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1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar).
Events
January
- 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, first day of the New Jersey State Constitution.
- January 4 - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- January 5 - Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl).
- January 17 - Truce between nationalist Indonesian and Dutch troops in Java
- January 26 - Teigin poison case - Man masquerading as a doctor poisons 12 out of 15 bank employees of the Tokyo branch of Imperial Bank and takes the money; artist Sadamichi Hirasawa is later sentenced for the crime.
- January 30 - Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is murdered by Nathuram Godse.
- January 30 - 1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
February
- February 1 - Soviet Union begins to jam Voice of America broadcasts.
- February 4 - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. King George VI becomes King of Ceylon.
- February 18 - Eamon de Valera, head of government since 1932, loses power to an opposition coalition. John A. Costello is appointed Taoiseach of Éire (formerly called the Irish Free State) by President O'Kelly.
- February 24 - The Communist Party seizes control of Czechoslovakia.
1948 Arab-Israeli War - A teacher's resource with the background, phases of the war, and outcome with links to people, maps, articles, and external links.
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Israel's Independence - Start of the War - A review of the historical, political and military facts behind the State of Israel and the Israeli-Arab Palestinian conflict.
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Machal - Volunteers in Israel's War of Independence - The organization for those who were volunteers in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence.
The 1948 War - An article by Mitchell Bard with images of maps and notes.
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The Avalon Project - Declaration of Israel's Independence 1948 - A document issued at Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.
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