Lithuania

General Military Hospital of Defence, Zaragoza

Science & Technology · Zaragoza

Militar hospital in Zaragoza, Spain

Kim Chaek University of Technology

Science & Technology · Pyongyang

University in Pyongyang, North Korea

University of Kashmir

Science & Technology

State public university in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Multimedia University of Kenya

Science & Technology

Public university in Kenya

Raiganj University

Science & Technology

State public university in Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal, India

Freie Universität Berlin

Science & Technology

Public research university in Berlin, Germany

State University of New York

Science & Technology

Public university system in the state of New York, United States

University of Ghana

Science & Technology

University in Ghana

University of the West Indies

Science & Technology

International university in the Caribbean

Toronto Metropolitan University

Science & Technology

Public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University of Ibadan

Science & Technology

Public university in Ibadan, Nigeria

Saarland University

Science & Technology

Public university in Saarland, Germany

University of Santiago

Science & Technology

Chilean university

Federal Statistical Office of Germany

Science & Technology

German federal authority that collects, collates and analyses statistical information

University of Macedonia

Science & Technology

University in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Science & Technology

State public university in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Kim Il-sung Military University

Science & Technology

University located in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea

Trsteno Arboretum

Science & Technology · Trsteno

Arboretum

Sumy State University

Science & Technology · Sumy

University in Sumy, Ukraine

Kyiv National Linguistic University

Science & Technology

Public university in Ukraine

Gauhati University

Science & Technology · Guwahati

State public university in Kamrup Metro, Assam, India

Myongji University

Science & Technology

Christian university in Seoul and Yongin, South Korea

Pyongyang Medical University

Science & Technology

Medical university in Pyongyang, North Korea

Ateneo de Davao University

Science & Technology

Jesuit-operated institution of basic and higher education in Davao, Philippines

Gyeongsang National University

Science & Technology

National University of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

Kongju National University

Science & Technology

National university of South Korea

Grace College & Seminary

Science & Technology

Evangelical Christian college in Winona Lake, Indiana, USA

High Altitude Warfare School

Science & Technology

Specialized military training institution of the Indian Army

Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Science & Technology

Private Christian college located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States

Hochschule für Kirchenmusik der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen

Science & Technology

Protestant Academy of Music in Herford and Witten North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi

Science & Technology

Catholic university/school in Legazpi, Albay, Philippines

Criminal Investigation Police University of China

Science & Technology

College in Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Anyang University

Science & Technology

Private university in South Korea

University of Nueva Caceres

Science & Technology

Private university in Naga, Philippines

Prince Charles Island

Exploration & Discovery · Arctic Ocean

Island in Nunavut, Canada

Ghawar Field

Exploration & Discovery

Oil field in Saudi Arabia

Air Force Island

Exploration & Discovery

Island in Nunavut, Canada

Venus of Mauern

Exploration & Discovery · Bavarian State Archaeological Collection

Paleolithic figurine

Cova del Toll

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Spain

Military Historical Museum named after the Hero of the Soviet Union K. S. Zaslonov

Exploration & Discovery

Archbold Cape York Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · New Guinea

Research expedition (1948)

Saint Dionysios metropolitan cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Zakynthos

Church building in Zakynthos, Ionian Islands Region, Greece

St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Plaine

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery located in Nord, in France

Millinery Center Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish Orthodox synagogue

Santuario della Beata Vergine del Lago

Religion & Belief Systems

Our Lady of Peace Cathedral, Bukavu

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

San Fernando Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Pampanga, Philippines

Sanhedria Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish burial ground in Jerusalem, Israel

Jiufen Mingsheng Temple

Religion & Belief Systems · Jiufen

Temple in Ruifang District, New Taipei

Jiufen Shengming Temple

Religion & Belief Systems · Jiufen

Temple in Ruifang District, New Taipei

Reformed Church Wabern

Religion & Belief Systems · Wabern bei Bern

Church building in Wabern in the municipality of Köniz in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Derlin Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Nantou YongXing Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Mariakapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Hopel

Chapel in Hopel (Kerkrade), Netherlands

Christ Church Lutheran

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Minneapolis

Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

Hofkapelle Galgenhöfe

Religion & Belief Systems · Galgenhöfe

Chapel in Bad Wurzach, Germany

chapelle à la mer

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Landes, in France

Banshō-in Kōun-ji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in Tokyo

Chiesa di San Nicolao della Flüe

Religion & Belief Systems · Besso

Church building in Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Catholic Yukinoshita Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Old Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems · Wabern bei Bern

Church resindetial building in Wabern in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Am Torhaus 24

Religion & Belief Systems · Malstatt

Clergy house in Malstatt, Saarbrücken, Germany

Gunsi si

Religion & Belief Systems

Lamborghini

Economy & Trade · Sant'Agata Bolognese

Italian car manufacturer

Puma

Economy & Trade · Herzogenaurach

German multinational corporation

NASCAR

Economy & Trade · Charlotte

American automobile racing company

EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.

Economy & Trade · Lod

Flag-carrier airline of Israel

AIESEC

Economy & Trade · Montreal

Student organization

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

Economy & Trade · Tomilino

Helicopter manufacturer in Russia and the USSR

Kamov

Economy & Trade · Lyubertsy

Helicopter manufacturer

Diadora

Economy & Trade · Giavera del Montello

Italian sportswear and footwear manufacturing company

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Economy & Trade · Kiryat Yam

Israeli defense technology company

Uhlsport

Economy & Trade · Balingen

German sporting goods manufacturer

FamilyMart

Economy & Trade · Toshima

Japanese retail chain company

Ashok Leyland

Economy & Trade · Chennai

Company

Alpha Tomo Global Resoures Sdn Bhd

Economy & Trade · Milwaukee

Career services agency

Neste

Economy & Trade · Espoo

Finnish oil refining and marketing company

National Wrestling Alliance

Economy & Trade · Houston

American professional wrestling promotion

Akita Shoten

Economy & Trade · Wakaba

Japanese publishing company

Keio

Economy & Trade · Sekido

Japanese railway company

Grohe

Economy & Trade · Düsseldorf

Manufacturer of sanitary fittings

Nakamichi

Economy & Trade · Tokyo

Defunct Japanese high-fidelity company and current trademark

Pilz

Economy & Trade · Ostfildern

Automation technology company in Ostfildern, Germany

Alps Alpine

Economy & Trade · Ota

Company

BBN Technologies

Economy & Trade · Cambridge

American research and development company

Calpis

Economy & Trade · Azumabashi

Japanese company

Smeg

Economy & Trade · Guastalla

Italian manufacturer of upmarket domestic appliances

Chinon Industries

Economy & Trade · Nagano

Former Japanese camera manufacturer

Fluke Corporation

Economy & Trade · Everett

American manufacturer of electronic test equipment

United Biscuits

Economy & Trade · Hayes

British and European food manufacturer

Maschinenbau Kiel

Economy & Trade · Kiel

Company

Ikegami Tsushinki

Economy & Trade · Ota

Manufacturer of television equipment

Weatherford International

Economy & Trade · Geneva

Oil and natural gas service company

Toyota Tsusho

Economy & Trade · Nagoya

Company

FSC Star

Economy & Trade · Starachowice

Defunct Polish truck manufacturer

Tanfoglio

Economy & Trade · Gardone Val Trompia

Italian gun manufacturing company

Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation

Economy & Trade · Anshan

Company

Futaba Corporation

Economy & Trade · Mobara

Company

Tadano Limited

Economy & Trade · Takamatsu

Japan-based Crane manufacturer

Revox

Economy & Trade · Regensdorf

Swiss manufacturer of consumer audio electronics, formerly owned by Studer AG, later Harman International

Walkers

Economy & Trade · Leicester

British snack food manufacturer

Sinar

Economy & Trade · Feuerthalen

Swiss camera manufacturer

Akbank

Economy & Trade · Istanbul

Turkish private sector bank

Vileda

Economy & Trade · Weinheim

Company

Rehau Group

Economy & Trade · Rehau

Polymer-based solutions company

Grasim Industries

Economy & Trade · India

Company

DDB Worldwide

Economy & Trade · Chicago

Global advertising and marketing communications network, headquartered in New York City

River Island

Economy & Trade · London

English fashion brand

Damodar Valley Corporation

Economy & Trade · Kolkata

Multipurpose river valley project in India

Varian Medical Systems

Economy & Trade · Palo Alto

American healthcare company

Balkantourist

Economy & Trade · Sofia

Travel and holiday companies of Bulgaria

Lely

Economy & Trade · Maassluis

Agricultural machine manufacturer

Strauss

Economy & Trade · Biebergemünd

Retailer for Workwear, Safety Footwear & Personal Protective Equipment

Usinor

Economy & Trade · Denain

Company

GPA

Economy & Trade · São Paulo

Brazilian retail company

GINAF

Economy & Trade · Veenendaal

Dutch truck manufacturer

Yamazaki Baking

Economy & Trade · Iwamotochō

Japanese bread-baking corporation

Lumene

Economy & Trade · Espoo

Finnish cosmetics manufacturer

Dick's Sporting Goods

Economy & Trade · Coraopolis

American sporting goods retailing corporation

Telegraph Media Group

Economy & Trade · London

British newspaper company

North Korea–Russia relations

Economy & Trade

Diplomatic relations between North Korea and Russia

1948 Ashgabat earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Turkmenistan

1948 Fukui earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

June 1948 earthquake in Japan

1948 Salta earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

August 1948 earthquake in Argentina

1948 Litang earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in China

1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Desert Hot Springs earthquake

1948 Lady Caycay earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in the Philippines

1948 Columbia River flood

Disasters & Pandemics · Columbia Basin

1948 flood in the United States and Canada

Deir Yassin massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Deir Yassin

1948 massacre in Deir Yassin, Palestine

Hadassah medical convoy massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Jerusalem

About 80 Jews on a civilian convoy to Mount Scopus enclave, including medical personnel, slaughtered by Muslim Arabs living in Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem against the indifference of the British forces during the inter-communal stage of the 1948 War

Eilabun massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Eilabun

War crime in the 1948 Arab-palestine War

Hula massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

War crime committed during the 1947–1949 Palestine war

Balad al-Shaykh massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Balad al-Sheikh

Massacre of Palestinian Arabs by Jewish militia in 1947-48

Kfar Etzion massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Kfar Etzion

Event in the Israeli War of Independence

Semiramis Hotel bombing

Disasters & Pandemics

January 1948 bomb attack at Semiramis Hotel in Jerusalem, January 1948

Al-Dawayima massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1948 killing of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army

1948 Oujda and Jerada Anti-Jewish pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Oujda

1948 pogroms in the towns of Oujda and Jerada, Morocco

Safsaf massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Safsaf

1948 killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces

Tantura massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Tantura

1948 IDF killing of Palestinian civilians

Ein al-Zeitun massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Ein al-Zeitun

1948 Israeli killing of Palestinian civilians

1948 Cairo bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Cairo

Terror attacks against the Jewish community of Cairo, 1948

Miss Macao

Disasters & Pandemics

Aircraft hijacking

Sa'sa' Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1948 killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces

Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948

Disasters & Pandemics

Train bombing during the 1948 Palestine war

1948 Donora smog

Disasters & Pandemics · Donora

Major Pennsylvania air pollution incident

Wing On Godown fire in 1948

Disasters & Pandemics · Shek Tong Tsui

Fire in Hong Kong in 1948

Teigin incident

Disasters & Pandemics · Nagasaki

Arab al-Mawasi massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1948 Israeli massacre of Bedouin village

Ben Yehuda Street bombing (1948)

Disasters & Pandemics

assassination of Solomon Mikhoels

Disasters & Pandemics · Minsk

1948 murder of a Soviet Jewish public figure

1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes

Disasters & Pandemics

Two tornadoes which struck Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 20 and 25, 1948

Abu Shusha massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Abu Shusha

1948 mass murder by the Givati Brigade

Babrra massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1948 mass shooting by police in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Jeju Uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions

1948–49 uprising in Jeju Island, South Korea

Bogotazo

Social Movements & Revolutions · Bogotá

Massive riots in Bogotá, Colombia

Al-Wathbah uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kingdom of Iraq

1948 protests in Baghdad, Iraq

1948 Tripoli Anti-Jewish pogrom

Social Movements & Revolutions · Tripoli

1948 riots in Tripoli, British Tripolitania

Yeosu–Suncheon Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Yeosu

Anti-US socialist rebellion in South Korea

1948 Accra Riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Accra

Adu boahen

Mile High Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Demolished outdoor multi-purpose stadium in Denver, Colorado

Hristo Botev Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Vratsa

Sports venue in Vratsa, Bulgaria

Daegu Civic Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea

Daegu Baseball Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Daegu, South Korea

Georgios Kamaras Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Rizoupoli

Multi-purpose stadium in Rizoupoli, Attica Region, Greece

St. Bernard Church

Architecture & Engineering · Kralendijk

Church in Kralendijk, Bonaire

Kristiansand Stadion

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Kristiansand, Southern Norway

Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-use stadium in Hengelo, Netherlands

Gradski stadion

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-use stadium in Pljevlja, Montenegro

Herndon Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Georgia, United States

San Michele Arcangelo (Rome)

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Rome, Italy

Estadio Fiscal de Linares

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Linares, Chile

Langevåg Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Saint-Pierre-en-Antioche Church, Ascq

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Nord, in France

Nagoya Baseball Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Baseball Ground

J. Birney Crum Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Large high school football stadium in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Zorky Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Krasnogorsk

Sports venue in Krasnogorsk, Russia

Aleppo 7 April Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Sports stadium in Aleppo, Syria

Nuijamaa Church

Architecture & Engineering · Nuijamaa

Church in Lappeenranta, Finland

Safa Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-use stadium in Beirut, Lebanon

Heiwadai Athletic Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Chuo-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Glendale, United States of America

Ladd–Peebles Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Mobile, Alabama

Holy Rosary Church

Architecture & Engineering

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Ontario, Canada

Hippos

Architecture & Engineering · Hippos

Stadium in Jyväskylä, Finland

Church of St. Paul's, K Street

Architecture & Engineering

Church in D.C., United States

O'Shaughnessy Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-purpose stadium in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Allan Park, Aberdeen

Architecture & Engineering · Cove Bay

Stadium in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK

Crazy Horse Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Thunderhead Mountain

Mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills

Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

Architecture & Engineering

Sculpture

Museum of the Moscow Railway

Architecture & Engineering · Moscow

Museum next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow

Polish Air Force Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · South Ruislip

War memorial in South Ruislip, London Borough of Hillingdon, United Kingdom

Nikolai Vatutin monument

Architecture & Engineering · Kyiv

Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine

Fonte Luminosa

Architecture & Engineering · Freguesia do Alto do Pina

Water well

Hill of Glory

Architecture & Engineering

Park-monument of landscape art in Lviv, Ukraine

Trincomalee War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Sri Lanka

Surikov homestead museum

Architecture & Engineering

Homestead museum in Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Soviet War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Schlosspark Buch

Monument in Berlin-Buch, Germany

St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Memorial Church

Architecture & Engineering

Concordia Monument (1948)

Architecture & Engineering

Black Hills National Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Veterans cemetery in Meade County, South Dakota

Palácio Rio Branco

Architecture & Engineering

Broken Wall Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

War memorial in Portland, Oregon

South Side Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Arkansas, United States of America

St. Therese Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church near Beattyville, Kentucky, USA

Befreiungsdenkmal

Architecture & Engineering

Architectural structure

Pandu War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Dutch war cemetery in Bandung, Indonesia

Statue of Heracles, Arcachon

Architecture & Engineering · Parc Mauresque

French statue

Aldeburgh Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Aldeburgh

English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music

Aix-en-Provence Festival

Sports & Entertainment · France

Annual international music festival in Aix-en-Provence, France

9th Venice International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Venice

1948 film festival edition

Nice Jazz Festival

Sports & Entertainment

Music festival in Nice, France

Opera Stage

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre stage in Ankara

Wiener Kammeroper

Sports & Entertainment

Building in Vienna, Austria

Besançon International Music Festival

Sports & Entertainment

Municipal Theatre of Joensuu

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Joensuu, Finland

Teatro Cine Fraga

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre and cinema in Vigo, Spain

Theater im Zimmer

Sports & Entertainment · Harvestehude

Theatre in Hamburg, Germany

Théâtre du Rideau Vert

Sports & Entertainment

Theater

basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Harringay Arena

International basketball tournament

athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · London

Competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Wembley Stadium

1948 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games

wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Harringay Arena

Competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics

swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Wembley Arena

Swimming events at the Olympics

figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink

1948 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Wembley Arena

Boxing competitions

alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Piz Nair

1948 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink

1948 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Henley-on-Thames

Rowing events during the 1948 Summer Olympics

water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Wembley Arena

Water polo at the Olympics

fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · London

Swedish Open

Sports & Entertainment · Båstad Tennis Stadium

Annual tennis tournament for men and women in Båstad, Sweden

weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Earls Court Exhibition Centre

Weightlifting at the Olympics

ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink

1948 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games

field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · London

Field hockey competition

cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Windsor Great Park

Sports event at the Olympic Games

ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympiaschanze

1948 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz–Celerina

1948 edition of the bobsleigh competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Wembley Arena

Diving at the Olympics

canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · London

Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Cresta Run

Skeleton events at the Olympics

gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Earls Court Exhibition Centre

Overview of gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Olympiaschanze

1948 edition of the Nordic combined skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · St. Moritz

1948 edition of the cross-country skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · London

Shooting events at the Olympics

South American Championship of Champions

Sports & Entertainment · Santiago

South American football club competition

Connecticut Open

Sports & Entertainment · Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center

Men's and women's tennis championship (1948-2019)

modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · London

Competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics

equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Aldershot

Equestrian at the Olympics

sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · Torbay

Sailing at the Olympics

Nordic skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sports & Entertainment · St. Moritz

Nordic skiing practised during the 1948 Olympic Winter Games

1948 World Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Davos

Figure skating competition

6 Hours of Watkins Glen

Sports & Entertainment · Watkins Glen International

Sports car endurance race in the United States

1948 European Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Prague

Figure skating competition

1948 Copa del Generalísimo Final

Sports & Entertainment · Bernabéu

Football match

1948 World Snooker Championship

Sports & Entertainment · London

Snooker tournament

Israel founded

Empires & Countries · Jerusalem

Israel was founded, with its capital at Jerusalem.

South Korea founded

Empires & Countries · Seoul

South Korea was founded, with its capital at Seoul.

Myanmar founded

Empires & Countries · Naypyidaw

Myanmar was founded, with its capital at Naypyidaw.

North Korea founded

Empires & Countries · Pyongyang

North Korea was founded, with its capital at Pyongyang.

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Prague

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was founded, with its capital at Prague.

Hyderabad State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Hyderabad

Hyderabad State ceased to exist, having been centered at Hyderabad.

Federation of Malaya founded

Empires & Countries · Kuala Lumpur

Federation of Malaya was founded, with its capital at Kuala Lumpur.

British rule in Myanmar dissolved

Empires & Countries · Yangon

British rule in Myanmar ceased to exist, having been centered at Yangon.

Third Czechoslovak Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Prague

Third Czechoslovak Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Prague.

Malayan Union dissolved

Empires & Countries · Kuala Lumpur

Malayan Union ceased to exist, having been centered at Kuala Lumpur.

Dominion of Ceylon founded

Empires & Countries · Colombo

Dominion of Ceylon was founded, with its capital at Colombo.

United States Army Military Government in Korea dissolved

Empires & Countries · Seoul

United States Army Military Government in Korea ceased to exist, having been centered at Seoul.

First Republic of South Korea founded

Empires & Countries · Seoul

First Republic of South Korea was founded, with its capital at Seoul.

National Government of the Republic of China dissolved

Empires & Countries · Guangzhou

National Government of the Republic of China ceased to exist, having been centered at Guangzhou.

People's Committee of North Korea dissolved

Empires & Countries · Pyongyang

People's Committee of North Korea ceased to exist, having been centered at Pyongyang.

Indore State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Indore

Indore State ceased to exist, having been centered at Indore.

Cutch State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bhuj

Cutch State ceased to exist, having been centered at Bhuj.

Gwalior State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Ujjain

Gwalior State ceased to exist, having been centered at Ujjain.

Union of Burma (1948–1962) founded

Empires & Countries · Yangon

Union of Burma (1948–1962) was founded, with its capital at Yangon.

Bharatpur State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bharatpur

Bharatpur State ceased to exist, having been centered at Bharatpur.

Benares State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Varanasi

Benares State ceased to exist, having been centered at Varanasi.

Cambay State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Cambay State ceased to exist.

Sirmoor State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Nahan

Sirmoor State ceased to exist, having been centered at Nahan.

Nawanagar State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Nawanagar State ceased to exist.

Jind State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Sangrur

Jind State ceased to exist, having been centered at Sangrur.

Sachin State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Sachin

Sachin State ceased to exist, having been centered at Sachin.

Idar State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Idar State ceased to exist.

Chamba State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Chamba

Chamba State ceased to exist, having been centered at Chamba.

Provisional Central Government of Vietnam founded

Empires & Countries · Saigon

Provisional Central Government of Vietnam was founded, with its capital at Saigon.

Dholpur State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Dholpur

Dholpur State ceased to exist, having been centered at Dholpur.

Baoni State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Baoni State ceased to exist.

Morvi State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Morbi

Morvi State ceased to exist, having been centered at Morbi.

Jaora State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Jaora

Jaora State ceased to exist, having been centered at Jaora.

Rajgarh State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Rajgarh

Rajgarh State ceased to exist, having been centered at Rajgarh.

Akkalkot State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Akkalkot State ceased to exist.

Kahlur State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

Kahlur State ceased to exist, having been centered at Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.

Bhor State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Bhor State ceased to exist.

Bamra State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Bamra State ceased to exist.

Bashahr State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Bashahr State ceased to exist.

Bastar State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Jagdalpur

Bastar State ceased to exist, having been centered at Jagdalpur.

Radhanpur State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Radhanpur State ceased to exist.

Jhabua State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Jhabua State ceased to exist.

Mudhol State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Mudhol

Mudhol State ceased to exist, having been centered at Mudhol.

Rajkot State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Rajkot

Rajkot State ceased to exist, having been centered at Rajkot.

Palanpur State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Palanpur

Palanpur State ceased to exist, having been centered at Palanpur.

Bhavnagar State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bhavnagar

Bhavnagar State ceased to exist, having been centered at Bhavnagar.

Barwani State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Barwani

Barwani State ceased to exist, having been centered at Barwani.

Dhenkanal State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Dhenkanal State ceased to exist.

Narsinghgarh State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Narsinghgarh State ceased to exist.

Sailana State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Sailana State ceased to exist.

Dhrol State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Dhrol State ceased to exist.

Jamkhandi State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Jamkhandi State ceased to exist.

Ratlam State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Ratlam

Ratlam State ceased to exist, having been centered at Ratlam.

Sangli State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Sangli

Sangli State ceased to exist, having been centered at Sangli.

Porbandar State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Chhaya

Porbandar State ceased to exist, having been centered at Chhaya.

Sonepur State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Sonepur State ceased to exist.

Sitamau State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Sitamau

Sitamau State ceased to exist, having been centered at Sitamau.

Patna State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Patna State ceased to exist.

Savanur State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Savanur State ceased to exist.

Koriya dissolved

Empires & Countries

Koriya ceased to exist.

Kangra-Lambagraon dissolved

Empires & Countries

Kangra-Lambagraon ceased to exist.

Wadhwan State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Wadhwan State ceased to exist.

Changbhakar dissolved

Empires & Countries

Changbhakar ceased to exist.

Nandgaon State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Nandgaon State ceased to exist.

Surguja State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Surguja State ceased to exist.

Pudukkottai State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Pudukkottai

Pudukkottai State ceased to exist, having been centered at Pudukkottai.

Gangpur State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Gangpur State ceased to exist.

Bonai State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Bonai State ceased to exist.

Jath State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Jath State ceased to exist.

Dewas State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Dewas

Dewas State ceased to exist, having been centered at Dewas.

Maihar State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Maihar State ceased to exist.

Jasdan State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Jasdan State ceased to exist.

Jashpur State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Jashpur State ceased to exist.

Rairakhol State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Rairakhol State ceased to exist.

Sarangarh State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Sarangarh State ceased to exist.

Ramdurg State dissolved

Empires & Countries

Ramdurg State ceased to exist.

United States of Matsya founded

Empires & Countries · Alwar

United States of Matsya was founded, with its capital at Alwar.

Madhya Bharat founded

Empires & Countries

Madhya Bharat was founded.

Hyderabad State (1948-1956) founded

Empires & Countries · Hyderabad

Hyderabad State (1948-1956) was founded, with its capital at Hyderabad.

Patiala and East Punjab States Union founded

Empires & Countries

Patiala and East Punjab States Union was founded.

Vindhya Pradesh founded

Empires & Countries

Vindhya Pradesh was founded.

British Ceylon dissolved

Empires & Countries · Colombo

British Ceylon ceased to exist, having been centered at Colombo.

Ashkelon founded

Empires & Countries

Ashkelon was founded.