March 1947 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1947 The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 04 Mar 1947 WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 06 Mar 1947 XB-45, first US 4-engine jet bomber, makes first test flight, Muroc, California.
• 09 Mar 1947 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
• 12 Mar 1947 Chocolate Soldier opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances
• 13 Mar 1947 Brigadoon opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances
• 14 Mar 1947 The River Thames overruns its banks.
• 15 Mar 1947 John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in US Navy
• 16 Mar 1947 Convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested.
• 17 Mar 1947 First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• 19 Mar 1947 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan.
• 21 Mar 1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
• 22 Mar 1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
• 24 Mar 1947 US Congress proposes two-term limitation on the Presidency.
• 25 Mar 1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia.
• 28 Mar 1947 A World War II Japanese booby trap explodes on Corregidor island, killing 28 people.
• 29 Mar 1947 A rebellion against French rule erupts in Madagascar.
• 31 Mar 1947 The leaders of the Kurdish People's Republic of Mahabad, the second Kurdish state in the history of Iran, are hanged at the Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad after that country had been overrun by the Iranian army.
• 29 Mar 1947 Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule begins in Madagascar.

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1. Dinah Shore - Anniversary Song
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