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June 8, 1948 (Tuesday) [ edit] Czech Prime Minister Klement Gottwald assumed the functions of the President and signed the Ninth-of-May Constitution into law. [15] The first vehicle to bear the Porsche name was registered: the Porsche 356 sports car. [16] NBC 's Texaco Star Theater made the jump from radio to television.
June 21–25 – 1948 Republican National Convention (Philadelphia) June 24 – The Berlin Blockade begins; in response, the U.S. orders the launch of Operation Vittles, the U.S. action of the Berlin Airlift. June 28 – David Lean 's Oliver Twist, based on Charles Dickens 's famous novel, premieres in the UK.
1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.
The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies ' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the ...
September 24–27 – 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Transport of Supermarine Spitfires acquired by Israel through Czechoslovakia. October 15 – The beginning of the Israel Defense Forces 's Operation Yoav, aimed at conquering the whole Negev desert. October 21 – Battle of Beersheba: The Israel Defense Forces 's Negev Brigade occupies Beersheba.
June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) ... 1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; ...
1948 British Grand Prix. 1948 English cricket season. Football: England | Scotland. 1948 in British radio. 1948 in British television. 1948 in British music. Events from the year 1948 in the United Kingdom. The Olympics are held in London and some of the government's key social legislation takes effect.
Nur Masalha and Walid Khalidi note that ideas of transferring the Palestinian Arab population to other Arab countries were prevalent among Zionists in the years prior to the exodus. In 1961, Khalidi argued that Plan Dalet, the Zionists' military plan executed in April and May 1948, aimed at expelling the Palestinians.