What Happened In March 1947 In History

Historical Events for March, 1947

• 1st » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 8th » Thirteen thousand troops sent by the Kuomintang government of Republic of China or China arrive in Taiwan after the 228 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan indepe
• 12th » The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• 17th » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• 25th » An 1947 Centralia mine disaster known as explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• 29th » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1947

• 1st » Mike Read, English journalist
• 1st » Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and composer
• 2nd » Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Harry Redknapp, English footballer and manager
• 3rd » Clifton Snider, American poet and author
• 3rd » Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (d. 2001)
• 3rd » Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 4th » Peter Ellis (footballer) or Peter Ellis, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
• 4th » David Franzoni, American screenwriter and producer
• 4th » Jan Garbarek, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
• 4th » Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor
• 4th » John Hinch (mathematician) e.g John Hinch, English mathematician
• 4th » Aura Lewis, South African singer
• 4th » Bob Lewis (musician) or Bob Lewis, American guitarist (Devo)
• 4th » Pēteris Plakidis, Latvian pianist and composer
• 5th » Eddie Hodges, American actor and singer
• 5th » Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer and actress
• 5th » Tom Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 5th » Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
• 6th » Tony Badger, English historian and academic
• 6th » Kiki Dee, English singer-songwriter
• 6th » Dick Fosbury, American high jumper
• 6th » Killer Khan, Japanese wrestler
• 6th » Rob Reiner, American actor, director, and producer
• 6th » Jean Seaton, English historian and academic
• 6th » John Stossel, American journalist and author
• 6th » Judy Loe, English actress
• 7th » Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (d. 2013)
• 7th » Richard Lawson (actor) named Richard Lawson, American actor
• 7th » Walter Röhrl, German race car driver
• 8th » Michael Allsup, American guitarist (Three Dog Night)
• 8th » Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter
• 8th » Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (d. 2011)
• 8th » Vladimír Mišík, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Matadors, Blue Effect, Flamengo (Czech band) called Flamengo, and Etc...)
• 8th » Florentino Pérez, Spanish businessman and engineer
• 9th » Richard Adams (activist) e.g Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (d. 2012)
• 9th » Keri Hulme, New Zealand author
• 10th » Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
• 10th » Paul Condon, Baron Condon, English police officer
• 10th » Bob Greene, American journalist
• 10th » Andrew Parrott, English conductor
• 10th » Tom Scholz, American guitarist and songwriter (Boston (band) called Boston)
• 11th » Tristan Murail, French composer and educator
• 11th » Mark Stein (musician) or Mark Stein, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Vanilla Fudge)
• 11th » Alan Yentob, English television host
• 12th » Peter Harry Carstensen, German politician
• 12th » Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (d. 1987)
• 12th » Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
• 13th » Lesley Collier, English ballet dancer
• 13th » Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist
• 14th » Pam Ayres, English comedian, actor, and poet
• 14th » Roy Budd, English pianist and composer (d. 1993)
• 14th » William J. Jefferson, American politician
• 14th » Jona Lewie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs and Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts)
• 14th » Peter Skellern, English singer-songwriter and pianist (Oasis (1980s group) e.g Oasis)
• 15th » Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 15th » Gino Ferrin, German footballer and manager
• 15th » Juraj Kukura, Slovak-German actor
• 15th » Tony Osoba, Scottish actor
• 16th » Ramzan Paskayev, Kazakh accordion player and composer
• 16th » Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor
• 16th » Trevor Hartley, English footballer and manager
• 17th » Jan Andersson (politician) known as Jan Andersson, Swedish politician
• 17th » Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter and producer
• 17th » James Morrow, American author
• 18th » Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
• 18th » Patrick Chesnais, French actor
• 18th » Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician
• 18th » David Lloyd (cricketer) or David Lloyd, English cricketer
• 18th » Heather Ryan (model) e.g Heather Ryan, American model
• 18th » B.J. Wilson, English drummer (Procol Harum) (d. 1990)
• 19th » Glenn Close, American actress and producer
• 19th » Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 20th » John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994)
• 22nd » George Ferguson (architect) e.g George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
• 22nd » James Patterson, American author
• 22nd » Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
• 22nd » Tony Pope, American voice actor (d. 2004)
• 23rd » Barbara Rhoades, American actress
• 23rd » Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
• 24th » Dennis Erickson, American football player and coach
• 24th » Christine Gregoire, American politician, 22nd Governor of Washington
• 24th » Mick Jones (footballer, born 1947) or Mick Jones, English footballer and coach
• 24th » Meiko Kaji, Japanese actress and singer
• 24th » Gary Howard Klar, American actor
• 24th » Alan Sugar, English businessman
• 25th » Richard Cork, English historian and critic
• 25th » Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
• 26th » Dar Robinson, American stuntman and actor (d. 1986)
• 27th » Marc-Yvan Côté, Canadian politician
• 27th » Craig Defoy, Welsh golfer
• 27th » Aad de Mos, Dutch footballer, manager, and coach
• 27th » Oliver Friggieri, Maltese author and poet
• 27th » Brian Jones (aeronaut) called Brian Jones, English balloonist
• 27th » John Mayhew (musician) called John Mayhew, English-Australian drummer (Genesis (band) known as Genesis) (d. 2009)
• 27th » Walt Mossberg, American journalist
• 27th » Olavi Suomalainen, Finnish runner
• 28th » Peter Hennessy, English historian and academic
• 28th » John Records Landecker, American radio host
• 28th » Greg Thompson, Canadian politician
• 29th » Robert Gordon (musician) named Robert Gordon, American singer and actor
• 29th » Bobby Kimball, American singer-songwriter (Toto (band) e.g Toto and Yoso)
• 30th » Ryszard Kotla, Polish journalist and author
• 30th » Dick Roche, Irish politician, Minister of State for European Affairs
• 31st » Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic
• 31st » Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer (Yggdrasil (band) or Yggdrasil)
• 31st » Don Foster (politician) or Don Foster, English politician
• 31st » César Gaviria, Colombian politician, 36th President of Colombia
• 31st » Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for March 1947

• 2nd » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 5th » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 9th » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek Army officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 9th » Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet (b. 1896)
• 12th » Winston Churchill (novelist) known as Winston Churchill, American author (b. 1871)
• 18th » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 20th » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 23rd » Archduchess Louise of Austria (b. 1870)
• 28th » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)

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