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What Happened In March 1948 In History

Historical Events for March, 1948

  • 17th » The Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
  • 18th » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito-Stalin split.
  • 20th » With a American Federation of Musicians e.g Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
  • 25th » The first successful tornado Weather forecasting known as forecast predicts that 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes called a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1948

  • 1st » Burning Spear, Jamaican singer-songwriter
  • 1st » Karl Johnson, Welsh actor
  • 1st » Alison Richard, English anthropologist and academic
  • 2nd » Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Taste (band) or Taste) (d. 1995)
  • 2nd » Jeff Kennett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
  • 3rd » Snowy White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, and The Bleeding Heart Band)
  • 4th » Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author
  • 4th » Brian Cummings, American voice actor
  • 4th » Veljko Despot, Croatian journalist and businessman
  • 4th » James Ellroy, American author
  • 4th » Tom Grieve, American baseball player
  • 4th » Leron Lee, American baseball player
  • 4th » Chris Squire, English singer-songwriter and bass player (The Syn, Yes (band) Yes, XYZ (UK band) XYZ, and Conspiracy (band) Conspiracy)
  • 5th » Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
  • 5th » Eddy Grant, Guyanese-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Equals)
  • 5th » Richard Hickox, English conductor (d. 2008)
  • 5th » Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
  • 5th » A. Rafiq, Indonesian singer and actor (d. 2013)
  • 6th » Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
  • 6th » Stephen Schwartz (composer) known as Stephen Schwartz, American composer
  • 8th » Gyles Brandreth, German-English screenwriter and politician
  • 8th » Sam Lacey, American basketball player (d. 2014)
  • 8th » Peggy March, American singer
  • 8th » Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi and scholar
  • 9th » Emma Bonino, Italian politician
  • 9th » Eric Fischl, American painter, sculptor and printmaker
  • 9th » Jeffrey Osborne, American singer and drummer (L.T.D.)
  • 10th » Austin Carr, American basketball player
  • 10th » Richard Park (broadcaster) or Richard Park, Scottish broadcaster
  • 11th » Roy Barnes, American politician, 80th Governor of Georgia
  • 11th » César Gerónimo, Dominican baseball player
  • 11th » George Kooymans, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (Golden Earring)
  • 11th » Jan Schelhaas, English keyboardist (Caravan (band) named Caravan and Camel (band) or Camel)
  • 12th » Virginia Bottomley, Scottish politician
  • 12th » Sandra Brown, American author
  • 12th » Kent Conrad, American politician
  • 12th » James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 13th » Robert S. Woods, American actor
  • 14th » Tom Coburn, American physician and politician
  • 14th » Billy Crystal, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Theo Jansen, Dutch sculptor
  • 15th » Kate Bornstein, American author and activist
  • 15th » Gavin Stamp, English historian and author
  • 15th » Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
  • 16th » Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter
  • 16th » Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
  • 16th » Margaret Weis, American author
  • 17th » William Gibson, American-Canadian author
  • 17th » Alex MacDonald (footballer born 1948) or Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 18th » Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 18th » Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
  • 18th » Lockwood Phillips, American radio host
  • 19th » Peep Lassmann, Estonian pianist
  • 19th » David Schnitter, American saxophonist
  • 19th » Vintcent van der Bijl, South African cricketer
  • 20th » John de Lancie, American actor
  • 20th » Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 20th » Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
  • 20th » Marva Wright, American singer (d. 2010)
  • 21st » Scott Fahlman, American computer scientist and academic
  • 22nd » Wolf Blitzer, German-American journalist
  • 22nd » Randy Jo Hobbs, American bass player (The McCoys and Montrose (band) named Montrose) (d. 1993)
  • 22nd » Andrew Lloyd Webber, English director and composer
  • 23rd » Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
  • 23rd » Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
  • 23rd » David Olney, American singer-songwriter
  • 24th » Javier Díez Canseco, Peruvian politician (d. 2013)
  • 24th » Anatoli Krikun, Estonian basketball player and coach
  • 24th » Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (d. 1989)
  • 24th » Lee Oskar, Danish harmonica player and songwriter (War (band) known as War and Lowrider Band)
  • 25th » Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
  • 25th » Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor (d. 2013)
  • 26th » Nash the Slash, Canadian violinist and mandolin player (FM (Canadian band) e.g FM) (d. 2014)
  • 26th » Richard Tandy, English keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
  • 26th » Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor (Aerosmith and Chain Reaction (1960s band) named Chain Reaction)
  • 26th » Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist
  • 27th » Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish politician
  • 27th » Dele Charley, Sierra Leonean author and playwright (d. 1993)
  • 27th » Rosemary Follett, Australian politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
  • 28th » Matthew Corbett, English actor
  • 28th » John Evan, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Jethro Tull (band) e.g Jethro Tull)
  • 28th » Dennis Unkovic, American lawyer and author
  • 28th » Dianne Wiest, American actress
  • 28th » Milan Williams, American keyboard player (The Commodores) (d. 2006)
  • 29th » Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 30th » Mervyn King (economist) called Mervyn King, English economist and academic
  • 30th » Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English politician
  • 30th » Eddie Jordan, Irish race car driver, founded Jordan Grand Prix
  • 31st » Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba
  • 31st » Natalia Dubova, Russian ice dancer and coach
  • 31st » David Eisenhower, American author and educator
  • 31st » Al Gore, American politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate
  • 31st » Rhea Perlman, American actress
  • 31st » Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist

Famous Deaths for March 1948

  • 2nd » Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (b. 1873)
  • 4th » Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
  • 6th » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author (b. 1914)
  • 9th » Edgar de Wahl, Baltic German linguist (b. 1867)
  • 10th » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author (b. 1900)
  • 10th » Jan Masaryk, Czech politician (b. 1886)
  • 24th » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter (b. 1885)
  • 26th » Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
  • 29th » Harry Price, English author (b. 1881)
  • 29th » Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881)

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