What Happened In March 1946 In History

Historical Events for March, 1946

• 1st » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• 2nd » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• 5th » Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
• 6th » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• 9th » Bolton Wanderers F.C. e.g Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park disaster e.g stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
• 11th » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• 18th » Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
• 21st » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington (American football) known as Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933.
• 24th » The British 1946 Cabinet Mission to India Cabinet Mission, consisting of Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough A. V. Alexander, arrives in
• 28th » Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1946

• 1st » Elvin Bethea, American football player
• 1st » Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer-songwriter (Offenbach (band) or Offenbach) (d. 1990)
• 1st » Jim Crace, English author
• 1st » Lana Wood, American actress and producer
• 3rd » John Virgo, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 3rd » Mike Wood (politician) called Mike Wood, English politician
• 4th » Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, English businessman
• 4th » Daniel Frisella, American baseball player (d. 1977)
• 4th » Haile Gerima, Ethiopian-American director and producer
• 4th » Harvey Goldsmith, English empresario
• 4th » Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American author
• 4th » Nora Radcliffe, Scottish politician
• 4th » Jean-Claude Schmitt, French historian
• 5th » Richard Bell (Canadian musician) called Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (Full Tilt Boogie Band, The Band, Crowbar (Canadian band) or Crowbar, and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings) (d. 2007)
• 5th » Mem Fox, Australian author
• 5th » Murray Head, English actor and singer
• 5th » Lova Moor, French singer, dancer, and actress
• 5th » Michael Warren (actor) called Michael Warren, American basketball player and actor
• 6th » Martin Kove, American actor
• 6th » Richard Noble, Scottish race car driver and businessman
• 7th » Matthew Fisher, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Procol Harum)
• 7th » Clive Gillinson, Indian-English cellist
• 7th » Daniel Goleman, American psychologist and author
• 7th » Peter Wolf, American singer-songwriter (The J. Geils Band)
• 8th » Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Eagles (band) named The Eagles and Poco)
• 8th » Yiannis Parios, Greek singer
• 9th » Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (d. 2014)
• 9th » Jim Cregan, English guitarist and songwriter (Blossom Toes, Streetwalkers, and Family (band) known as Family)
• 10th » Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese race car driver
• 10th » Mike Hollands, Australian animator and director, founded Act3animation
• 10th » Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
• 11th » Mark Metcalf, American actor
• 11th » Patty Waters, American singer
• 12th » Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 12th » Frank Welker, American voice actor
• 12th » Serge Turgeon, Canadian actor and union leader (d. 2004)
• 13th » Yonatan Netanyahu, American-Israeli colonel (d. 1976)
• 14th » Steve Kanaly, American actor
• 14th » Wes Unseld, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 15th » Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (d. 2003)
• 15th » Stephen Hill (college head) or Stephen Hill, English academic
• 15th » Howard E. Scott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (War (band) named War and Lowrider Band)
• 15th » David Wall (dancer) e.g David Wall, English ballet dancer (d. 2013)
• 16th » Michael Basman, English chess player
• 16th » Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica virtuoso and composer
• 16th » Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor
• 17th » John Baines, English egyptologist and academic
• 17th » Harold Ray Brown, American drummer (War (band) e.g War and Lowrider Band)
• 17th » Gavin Campbell (presenter) or Gavin Campbell, English actor and television host
• 17th » Michael Finnissy, English pianist and composer
• 18th » Martyn Griffiths, English race car driver
• 18th » Michel Leclère, French race car driver
• 19th » Paul Atkinson (guitarist) called Paul Atkinson, English guitarist (The Zombies) (d. 2004)
• 19th » Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 19th » Ruth Pointer, American singer-songwriter and producer (Pointer Sisters)
• 19th » Jack Schaeffer, American singer, saxophonist, and producer (Royale Monarchs)
• 20th » Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Riders in the Sky (band) e.g Riders in the Sky)
• 20th » Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
• 21st » Ray Dorset, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mungo Jerry)
• 22nd » Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 22nd » Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester, English politician
• 22nd » Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player
• 22nd » Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
• 22nd » Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Easybeats and Vanda & Young)
• 23rd » Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
• 23rd » Pepe Lienhard, Swiss singer and bandleader
• 24th » Klaus Dinger, German guitarist and songwriter (Neu!, La Düsseldorf, and Kraftwerk) (d. 2008)
• 25th » Cliff Balsom, English footballer
• 25th » Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher (d. 2010)
• 25th » Stephen Hunter, American author and critic
• 25th » Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (d. 1991)
• 25th » Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (d. 1995)
• 26th » Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer
• 26th » Jiří Kabeš, Czech singer-songwriter and violinist (The Plastic People of the Universe)
• 26th » Alain Madelin, French politician
• 27th » Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (d. 1999)
• 27th » Andy Bown, English bass player and songwriter (Status Quo (band) called Status Quo, The Herd (UK band) known as The Herd, and Judas Jump)
• 27th » Boris Kopeikin, Russian footballer, coach, and manager
• 27th » Vyacheslav Kovalenko, Russian diplomat, 5th List of Ambassadors of Russia to Armenia e.g Russian Ambassador to Armenia
• 28th » Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 28th » Henry Paulson, American economist and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 28th » Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian politician, 48th President of Peru
• 29th » James Boyle (broadcasting) known as James Boyle, Scottish broadcaster
• 29th » Paul Herman, American actor
• 29th » Richard Holmes (military historian) e.g Richard Holmes, English soldier and historian (d. 2011)
• 29th » Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (d. 2007)
• 29th » Rigo Tovar, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2005)
• 30th » Elhanan Helpman, Israeli-American economist
• 30th » Mohammad Hashem Pesaran, Iranian-English economist
• 31st » Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)
• 31st » Bob Russell (British politician) e.g Bob Russell, English politician

Famous Deaths for March 1946

• 2nd » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician (b. 1895)
• 2nd » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 3rd » Pauline Whittier, American golfer (b. 1876)
• 4th » Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Swedish hunter (b. 1886)
• 7th » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet (b. 1891)
• 12th » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician, List of heads of state of Hungary or Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 14th » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 17th » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 17th » William Merz, American gymnast (b. 1878)
• 20th » Amadeus William Grabau, American geologist (b. 1870)
• 24th » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 24th » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast (b. 1869)
• 28th » Chick Fullis, American baseball player (b. 1904)

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