Editing 1948 (section)

===April===
{{Main|April 1948}}
* [[April]] &ndash; Children's Bargain Town, a predecessor of [[toy]] and child-related [[retail]]er [[Toys "R" Us]], is founded in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States.<ref name=nytimes_lazarus>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Corkery|title=Charles P. Lazarus, Toys 'R' Us Founder, Dies at 94|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/obituaries/charles-p-lazarus-toys-r-us-founder-dies-at-94.html|work=The New York Times|date=March 22, 2018|access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref>  
* [[April 1]] &ndash; Physicists [[Ralph Asher Alpher]] and [[George Gamow]] publish the [[Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper]], about the [[Big Bang]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Alpher|first1=R. A.|first2=H.|last2=Bethe|author-link2=Hans Bethe|first3=G.|last3=Gamow|date=1948-04-01|title=The Origin of Chemical Elements|journal=[[Physical Review]]|location=United States|volume=73|issue=7|pages=803–804|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.73.803|bibcode=1948PhRv...73..803A|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[April 3]]
** United States President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[Marshall Plan]], which authorizes $5&nbsp;billion in aid for 16 countries.
** [[Jeju Uprising]]: Residents revolt on [[Jeju island]], South Korea, eventually leading to the deaths of between 14,000 and 30,000.
** [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Symphony No. 9]] is played on television in its entirety for the first time, in a series of concerts featuring [[Arturo Toscanini]] conducting the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] in the United States. The chorus is conducted by [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]].
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine]]: Haganah launches [[Operation Nachshon]], provoking the [[1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight]].
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The [[Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948|Finno-Soviet Treaty]] is signed in Moscow.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Finland Vindicated |first=John |last=Lukacs |journal=[[Foreign Affairs (journal)|Foreign Affairs]] |volume=71 |issue=4 |year=1992 |pages=50–63 |doi=10.2307/20045309 |jstor=20045309 |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/1992-09-01/finland-vindicated}}</ref>
* [[April 7]]&ndash; The [[World Health Organization]] is established by the United Nations.
* [[April 9]]
** Liberal politician [[Jorge Eliécer Gaitán]]'s assassination provokes a violent riot in [[Bogotá]] (the ''[[Bogotazo]]'') and a further 10 years of violence (''[[La Violencia]]'') across Colombia.
** The [[Deir Yassin massacre]] takes place in British [[Mandatory Palestine]].
* [[April 13]] &ndash; The [[Hadassah medical convoy massacre]] takes place, in British [[Mandatory Palestine]].
* [[April 16]] &ndash; The [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] is founded, as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC).
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Italian general election, 1948]]: The first democratic general election with [[universal suffrage]] is held in Italy. The [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] party achieves a majority over the [[Popular Democratic Front (Italy)|Popular Democratic Front]] Communist-Socialist coalition.
* [[April 19]] 
** [[Burma]] joins the United Nations.
** The [[American Broadcasting Company]] (otherwise known as ABC) begins television services, on WFIL-TV in [[Philadelphia]] (later [[WPVI-TV]]).
* [[April 22]]
** Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: [[Battle of Haifa (1948)|Battle of Haifa]] &ndash; Jewish paramilitary group [[Haganah]] captures [[Haifa]] from the [[Arab Liberation Army]].
** [[WTVR-TV|WTVR]] begins television services. WTVR is the first TV station south of Washington D.C., giving it the nickname "The South's First Television station".
* [[April 23]] &ndash; First [[National Games of Pakistan]] held in [[Karachi]].
* [[April 24]] &ndash; The [[Costa Rican Civil War]] ends.
* [[April 30]] 
** The [[Organization of American States]] (OAS) is founded.
** The English-built [[Land Rover]] is unveiled at the Amsterdam Motor Show.