** The Treaty of Münster ( Instrumentum Pacis Monasteriensis, IPM ), concerning the Holy Roman Emperor and France and their respective allies.

** The Treaty of Osnabrück ( Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrugensis, IPO ), concerning the Holy Roman Emperor, the Empire and Sweden and their respective allies.

** UN Treaty Collection – Treaty Guide

** The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is permanently disbanded.

** In 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) led by the United States launched air attacks against Yugoslavia ( then composed of only Serbia and Montenegro ) to pressure the Yugoslav government to end its military operations against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo due to accusations of war crimes being committed by Yugoslav military forces working alongside nationalist Serb paramilitary groups.

** North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea announces that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.

** The Majilis of Kazakhstan approves the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and agrees to dismantle the more than 100 missiles left on its territory by the fall of the USSR.

** Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.

** Japan-U. S. Security Treaty, which allows United States Armed Forces being stationed in Japan after the occupation of Japan, is signed by Japan and the United States.

** Treaty of Brussels signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, providing for economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence.

** Hay-Pauncefote Treaty signed by United Kingdom and United States, ceding control of the Panama Canal to the United States.

** Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.

** The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty opens for signature.

** Warsaw Treaty Organization joint secretariat established.

** The Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I.

** Mexican – American War formally ends, making the unincorporated, unorganized California Territory a provisional official possession: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest United States.

** Commonwealth of Independent States Collective Security Treaty ( CST ) signed ( effective 20 April 1994 ).

** Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT I treaty in Moscow, as well as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and other agreements.

** Estonian War of Independence: The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed, ending the war and recognizing Estonian independence.

** Treaty of Moscow ( 1920 ): Soviet Russia recognizes independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.

** Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing South Common Market ( Mercosur its acronym in Spanish )

** Warsaw Treaty Organization officially dissolved in accordance with a protocol calling for a “ transition to all-European structures.

** Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.

** Winner: 1948 ( as BVV )

** Master Mixed Teams ( 6 ) 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1954

** German Reichsmark, German coinage from 1924 to 1948

** Deutsche Mark, official currency of Germany from 1948 to 2001

** East German Mark, official currency of the German Democratic Republic from 1948 to 1990

** Cassie Gaines ( b. 1948 )

** Ronnie Van Zant ( b. 1948 )

** Berry Berenson, American photographer ( b. 1948 )

** 1948 Arab – Israeli War ( 1948 – 1949 ) – The war was fought between the newly declared State of Israel and its Arab neighbours.

** Fred Hampton, American Black Panther ( shot by police ) ( b. 1948 )

** 1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

** 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated ; expeditionary forces from Egypt, Transjordan, Syria and Iraq invade Israel and clash with Israeli forces.

** 1948 Fukui earthquake strikes Fukui, Japan.

** In the Hungarian parliamentary election, Hungary's first multiparty election since 1948, the Hungarian Democratic Forum wins the most seats.

** A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced.

** James Baskett, African-American actor ( Uncle Remus in Disney's Song of the South ) ( d. 1948 )

** Nick Drake, British musician ( b. 1948 )

** Cecilia ( singer ), Spanish singer-songwriter ( b. 1948 )

** Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler ( b. 1948 )

** Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist ( d. 1948 )

** Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer ( d. 1948 )

** Muhammad Ali Jinnah, first governor general and founder of Pakistan ( d. 1948 )

** Ronnie Caldwell, American musician ( b. 1948 )