March 1946 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1946 British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years.
• 02 Mar 1946 Kingman Douglass becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
• 03 Mar 1946 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
• 05 Mar 1946 Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
• 07 Mar 1946 Three to Make Ready opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 323 performances
• 08 Mar 1946 1st helicopter licensed for coml use (NYC)
• 09 Mar 1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia / Semarang
• 10 Mar 1946 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju, Brazil.
• 12 Mar 1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland.
• 15 Mar 1946 The Soviet Union and Switzerland resume diplomatic relations.
• 16 Mar 1946 Would-Be Gentleman closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances
• 18 Mar 1946 Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
• 19 Mar 1946 Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as President of the USSR
• 20 Mar 1946 The US Military Government in Berlin announces the capture of Mildred Gillars of Maine. Gillars was known as Axis Sally for her Berlin radio broadcasts to US troops in North Africa and Europe, describing the comforts of home and the folly of war with Germany.
• 21 Mar 1946 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
• 22 Mar 1946 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan.
• 24 Mar 1946 The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• 28 Mar 1946 Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson : Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
• 29 Mar 1946 Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• 30 Mar 1946 St. Louis Woman opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 113 performances
• 31 Mar 1946 Belgian government of Acker forms.

Famous Birthday

• David Gilmour

  British musician (Pink Floyd).

• Liza Minnelli

  American singer and actress who won an Academy Award for "Cabaret" and an Emmy for her "Liza with a Z" television special (both in 1972) and...

• Penny Thornton

  British pro astrologer and author of "Suns and Lovers.

• Timothy Dalton

  British actor.

• Lova Moor

  French strip-tease-dancer at the Crazy Horse Saloon.

• Yann Arthus-Bertrand

  French photographer, journalist, reporter, and environmentalist, born in a noted family of jewellers.

• Rosalyn Bruyere

  American healer and mystic who established a healing light center in Glendale, CA.

• Patrick Chesnais

  French actor, who won the 1989 César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the film La Lectrice directed by...

• JZ Knight
• Guesch Patti

  French singer.

• Jean-Paul Baudecroux

  French founder and director of a radio station.

• Gérard Garouste

  French painter, illustrator, and decorator.

• Maurice Krafft

  French scientist, a specialist in the study of volcanoes.

• Murray Head

  English singer and actor, most recognised for his international hits: "Superstar" (Jesus-Christ Superstar), "Say it Ain't So" and "One Night...

• Randy Meisner

  American musician inducted with the Eagles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 12, 1998.

• Manuel Camacho Solís
• Hubert Soudant

  Dutch orchestra conductor, winner of the Grand Prix de disque for a recording he made in 1976.

• Alain Madelin

  French politician and a former minister of that country.

• Peter Wolf

  American musician, a songwriter and the lead singer with the "J.

• Jacques Pélissard
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Famous Deaths

• Amir Hamzah

  Indonesian Poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35.

• Gustaf Heintze

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Thomas Frederick Dunhill

  Composer, dies at 69.

• Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl

  Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61.

• Alexandru Zirra

  Composer, dies at 62.

• Abraham Bredius

  Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at age 90.

• Clemens A von Galen

  bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at age 68.

• Alexander A Aljechin

  world chess champion (1927-35, 1937-46), dies at age 53.

• John S S P V Gort

  viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at age 59.

• Fidel Palffy

  Hungarian National socialist (Born 1895).

• George E Stewart

  American Medal of Honor recipient (Born 1872).

• Ferenc Szalasi

  Hungarian politician (executed) (Born 1897).

• Dai Li

  Chinese spymaster (Born 1897).

• Chick Fullis

  American baseball player (d. 1946).

• Bror von Blixen-Finecke

  Swedish hunter and author (d. 1946).

• Werner von Blomberg

  German minister of Reichswehr, dies at age 67.

• Philip Merivale

  Dies at 59.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
2. Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes - Oh! What It Seemed To Be
3. Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - Atlanta G.A.
4. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Seems Like Old Times
5. Dinah Shore - Personality