Politics and Government Stories
Elections, treaties, laws and the work of governments, one date at a time. Each story sticks to what is documented and lists its sources.
1948
1948 · Politics
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Is Adopted
December 10, 19481948
1948 · Politics
The Genocide Convention Is Adopted
December 9, 19481948
1948 · Politics
UN mediator Folke Bernadotte is assassinated in Jerusalem
September 17, 19481948
1948 · Politics
Edvard Beneš resigns in Czechoslovakia
June 7, 19481948
1948 · Politics
American diplomat Thomas Wasson dies after a shooting in Jerusalem
May 23, 19481948
1948 · Politics
Chiang Kai-shek is inaugurated as president under China’s new constitution
May 20, 19481948
1948 · Politics
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán is assassinated in Bogotá
April 9, 19481948
1948 · Politics
Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi
January 30, 19481947
1947 · Politics
The United Nations Adopts the Palestine Partition Resolution
November 29, 19471947
1947 · Politics
The House Cites the Hollywood Ten for Contempt
November 25, 19471947
1947 · Politics
The Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir
October 26, 19471947
1947 · Politics