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First Night Game At Fenway Park
SourceFenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts, at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. It is the oldest ballpark in MLB. -
12" rain in 42 mins
SourceHeavy rainfall is not uncommon for Missouri during the early summer months, and there have been numerous instances of daily rainfall in excess of 5, 6, 7 and even 8 inches being recorded at several observation sites across the state since record keeping began. Holt, Missouri holds the special distinction of holding the world record for the fastest accumulation of rainfall. -
Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
SourceThe sequence of events was triggered by the crash of a Project Mogul balloon near Roswell.[1] On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) public information officer Walter Haut, issued a press release stating that personnel from the field's 509th Operations Group had recovered a "flying disc", which had crashed on a ranch near Roswell. -
1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead
SourceDaniel Robert Bankhead was the first black pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in Negro league baseball for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Memphis Red Sox from 1940 to 1947, then played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1951. During World War II, he served in the Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945. -
The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
he North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept wing fighter which could counter the similarly-winged Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights over the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953) -
Survivors Of Limbo
SourceIt became increasing clear that the problem of approximately one million displaced people, about 80% Christian and 20% Jewish, would not be resolved easily. In 1947,
In the meantime, the British turned to the United Nations, hoping that an international organization could resolve this thorny issue. -
Billie Holiday
Source Nicknamed "Lady Day", she had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. -
US Performs Nuclear Test
[Source](nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Sandston.html) Operation Sandstone was a series of nuclear weapon tests in 1948. It was the third series of American tests, following Trinity in 1945 and Crossroads in 1946, and preceding Ranger. Like the Crossroads tests, the Sandstone tests were carried out at the Pacific Proving Grounds, although at Enewetak Atoll rather than Bikini Atoll. -
Australia scores 721 runs in one day v Essex
Source No chronology of cricket in South Essex could ever be complete without reference to the events of Saturday 15th May 1948, when Sir Donald Bradman’s touring Australians made history at Southend’s Southchurch Park by scoring 721 in a day against Essex -
US Pass Limit On Jews
SourceHowever, the law had strong antisemitic elements, limiting the number of Jewish displaced persons who could emigrate to the United States. -
1st jets to fly across Atlantic
SourceThe de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by de Havilland. Having been developed during the Second World War to harness the newly developed jet engine, the Vampire entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1945. It was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF and its first to be powered by a single jet engine -
Israel bombs Cairo
SourceThe 1948 bombings in Cairo, targeting Jewish areas taking place in June and July killed 70 Jews and wounded nearly 200, while riots claimed many more lives.The bombings came within the scope of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. -
A Series Bill Passed
In this same month, the Source' Act of 1948. However, the law had strong antisemitic elements, limiting the number of Jewish displaced persons who could emigrate to the United States. Truman reluctantly signed it. Two years later, in June 1950, the antisemitic provisions were finally eliminated.
