Editing 1948 (section)

===February===
{{Main|February 1948}}
* [[February 1]] 
** The [[Soviet Union]] begins to jam [[Voice of America]] broadcasts.
** The [[Federation of Malaya]] is proclaimed.
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[British Ceylon|Ceylon]] (later known as [[Sri Lanka]]) becomes an independent country, within the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] continuing to adopt King [[George VI]] as the [[Dominion of Ceylon|King of Ceylon]].
* [[February 11]] &ndash; General [[Douglas Gracey]] becomes [[Commander-in-chief]] of [[Pakistan Army]].
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Miranda (moon)|Miranda]], innermost of the large [[moons of Uranus]], is discovered by [[Gerard Kuiper]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Patrick|author-link=Patrick Moore|year=1995|title=The Guinness Book of Astronomy|edition=5th|location=Enfield, UK|publisher=Guinness Publishing|isbn=085112643X|page=110}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Éamon de Valera]], Irish head of government from 1918 to 1932, loses power to an opposition coalition. [[John A. Costello]] is appointed [[Taoiseach]] by President [[Seán T. O'Kelly]], until [[1960]].
* [[February 19]] &ndash; The [[Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence]] convenes in [[Calcutta]].
* [[February 21]] &ndash; The United States [[stock car racing]] organization [[NASCAR]] is founded by [[Bill France Sr.]] with other drivers.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of NASCAR|url=http://hometracks.nascar.com/nascar_101/history_of_nascar|publisher=NASCAR|date=2010-08-17|access-date=2017-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530103445/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nascar_101/history_of_nascar|archive-date=May 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] &ndash; The first of the [[Ben Yehuda Street bombings]] in Jerusalem kills between 49 and 58 civilians and injures between 140 and 200.
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état]]: [[Edvard Beneš]], [[President of Czechoslovakia]], cedes control of the country to the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|Communist Party]], a day celebrated by that regime as "[[Victorious February]]" ({{langx|cs|Vítězný únor|links=no}}; {{langx|sk|Víťazný Február}}) until [[November 1989]].
* [[February 28]]
**[[1948 Accra Riots|Accra Riots]]: Riots take place in [[Accra]], capital of the British colony of [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], when a peaceful protest march by ex-servicemen is broken up by police, leaving several members of the group dead, among them Sergeant Adjetey, one of the leaders.
**The [[2nd Congress of the Communist Party of India]] convenes in [[Calcutta]].