What Happened In March 1950 In History

Historical Events for March, 1950

• 1st » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• 7th » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet Union called Soviet spy.
• 17th » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".

Famous Birthdays on March in 1950

• 2nd » Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
• 2nd » Jeffrey Chodorow, American businessman
• 2nd » Rosemary Hennessy, American feminist
• 3rd » Tim Kazurinsky, American actor
• 4th » Francis Affleck, Canadian race car driver (d. 1985)
• 4th » Barrie Cassidy, Australian journalist
• 4th » Ron Climie, American ice hockey player
• 4th » Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
• 4th » Rick Perry, American politician, 47th Governor of Texas
• 4th » Safet Plakalo, Bosnian playwright
• 6th » Arthur Roche, English archbishop
• 6th » Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese voice actor (d. 2006)
• 7th » Iris Chacón, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
• 7th » Billy Joe DuPree, American football player
• 7th » Franco Harris, American football player
• 7th » J. R. Richard, American baseball player
• 7th » Ants Taul, Estonian bagpipe player
• 8th » Richard Ouzounian, Canadian-American director and critic
• 8th » Dimitris Spentzopoulos, Greek footballer
• 9th » Doug Ault, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 9th » Howard Shelley, British concert pianist
• 9th » Danny Sullivan, American race car driver
• 10th » Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani terrorist
• 10th » Aloma Wright, American actress
• 11th » Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor
• 11th » Jerry Zucker (film director) e.g Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 12th » Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager
• 12th » Willie Duggan, Irish rugby player
• 12th » Jon Provost, American actor
• 12th » Wheeler Winston Dixon, American director, critic, and author
• 13th » Charles Krauthammer, American journalist
• 13th » William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 14th » Rick Dees, American actor and radio host
• 15th » Olsen Brothers called Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter (Olsen Brothers)
• 15th » Kurt Koch, Swiss cardinal
• 16th » Peter Forster, English bishop
• 17th » Patrick Adams (musician) named Patrick Adams, American songwriter and producer
• 17th » Michael Been, American singer-songwriter (The Call (band) e.g The Call) (d. 2010)
• 18th » James Conlon, American conductor
• 18th » Brad Dourif, American actor
• 18th » John Hartman, American drummer (Doobie Brothers)
• 18th » Rod Milburn, American hurdler (d. 1997)
• 18th » Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and director
• 18th » Linda Partridge, English geneticist and academic
• 18th » Larry Perkins, Australian race car driver
• 19th » Jose S. Palma, Filipino archbishop
• 19th » James Redfield, American author
• 20th » William Hurt, American actor
• 20th » Carl Palmer, English drummer and songwriter (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia (band) called Asia, and Atomic Rooster)
• 21st » Roger Hodgson, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Supertramp)
• 21st » Ron Oden, American politician, 19th Mayor of Palm Springs
• 21st » Sergey Lavrov, Russian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia) or Foreign Minister of Russia
• 22nd » Goran Bregović, Bosnian guitarist and songwriter (Bijelo Dugme and Jutro)
• 22nd » Mary Tamm, English actress (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (d. 2012)
• 23rd » Corinne Cléry, French actress
• 23rd » Joseph Connolly (author) or Joseph Connolly, English journalist and author
• 23rd » Anthony De Longis, American actor, stuntman, and choreographer
• 23rd » Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author
• 24th » Gary Wichard, American football player and agent (d. 2011)
• 25th » Chuck Greenberg (musician) known as Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (Shadowfax (band) known as Shadowfax) (d. 1995)
• 26th » Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) (d. 2010)
• 26th » Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 26th » Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
• 27th » Julia Alvarez, American-Dominican author and poet
• 27th » Markku Andersson, Finnish politician
• 27th » Tony Banks (musician) known as Tony Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (Genesis (band) or Genesis)
• 27th » Modou Dia, Senegalese politician and diplomat
• 27th » Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician
• 27th » David Edgar (swimmer) known as David Edgar, American swimmer
• 27th » Maria Ewing, American soprano
• 27th » Lynn McGlothen, American baseball player (d. 1984)
• 27th » Madeleine Moon, English social worker and politician
• 27th » Anton Ondruš, Czech-Slovak footballer
• 27th » Matt Siegel, American radio host
• 27th » Terry Yorath, Welsh footballer and manager
• 28th » Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
• 29th » Norman Snow, American actor
• 30th » Janet Browne, English-American historian and academic
• 30th » Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and singer
• 30th » Beverley Hughes, English academic and politician
• 30th » Warren Snowdon, Australian politician
• 31st » András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author
• 31st » Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor

Famous Deaths for March 1950

• 2nd » Rosli Dhobi, Malaysian rebel (b. 1932)
• 4th » Adam Rainer, Austrian dwarf and giant (b. 1899)
• 5th » Edgar Lee Masters American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 5th » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general (b. 1907)
• 6th » Albert François Lebrun, French politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 10th » Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
• 19th » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
• 19th » Norman Haworth, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 24th » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 30th » Léon Blum, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 31st » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)

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