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U.S. President Truman signs Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces. Turnip Day Session – Truman exhorts 80th United States Congress to pass legislation; July 31: At Idlewild Field in New York City, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
1948 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) 1948 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1948 disestablishments in the United States (31 C, 22 P)
1948 in the United States Virgin Islands (1 C, 1 P) 1948 in Utah (3 C) V. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
May 26 – The United States Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as the auxiliary of the United States Air Force. May 28 – Daniel François Malan defeats Jan Smuts and becomes Prime Minister of South Africa , which starts the era of apartheid (which is finally dismantled by F. W. de Klerk in 1994 ).
On July 12, the Democratic National Convention convened in Philadelphia in the same arena where the Republicans had met a few weeks earlier. Spirits were low; the Republicans had taken control of both houses of the United States Congress and a majority of state governorships during the 1946 mid-term elections, and the public opinion polls showed Truman trailing Republican nominee Dewey ...
An Act to provide for the common defense by increasing the strength of the armed forces of the United States, including the reserve components thereof, and for other purposes. Enacted by: the 80th United States Congress: Effective: June 24, 1948: Citations; Public law: 80-759: Statutes at Large: 62 Stat. 604, Chapter 625: Codification; Titles ...
United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations, 335 U.S. 106 (1948), is a US labor law decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that a labor union's publication of a statement that advocated for its members to vote for a certain candidate for Congress did not violate the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, as amended by the 1947 Labor Management Relations Act.
The history of the United States from 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states; the Cold War had begun.