What day of the week was May 15, 1948?

The day of the week May 15th, 1948 fell on was a Saturday.

Brian Eno the English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Roxy Music and 801) was born on 15 May in 1948. As was Valentina Gerasimova the Kazakhstani runner , Kathleen Sebelius the American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas .

Edward J. Flanagan the Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886) died on this day in 1948.

Following the demise of Mandatory Palestine the the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.