All times in UTC ·
Dashed edge = started before, or continues beyond, this day
Events on Monday 5 July 1948 2
1888 – 1948Georges Bernanos (1888-1948)Died 5 July 1948, aged 60Georges Bernanos, the French Catholic novelist known for "The Diary of a Country Priest," died on July 5, 1948. His fiction explored spiritual struggle and grace within ordinary lives, and his outspoken political writings condemned both fascism and complacent bourgeois Catholicism. His novels continued to influence Catholic literature and cinema after his death.
1948 – presentThe NHS FoundingUniversal HealthcareThe establishment of the National Health Service by Aneurin Bevan.