An engineer, Kaplan directed the technical department of the young Tel Aviv, and in 1933-1948 headed the finance department of the Jewish Agency. After the Second World War he formulated plans to ...

On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was created, sparking the first Arab-Israeli War. The war ended in 1949 with Israel’s victory, but 750,000 Palestinians were displaced, and the territory was ...

What Is the 1948 Roosevelt Dime Made Of? The 1948 Roosevelt dime is among the US’s most beloved and popular coins. It was ...

NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, is conceived. FEBRUARY 15, 1948 – NASCAR runs its first race in Daytona Beach at the beach road course. Red Byron wins in a Ford.

WE HEREBY DECLARE that as from the termination of the Mandate at midnight, this night of the 14th and 15th May, 1948, and until the setting up of the duly elected bodies of the State in accordance ...

HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex, in 1948, bringing hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean to the UK. In 2018, it emerged that the government had not properly recorded the details ...

When the Olympic Games came to London in 1948, the event was visiting a city still suffering from the ravages of World War Two. Rationing remained in force and many people had been left homeless ...

Dewey mounted for president in 1948, losing what pollsters, pundits and the press then regarded as a can’t-lose race. While noting the distance Harris has kept from the news media — she has ...

The Jewish leadership in Palestine declared the establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, the moment the British mandate terminated, though without announcing its borders. The following ...

The USA saw a period of extreme economic growth in the 1920s. However, this growth was not evenly spread across all sectors of life in the country. US society in the 1920s - OCR A The 1920s saw ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war ...