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September 24, 1948
On September 24, 1948, the Honda Motor Company is founded. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · September 24, 1948
The Honda Motor Company is founded.
, commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered at the Toranomon Alcea Tower in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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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 September 24, 1948
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1948 The Honda Motor Company is founded. Japanese automotive manufacturer
, commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered at the Toranomon Alcea Tower in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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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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