Mar 21 The birth of Timothy Dalton, English actor

Mar 14 Labor-Progressive MP Fred Rose arrested for conspiracy to transmit wartime secrets to the Soviet Union; sentenced to 6 years in prison for spying

Mar 12 The birth of Liza Minnelli, American actress

Mar 22 Jordan gains independence from British rule

Mar 05 British prime minister Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, MS.

Mar 09 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang

Mar 14 Belgian government of Spaak, forms

Mar 02 Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam

Mar 03 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill

Mar 08 First helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York NY)

Mar 10 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil

Mar 19 French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique &Réunion become overseas departments

Mar 05 Winston Churchill uses the term 'Iron Curtain' in a speech

Mar 05 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO), the term sticks for the next 50 years

Mar 01 Operation Frostbite--USS Midway with elements of Air Group 74 on board, and accompanied by three destroyers, left Norfolk to conduct cold weather tests in Davis Strait. In the period 7-22 March, these units with World War II type aircraft and the newer F8F Bearcat, the combination prop and jet FR-1 Fireball, and the HNS-1 helicopter.

Mar 01 British Govt takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years

Mar 19 Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as President of USSR

Mar 25 The XHJD-1, the first twin engined helicopter, made a hovering flight. Designed for the Navy by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

Mar 21 UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)

Mar 07 William H Hastie inaugurated as first black governor of Virgin Islands

Mar 06 France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation

Mar 22 The first US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)

Mar 31 Belgian government of Acker, forms

Mar 22 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan

Mar 16 John Dick's headless, armless and legless torso found on Hamilton Mountain, leading to sensational trial of his wife Evelyn, later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Mar 15 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence

Mar 02 Kingman Douglass, becomes deputy director of CIA

Mar 20 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns

Mar 12 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland

Mar 03 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button

Mar 29 First Test Cricket between Australia & New Zealand

Mar 02 Dutch troops land on East Bali

Mar 01 Panamá accepts its new constitution

Aug 07 First coin bearing portrait of Negro authorized

Aug 18 Golf Writers Associaton of America formed

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