March 1949

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The following events occurred in March 1949:

March 1, 1949 (Tuesday)

March 2, 1949 (Wednesday)

March 3, 1949 (Thursday)

March 4, 1949 (Friday)

  • Israel's application of membership to the United Nations was approved by the Security Council by a vote of 9–1, with Egypt casting the only dissenting vote and Britain abstaining.
  • Andrey Vyshinsky succeeded Vyacheslav Molotov as Soviet Foreign Minister.
  • Died: James Rowland Angell, 79, American psychologist and educator

March 5, 1949 (Saturday)

March 6, 1949 (Sunday)

March 7, 1949 (Monday)

March 8, 1949 (Tuesday)

  • Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion presented the Knesset with a four-year development plan for the country. The program called for a doubling of immigration, development of Jerusalem, encouragement of private investment and the eradication of illiteracy.
  • Sun Fo resigned as Premier of the Republic of China.
  • Born: Natalia Kuchinskaya, Olympic gymnast, in Leningrad, USSR

March 9, 1949 (Wednesday)

March 10, 1949 (Thursday)

March 11, 1949 (Friday)

March 12, 1949 (Saturday)

March 13, 1949 (Sunday)

  • South Korean Army forces launched a spring offensive against the Jeju uprising as South Korean President Syngman Rhee issued orders to eradicate the insurgents.

March 14, 1949 (Monday)

March 15, 1949 (Tuesday)

March 16, 1949 (Wednesday)

March 17, 1949 (Thursday)

March 18, 1949 (Friday)

March 19, 1949 (Saturday)

  • In a move to impede the establishment of a West German state, the East German People's Council in Berlin adopted a constitution providing for the creation of a central government in a unified Germany after the Allied occupation.
  • Born: Valery Leontiev, pop singer, in Ust-Usa, Komi ASSR, Soviet Union
  • Died: James Somerville, 66, Royal Navy officer

March 20, 1949 (Sunday)

March 21, 1949 (Monday)

March 22, 1949 (Tuesday)

  • Canadian Finance Minister Douglas Abbott presented a budget for the next fiscal year estimating revenue at $2.477 billion and expenditure at $2.39 billion. $368 million worth of taxes were cut from a wide variety of items ranging from personal and corporate taxes to soft drinks, cosmetics and matches.
  • Born: Fanny Ardant, actress, in Saumur, France; John Toshack, footballer and manager, in Cardiff, Wales

March 23, 1949 (Wednesday)

  • Lebanon and Israel signed an armistice agreement providing for the exchange of prisoners of war and the setting of the demarcation line to correspond with the international Lebanese-Palestinian border.
  • The British North American Act 1949, known since 1982 as the Newfoundland Act, was enacted in the United Kingdom to confirm and give effect to the Terms of union agreed to between Canada and Newfoundland.

March 24, 1949 (Thursday)

March 25, 1949 (Friday)

March 26, 1949 (Saturday)

March 27, 1949 (Sunday)

  • By a vote of 188–112, the Italian Senate approved of entering negotiations to join the North Atlantic alliance.
  • Died: Elisheva Bikhovski, 60, Russian-Israeli poet, writer and translator

March 28, 1949 (Monday)

March 29, 1949 (Tuesday)

March 30, 1949 (Wednesday)

March 31, 1949 (Thursday)

  • Newfoundland became the 10th province of Canada.
  • Winston Churchill told an audience of 14,000 people in Boston Garden that the Soviets would have overrun all of Europe and attacked Britain "but for the deterrent of the atomic bomb in the hands of the United States."
  • The first batch of 7-inch single vinyl records, often referred to as "45s" for the number of revolutions on the turntable per minute, was released in the United States by RCA Victor. The new format caught on with the public over the next few years since the discs were lighter in weight than the old 78s and yet still durable, making them an ideal format for jukeboxes.

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