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January 5, 1948
On January 5, 1948, the Semiramis Hotel bombing kills at least 23 people. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · January 5, 1948
The Semiramis Hotel bombing kills at least 23 people.
An attack was carried out by the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah on the Christian-owned Semiramis Hotel in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.
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The year in brief
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.
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On January 5, 1948
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1948 The Semiramis Hotel bombing kills at least 23 people. 1948 Jewish terror attack in Jerusalem
An attack was carried out by the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah on the Christian-owned Semiramis Hotel in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.
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Other moments from 1948
- April 1 Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
- April 1 Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
- April 13 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
- April 16 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.
- April 21 United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
- April 22 Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
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