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May 9, 1948
On May 9, 1948, czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 9, 1948
Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe. The country was bordered by Austria and Hungary to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Ukraine to the southeast. Czechoslovakia had a hilly and mostly mountainous landscape that covered an area of 127,906 square kilometers (49,385 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate.
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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 May 9, 1948
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1948 Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect. 1918–1992 country in Central Europe
Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe. The country was bordered by Austria and Hungary to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Ukraine to the southeast. Czechoslovakia had a hilly and mostly mountainous landscape that covered an area of 127,906 square kilometers (49,385 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate.
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- 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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