1948. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001.


1948

Cold war tensions involved the Soviet restrictions on transport to Berlin and the resulting Berlin blockade and airlift (See July 24).	1
The World Council of Churches held its organizational meeting in Amsterdam. Representatives of 147 churches in 44 countries attended.	2
The Olympics in London revived major international athletic competitions after the interruptions caused by World War II.	3
The publication of Alan Paton's novel Cry, the Beloved Country brought the problem of relations between blacks and whites in South Africa to a worldwide audience.	4
The murders of Mahatma Gandhi (the Hindu nationalist advocate of nonviolence) in January by a Hindu extremist and Count Folke Bernadotte (the UN mediator in the Arab-Israeli war) in September by a Zionist extremist emphasized the violence accompanying the partitions of Palestine and British India.	5

Dec

The UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide.	6


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