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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.
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 ).
1948 elections in the United States by state (51 C, 3 P) 1948 in American sports by state (49 C) A. 1948 in Alabama (3 C, 1 P) 1948 in Arizona (3 C, 2 P) 1948 in ...
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)
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 ...
October 1948 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P) November 1948 events in the United States (2 C, 40 P) December 1948 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P)
Aug. 30—Aug. 30, 1948, in The Star: The annual Calhoun County Fair, larger than ever, will open Tuesday, Sept. 7, at Oxford Lake park and will remain open through Sept. 11. It's sponsored by the ...
1948 – U.S. presidential election, 1948: Harry S. Truman is elected president for a full term, Alben W. Barkley is elected vice president; 1948 – Truman desegregates armed forces; 1948 – Selective Service Act of 1948: Passed after first such act expired; 1948 – Organization of American States: Alliance of North America and South America
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