Editing 1948 (section)

===August===
{{Main|August 1948}}
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Whittaker Chambers]] appears under subpoena before the [[HUAC]] and alleges that several former U.S. Federal officials were communists, including [[Harry Dexter White]] and [[Alger Hiss]].
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Alger Hiss]] appears before the [[HUAC]], to deny the allegations of [[Whittaker Chambers]].
* [[August 10]]&ndash;[[August 23|23]] &ndash; The [[Herrenchiemsee convention]] prepares the draft for the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]].
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Babrra massacre]]: About 600 unarmed members of the [[Khudai Khidmatgar]] movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–2010)|North-West Frontier Province]], [[Abdul Qayyum Khan]] Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the [[Hashtnagar]] region of [[Charsadda District, Pakistan|Charsadda District]], North-West Frontier Province (modern-day [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]), [[Pakistan]].
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Harry Dexter White]] and [[Donald Hiss]] refute allegations of [[Communism]] by [[Whittaker Chambers]], before the [[HUAC]].
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[1948 Ashes series]]: Australian [[batsman]] [[Don Bradman]], playing his last [[Test cricket]] match, against England at [[The Oval]], is bowled by [[Eric Hollies]] for a [[Duck (cricket)|duck]] (leaving his career Test [[Batting average (cricket)|batting average]] at 99.94); however, [[Australian cricket team in England in 1948|"The Invincibles"]] win the match by an [[innings]] and 149 runs, and [[The Ashes]] 4–0.
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Beaver drop]], an [[Idaho Department of Fish and Game]] program to relocate [[beavers]] from Northwestern Idaho to the [[Chamberlain Basin]] in Central Idaho. The program involved parachuting beavers into the Chamberlain Basin.<ref name="Ngeo">{{cite news |last1=Sherriff |first1=Lucy |date=September 16, 2021 |title=Why beavers were parachuted into the Idaho wilderness 73 years ago |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-beavers-were-parachuted-into-the-idaho-wilderness |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916145417/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-beavers-were-parachuted-into-the-idaho-wilderness |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |work=[[National Geographic]] |access-date=February 25, 2023 |quote=The traditional way of relocating 'nuisance' beavers in the 1940s wasn't working. To increase the survival rate, one conservation officer turned to—yes—parachutes.}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The southern half of Korea is established as the [[Republic of Korea|Republic of Korea (South Korea)]].
* [[August 17]] &ndash; The [[HUAC]] holds a private session between [[Alger Hiss]] and [[Whittaker Chambers]].
* [[August 18]] &ndash; The [[Danube Commission]] is created by the [[Belgrade]] Convention (enters into force [[11 May]] [[1949]]).
* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Toho strikes]]: A [[sitdown strike]] at [[Toho]] film studio in [[Tokyo]] ended after the studio was surrounded by 2,000 police and a platoon of [[U.S. Eighth Army]] soldiers.
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Lee Pressman]], [[Nathan Witt]] and [[John Abt]], represented by [[Harold I. Cammer]], plead the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]], in response to allegations of Communism by [[Whittaker Chambers]] before the [[HUAC]].
* [[August 23]] &ndash; The [[World Council of Churches]] is established in [[Amsterdam]], the Netherlands.
* [[August 24]] &ndash; The first meeting of the charter members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) is held.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accj.or.jp/history |title=ACCJ Online History Timeline |access-date=2008-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917092752/http://www.accj.or.jp/history/ |archive-date=September 17, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[August 25]] &ndash; The [[HUAC]] holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing, featuring "Confrontation Day" between [[Whittaker Chambers]] and [[Alger Hiss]].
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Whittaker Chambers]] states that [[Alger Hiss]] was a communist on ''[[Meet the Press]]'' radio.