a duck; however, "The Invincibles" win the match by an innings and 149 runs, and The Ashes 4–0. August 15 – The southern half of Korea is established as the Republic of Korea (South Korea). August 17 – The HUAC holds a private session between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers. August 18 – The Danube Commission is created by the Belgrade Convention (enters into force 11 May 1949). August 20 – Lee Pressman, Nathan Witt, and John Abt, represented by Harold I. Cammer, plead the Fifth Amendment, in response to allegations of Communism by Whittaker Chambers before the HUAC. August 23 – The World Council of Churches is established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. August 24 – The first meeting of the charter members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) is held. August 25 – The HUAC holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing, featuring "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. August 27 – Whittaker Chambers states that Alger Hiss was a communist on Meet the Press radio. September September 4 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons. September 5 – Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France. September 6 – Juliana is formally inaugurated to succeed her mother, as queen regnant of the Netherlands. September 9 – The northern half of Korea is formally declared the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), with Kim Il-sung as prime minister. September 11 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan, dies. Pakistan is in a state of shock as it mourns the departure of the father of the nation. The day is a public holiday nationwide. September 13–18 – Indian annexation of Hyderabad ("Operation Polo"): The princely state of Hyderabad is invaded by the Indian Armed Forces in a "police action", in the aftermath of Pakistani leader Jinnah's death. The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his state, which is amalgamated into the newly independent Dominion of India; thousands are killed as a result of this event. September 13 – Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States Senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House Of Representatives and the United States Senate. September 17 – Lehi members, also known as the Stern Gang, assassinate Swedish count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations Mediator in Palestine, in Jerusalem. September 18 – An inaugural motor race is held at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex,