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Prior to the start of the season, the league held its inaugural college draft on July 1, 1947. [21] Each team played 48 regular season games. The Eastern Division was won by the Philadelphia Warriors, the West by the St. Louis Bombers. [11] The 1948 Playoffs followed the same format as the previous year.
11 December The Statute of Westminster 1931 is enacted, formalises the Balfour Declaration 1926, with the Parliament of the United Kingdom renouncing legislative power over the dominions. It is adopted by Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, and the Union of South Africa. Australia and New Zealand decline to adopt it. [1] 1932 21 July
Broadcasts every two days would begin in November, and daily broadcasts would start on December 25, 1952. [52] The three-day Battle of Chochiwon ended with North Korean victory. Canada sent its first military forces to aid in the Korean War, placing the Royal Canadian Navy destroyers HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Athabaskan and HMCS Sioux under UN Command ...
British European Airways coat of arms BEA flight attendant lapel badge. British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline which existed from 1946 until 1974.
In December 2005, BAA made a winning bid of £1.2 billion for a 75% stake in Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, the largest airport in Hungary, which was being privatised by the Hungarian government. In July 2006, BAA was taken over by a consortium led by Ferrovial, following a bid which valued the company at £10.1 billion ($20 billion). [4]
On 28 July 1943, Short Sunderland 3 G-AGES, crashed into a hill in Dingle Peninsula near the village of Brandon in Ireland on a flight from Lisbon to Foynes. The crash killed 10 passengers and crew out of 25 on board. [40] On 17 August 1943, de Havilland Mosquito G-AGGF crashed near Glenshee, Perthshire. [41]
The history of Spanish–British relations is complicated by the political and religious heritages of the two countries. Neither the United Kingdom nor Spain have a unique constitutional ancestor; Britain was originally created by a union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland (and later joined by Ireland), whilst the Kingdom of Spain was initially created by a union of the crowns of Castile ...
9 June 1978: 20th anniversary of Gatwick's reopening by Queen Elizabeth II. BCal, British Airways Helicopters and BAA jointly introduced Airlink, a helicopter shuttle service operating 10 times daily to Heathrow. [110] [111] 31 December 1978: By now, scheduled flights exceeded charter flights for the first time since the early 1960s. [62] [112]