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What Happened In March 1949 In History

Historical Events for March, 1949

  • 2nd » Captain (U.S. Air Force) called Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress 'Lucky Lady II' in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • 2nd » The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
  • 8th » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason.
  • 8th » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led North Vietnam or Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  • 25th » The extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation is conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of Terrorism or terror. The Soviet Union e.g Soviet authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to
  • 30th » A 1949 anti-NATO riot in Iceland known as riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
  • 31st » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Provinces of Canada named Province of Canada.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1949

  • 2nd » Alain Chamfort, French singer
  • 2nd » Naomi James, New Zealand sailor
  • 2nd » Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer
  • 2nd » J.P.R. Williams, Welsh rugby player
  • 3rd » Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist and academic
  • 3rd » Ron Chernow, American author
  • 3rd » Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
  • 3rd » Gloria Hendry, American actress
  • 3rd » Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011)
  • 4th » Carroll Baker (singer) named Carroll Baker, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 4th » Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (d. 2011)
  • 4th » Cookie Mueller, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1989)
  • 4th » Tomislav Trifić, Serbian illustrator
  • 5th » Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (d. 1992)
  • 5th » Franz Josef Jung, German politician
  • 6th » Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 6th » Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer
  • 7th » Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician
  • 8th » Natalia Kuchinskaya, Russian gymnast
  • 8th » Karel Lismont, Belgian runner
  • 8th » Antonello Venditti, Italian singer-songwriter
  • 9th » Jaime Lyn Bauer, American actress
  • 9th » Neil Hamilton, English politician
  • 9th » Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer
  • 10th » Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist
  • 10th » Barbara Corcoran, American businesswoman
  • 11th » Griselda Pollock, South African-English historian and academic
  • 12th » Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 12th » Moctesuma Esparza, American film producer
  • 12th » Charles Levin (actor) known as Charles Levin, American actor
  • 12th » David Mellor, English journalist, lawyer, and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  • 12th » Bill Payne, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Little Feat and Phil Lesh and Friends)
  • 13th » Sian Elias, New Zealand politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand
  • 13th » John Hall (priest) called John Hall, English priest
  • 13th » Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (d. 1974)
  • 13th » Julia Migenes, American soprano and actress
  • 13th » Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser
  • 13th » Emmy Verhey, Dutch violinist
  • 14th » Helle Meri, Estonian actress, 2nd First Lady of Estonia
  • 15th » John Duttine, English actor
  • 15th » Deirdre Hutton, Scottish civil servant
  • 16th » Erik Estrada, American actor
  • 16th » Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
  • 16th » Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and author
  • 16th » Joseph Pilato, American actor
  • 17th » Hartmut Briesenick, German shot putter (d. 2013)
  • 17th » Patrick Duffy, American actor and director
  • 17th » Daniel Lavoie, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 17th » Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach
  • 17th » Stuart Rose, English businessman
  • 17th » Shih Wing-ching, Hong Kong businessman
  • 18th » Bertha Gilkey, American activist (d. 2014)
  • 18th » Alex Higgins, Irish snooker player (d. 2010)
  • 18th » Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician
  • 18th » Hannu Siitonen, Finnish javelin thrower
  • 19th » Valery Leontiev, Russian singer and actor
  • 19th » Hirofumi Hirano, Japanese politician
  • 20th » Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist
  • 20th » Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
  • 21st » Alvin Kallicharran, Guyanese cricketer and coach
  • 21st » Andy Love, Scottish politician
  • 21st » Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 21st » Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian sociologist and critic
  • 22nd » Fanny Ardant, French actress
  • 22nd » Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (d. 2010)
  • 23rd » Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Cars)
  • 24th » Tabitha King, American author
  • 24th » Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer and coach
  • 24th » Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (April Wine and Mashmakhan)
  • 24th » Nick Lowe, English singer-songwriter and producer (Rockpile and Little Village)
  • 24th » Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian academic and politician, 36th Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran
  • 24th » Ranil Wickremasinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 13th List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka or Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
  • 25th » Ronnie Flanagan, Irish police officer
  • 26th » Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
  • 26th » Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
  • 26th » Fran Sheehan, American bass player (Boston (band) e.g Boston)
  • 26th » Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
  • 26th » Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
  • 27th » Nadia Arslan, Lebanese actress (d. 2008)
  • 27th » Poul Ruders, Danish composer
  • 27th » Leigh Steinberg, American lawyer and agent
  • 27th » Nancy Sullivan (politician) called Nancy Sullivan, American educator and politician
  • 27th » Dubravka Ugrešić, Croatian-Dutch author
  • 28th » Frank Kopel, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
  • 28th » Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)
  • 29th » Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (Steps Ahead and Parliament-Funkadelic) (d. 2007)
  • 29th » Dave Greenfield, English Keyboard player (The Stranglers)
  • 29th » Pauline Marois, Canadian politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
  • 29th » Keith Simpson (politician) named Keith Simpson, English historian and politician
  • 29th » John Spenkelink, American murderer (d. 1979)
  • 30th » Sue Cook, English radio host and author
  • 30th » Liza Frulla, Canadian politician
  • 30th » Ray Magliozzi, American radio host
  • 30th » Naomi Sims, American model and author (d. 2009)
  • 31st » Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 31st » Bert Massie, English activist

Famous Deaths for March 1949

  • 2nd » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
  • 4th » Clarence Kingsbury English cyclist (b. 1882)
  • 7th » Francis Dodd (artist) e.g Francis Dodd, Welsh painter (b. 1874)
  • 7th » Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)
  • 9th » Charles Bennett (athlete) known as Charles Bennett, English runner (b. 1870)
  • 10th » James Rector, American runner (b. 1884)
  • 11th » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
  • 11th » Henri Giraud, French general (b. 1879)
  • 17th » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
  • 19th » James Somerville, English admiral (b. 1882)
  • 28th » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
  • 30th » Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
  • 30th » Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)

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