Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Time: Sunday Aug 15, 1948
Place: South Korea
Details: The Republic of Korea (South Korea) was established on 15 August 1948.
‹ Earlier in historySecond StatueAug, 1948 Later in history ›Parliamentary elections in the NorthWednesday Aug 25, 1948
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Thursday Jan 25, 1951 - Han River, South Korea
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Wednesday Jun 28, 1950 at 02:00:00 AM - Seoul, South Korea
Korean War-The PVA and KPA to capture Seoul
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Sunday Aug 27, 1950 - South Korea
Korean War-Rhee evacuated from Seoul
Tuesday Jun 27, 1950 - South Korea
Korean War-The KPA and PVA expelled from Seoul
Wednesday Mar 14, 1951 - Seoul, South Korea
Samsung-Samsung companies was fined
Wednesday Oct 19, 2011 - Seoul, South Korea
Korean War-South Korean President
Tuesday Jul 20, 1948 - South Korea
Samsung-The Founder's Death
Thursday Nov 19, 1987 - Seoul, South Korea
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Korean War-The Massacre of suspected political opponents
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Wednesday Nov 9, 1994 - Seoul, South Korea
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Monday Sep 25, 1950 - Seoul, South Korea
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First Sino-Japanese War-Japanesse reform Proposals
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Korean War-The Battle of Osan
Wednesday Jul 5, 1950 - Osan, South Korea
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Sep, 1950 - Incheon, South Korea
Korean War-Acceptance the Japanese surrender south of the 38th Parallel
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Korean War-The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
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Korean War-The Eulsa Treaty
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Korean War-Protracted Armistice Negotiations
Tuesday Jul 10, 1951 - Kaesong, North Korea
Korean War-The Battle of Pork Chop Hill
Thursday Apr 16, 1953 - North of Yeoncheon, South Korea
First Sino-Japanese War-The Battle of Seonghwan
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Samsung-Acquiring The Stake of Sony In S-LCD
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Friday Apr 27, 2018 - Korean Peninsula (North Korea and South Korea)
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Thursday Oct 19, 1950 - Korea
Korean War-The UN Command repelled the KPA northwards past the 38th Parallel
Sunday Oct 1, 1950 - North Korea
On This Day - 15 August
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Thursday Aug 15, 1118 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Crusades-Pope Innocent III announced a new crusade "Fourth Crusade"
Saturday Aug 15, 1198 - Vatican City
Chocolate-Christopher Columbus with the Cacao
Friday Aug 15, 1502 - Spain
Napoleon-Birth
Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 - Ajaccio, Corsica, Kingdom of France
Libraries-Public Libraries Act 1850
Thursday Aug 15, 1850 - London, England, United Kingdom
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World War 1-Battle of Cer
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Wednesday Aug 15, 1928 - Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia)
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1944 - Southern France
Second Sino-Japanese War-Japanese Emperor Hirohito capitulated to the Allies
Wednesday Aug 15, 1945 - Japan
World War II-Japan surrendered
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Hirohito-Broadcast the recording of the Emperor's Surrender Speech
Wednesday Aug 15, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Disapproved Independence
Friday Aug 15, 1947 - India
Neil Armstrong-His First Flight In a Rocket-Powered Aircraft
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Tony Blair-Omagh bombing
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Wednesday Aug 15, 1725 - Salò
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1741 - Wiltshire
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Thursday Aug 15, 1461 - Reims
Hubertus Quellinus Birth
Thursday Aug 15, 1619 - Antwerp
Ignaz von Seyfried Birth
Thursday Aug 15, 1776 - Vienna
Miriam Bella's death
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August 1948
Hachikō-Second Statue
Aug, 1948 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Korean War-Parliamentary elections in the North
Wednesday Aug 25, 1948 - North Korea
1948
Korean War-Withdrew from the Korean Peninsula
1948 - Korean Peninsula (North Korea and South Korea)
Chinese Civil War-Huaihai Campaign
1948 - China
First Indochina War-Alternative government in Saigon
1948 - Saigon, South Vietnam
Mother Teresa-The Holly Family Hospital
1948 - Patna, India
Margaret Thatcher-The local Conservative Association Conference
1948 - Llandudno, Wales, UK
Che Guevara-Studying
1948 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Malcolm X-Prayer to God
Thursday Jan 1, 1948 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Chinese Civil War-CPC eventually captured the northern cities
1948 - China
Martin Luther King-Graduation
1948 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Adidas-The First Football Match After World War II
1948 - Germany
Adidas-Rudolf Formed Puma
1948 - Herzogenaurach, Germany
Alan Turing-Turing was appointed reader in the Mathematics Department
1948 - Manchester, England
writing a chess program for a computer
1948 - Manchester, England
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1948 - Manchester, England
Alan Turing-Writing a Chess Program
1948 - England
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-the Hughes Aerospace Group
1948 - U.S.
Cameras-The First camera to use a Pentaprism
1948 - Germany
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Hughes gained control of RKO
1948 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, U.S.
Conflict in Myanmar-Independence from the United Kingdom
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Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower became President of Columbia University
1948 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Cameras-The instant Camera
1948 - U.S.
The Wright brothers-Orville's Death
Friday Jan 30, 1948 - Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-Nosek illegally Extended His Powers
Feb, 1948 - Prague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
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1948 - U.S.
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-The demands of The non-Communists in The Cabinet
Thursday Feb 12, 1948 - Prague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-Twelve Non-Communist Ministers Resigned
Saturday Feb 21, 1948 - Prague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-Beneš Capitulated
Wednesday Feb 25, 1948 - Prague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
Marilyn Monroe-2nd contract
Monday Mar 1, 1948 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip presenting prizes at the boxing finals of the London Federation of Boys' Clubs
Mar, 1948 - London, England, United Kingdom
Conflict in Myanmar-The first shots of the conflict in Paukkongyi
Thursday Apr 1, 1948 - Paukkongyi, Bago Region, Myanmar
Colombian conflict-La Violencia
Friday Apr 9, 1948 - Colombia
Chinese Civil War-Siege of Changchun
May, 1948 - Changchun, China
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-The Parliament approved a New Constitution
Sunday May 9, 1948 - Prague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
Korean War-General election was held in the South
Monday May 10, 1948 - South Korea
David Ben-Gurion-Israeli declaration of independence
Friday May 14, 1948 - Israel
Harry S. Truman-State of Israel recognization
Friday May 14, 1948 - U.S.
Josip Broz Tito-Cominform
Monday May 17, 1948 - Yugoslavia
Richard Nixon-Nixon's first significant victory in Congress
Wednesday May 19, 1948 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Mao Zedong-Siege of Changchun
Sunday May 23, 1948 - Changchun, Jilin, China
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-The 30 May Elections
Sunday May 30, 1948 - Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-Beneš's Resignation
Wednesday Jun 2, 1948 - Prague, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
Pope John Paul II-Successfully defended his doctoral thesis
Saturday Jun 19, 1948 - Rome, Italy
Computer-The world's First Stored-Program Computer
Monday Jun 21, 1948 - Manchester, England
Harry S. Truman-The Soviet Union blocked access to the three Western-held sectors of Berlin
Thursday Jun 24, 1948 - Berlin, Germany
Harry S. Truman-The Allies initiated the Berlin Airlift
Friday Jun 25, 1948 - Berlin, Germany
Korean War-South Korean President
Tuesday Jul 20, 1948 - South Korea
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was introduced to the House of Lords
Wednesday Jul 21, 1948 - London, England, United Kingdom
Hachikō-Second Statue
Aug, 1948 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Korean War-Parliamentary elections in the North
Wednesday Aug 25, 1948 - North Korea
NATO Establishment-Brussels Treaty Organization (BTO)
Sep, 1948 - Brussels, Belgium
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état-Beneš's Death
Friday Sep 3, 1948 - Sezimovo Ústí, Czechia (Then Czechoslovakia)
United Nations-Headquarters
Tuesday Sep 14, 1948 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Chinese Civil War-Jinan and Shandong Captured
Friday Sep 24, 1948 - China
David Ben-Gurion-Killing 23 Israeli soldiers
Friday Sep 24, 1948 - Palestine
David Ben-Gurion-David put his argument to the Cabinet to attack Latrun again
Sunday Sep 26, 1948 - Palestine
Disasters with highest death tolls-1948 Ashgabat Earthquake
Wednesday Oct 6, 1948 at 01:12:00 AM - Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan)
Pedro López (serial killer)-López birth
Friday Oct 8, 1948 - Santa Isabel, Colombia
Fidel Castro-Marriage
Monday Oct 11, 1948 - Cuba
Harry S. Truman-The 1948 United States presidential elections
Tuesday Nov 2, 1948 - U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon Was Comfortably reelected
Tuesday Nov 2, 1948 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Father
1948 - London, England, United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II-Prince Charles birth
Sunday Nov 14, 1948 - London, United Kingdom
Prince Charles-Born
Sunday Nov 14, 1948 at 09:12:00 PM - Buckingham Palace, London, England
Audrey Hepburn-Dutch in Seven Lessons
1948 - Netherlands
Chinese Civil War-Pingjin Campaign
Sunday Nov 21, 1948 - China
The Wright brothers-One dollar agreement
Tuesday Nov 23, 1948 - U.S.
United Nations-Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Friday Dec 10, 1948 - Paris, France
Prince Charles-Baptism
Wednesday Dec 15, 1948 - Buckingham Palace, London, England
Audrey Hepburn-Hepburn accepted a ballet scholarship
1948 - London, England, United Kingdom
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois resigned from the NAACP for the second time
1948 - U.S.
Marilyn Monroe-First Starring Role
Thursday Dec 30, 1948 - U.S.