5th » National Health Service Acts creates the national public health systems in the United Kingdom.
8th » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
12th » 1948 Arab–Israeli War named Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the 1948 Palestinian exodus from Lydda and Ramle known as expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
14th » Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
16th » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
16th » The storming of the cockpit of the 'Miss Macao' passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
17th » The South Korean Constitution of the Republic of Korea called constitution is proclaimed.
26th » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the United States Armed Forces or military of the United States.
28th » The Metropolitan Police Service known as Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a Precious metal Bullion known as bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".
29th » Olympic Games: 1948 Summer Olympics known as The Games of the XIV Olympiad After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympic Games named Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
31st » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
31st » USS Nevada BB-36 6 is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1948
2nd » Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
2nd » Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (d. 2006)
2nd » Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor and director
3rd » Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Little Feat)
3rd » Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish author and illustrator
10th » Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
12th » Susan Blu, American voice actress and director
12th » Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
12th » Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
12th » Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
12th » Jay Thomas, American actor
13th » Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
13th » Tony Kornheiser, American sportscaster
13th » Daphne Maxwell Reid, American actress
14th » Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, English intelligence officer
14th » Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
14th » Earl Williams (1970s catcher) called Earl Williams, American baseball player (d. 2013)
15th » Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic
15th » Artimus Pyle, American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
16th » Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
16th » Pierre Koffmann, French-English chef
16th » Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager
16th » Kevin McKenzie (cricketer) named Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
16th » Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor
17th » Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (The Stooges, Destroy All Monsters (band) or Destroy All Monsters, The New Order (band) e.g The New Order, and New Race) (d. 2009)