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1948

7 verified events recorded in 1948.

7 events From Jan 27, 1948 To Aug 3, 1948 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
1948-08-03Alger Hiss Testifies Before HUAC as Whittaker Chambers Accuses Him of Espionage
Alger Hiss · Whittaker Chambers · Richard Nixon · House Un-American Activities Committee
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1948-07-26Executive Order 9981 Desegregates U.S. Military - Truman Repudiates 170 Years of Discrimination
Harry S. Truman · Isaac Woodard · President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity · Omar Bradley · +1
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1948-07-17Dixiecrat Revolt - Strom Thurmond Leads Segregationist Walkout After Democratic Civil Rights Platform
Strom Thurmond · Fielding L. Wright · States Rights Democratic Party · Democratic Party · +2
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1948-06-17Robert Moses Begins Cross-Bronx Expressway: Deliberate Destruction of Stable Communities to Build Car Infrastructure
Robert Moses · New York City
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1948-05-03Supreme Court Rules Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants Unenforceable
U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice Fred Vinson · NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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1948-04-03Marshall Plan Begins - $13 Billion Aid Program Benefits American Exporters and Defense Industry
George Marshall · Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · European Recovery Program
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1948-01-27Smith-Mundt Act Authorizes State Department Propaganda Apparatus - Voice of America Expands
Harry S. Truman · Karl E. Mundt · U.S. Congress · State Department · +1
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