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December 29, 1948 (Wednesday) The UN Security Council passed a British resolution demanding another ceasefire in the Negev desert and the establishment of a neutral zone between Israeli and Egyptian forces.
1948 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.
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January 1 – Joe Petagno, American illustratorJanuary 5 – Ted Lange, African-American actor, director (The Love Boat)January 7 – Kenny Loggins, American rock singerFebruary 1 – Rick James, African-American urban singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (d. 2004)February 2 – Ina Garten, American cooking authorMarch 2 – R. T. Crowley, American pioneer of electronic commerceMarch 3 – Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist (d. 2022)March 5 – Leslie Marmon Silko, American author of Laguna PueblodescentApril 2 – Bob Lienhard, American basketball player (d. 2018)April 5 – Neil Portnow, American president of The Recording Academy(NARAS)April 7 – John Oates, American rock singer, guitarist (Hall & Oates)August 2 – Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host, authorAugust 7 – James P. Allison, American immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinein 2018August 13 – Kathleen Battle, African-American sopranoAugust 17 – Edward Lazear, American economist (d. 2020)September 1 – James Rebhorn, American actor (d. 2014)September 3 – Don Brewer, American drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)September 4 – Michael Berryman, American actorJanuary 5 – President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program. January 11 – Los Angeles, California, receives its first recorded snowfall. January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City by Dutch businessman Ben Pon.
May 10, 2024 · 1948 Arab-Israeli War: December 1948. Also called: Israel’s War of Independence or Nakba. Date: May 15, 1948 - July 20, 1949. Participants: Egypt. Iraq. Israel. Lebanon. Syria. Key People: David Ben-Gurion. Greve Folke Bernadotte. Ralph Bunche. Ariel Sharon.
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David Ben-Gurion publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948. On May 14, 1948, one day before the British Mandate expired, Ben-Gurion declared "the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel". The declaration was stated to be "by virtue of our natural and historic right and ...
20 October – 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster: a KLM Lockheed Constellation airliner crashes [19] into power cables on approach to Prestwick Airport in Scotland, killing all 40 people on board. 27 October–6 November – First postwar Motor Show held at Earls Court, London.
