What day of the week was May 24, 1948?

The day of the week May 24th, 1948 fell on was a Monday.

Jacques Feyder the Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885) died on this day in 1948.

Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai the but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.