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The following events occurred in March 1946:

March 5, 1946: Former British Prime Minister Churchill delivers the "Iron Curtain speech"
March 6, 1946: Jackie Robinson (#30), Negro player signed into Brooklyn Dodgers farm system
March 10, 1946: The Aga Khan is given his weight in diamonds

March 1, 1946 (Friday)

  • North Korea's Communist Party leader and future President, Kim Il Sung, was saved from assassination by an alert Soviet officer. Y.T. Novichenko caught a hand grenade that had been thrown at Kim during a rally.[1]
  • Operation Coronet, the greatest amphibious invasion ever planned, had been tentatively scheduled for "Y-Day", March 1, 1946. The invasion by 25 divisions of Allied forces of Honshū, the main island of Japan, would have been resisted by the Japanese in Operation Ketsu-Go, and would have followed the November 1, 1945, invasion of Kyūshū. Following the surrender of Japan in 1945, Olympic, Coronet and Ketsu-Go became unnecessary.[2]
  • Born: Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player (French Open 1970–71, Wimbledon 1973), in Prague

March 2, 1946 (Saturday)

  • The United Nations would not be welcome to locate permanently in Greenwich, Connecticut, the UNO's first choice for a site. In a special referendum, the vote was 4,540 to 2,019 against letting the UNO build in Greenwich and its surrounding area.[3] The U.N. headquarters was built instead in New York City.

March 3, 1946 (Sunday)

  • An American Airlines DC-3 crashed into a mountain at 7:53 am PST as it approached San Diego on a flight from Tucson, killing all 27 persons on board.[4] Flight 6-103 had originated in New York, with multiple stops on the way to San Diego.[5]

March 4, 1946 (Monday)

March 5, 1946 (Tuesday)

  • Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. The former British Prime Minister was accompanied by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, and the speech – which was entitled "The Sinews of Peace" was part of a program that began at 3:30 pm CST, after an invocation and introductory remarks by Westminster's President McCluer and by President Truman.[10] Churchill surprised the world with his attack on the spread of Soviet Communism, as he said "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."[11] Using the metaphor of an iron curtain (used at theaters for fire protection), to refer to the sealing off of a conquered area, was not invented by Churchill,[12] nor did he first use it at Westminster College.[13]
  • Died: Gertrude Pinsky, David Guzik and eight other persons on a mission for the Jewish relief organization JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) were killed in a plane crash near Prague. One of the few women assigned overseas by JDC, Ms. Pinsky had overseen the aid to thousands of Jewish displaced persons during the Second World War.

March 6, 1946 (Wednesday)

March 7, 1946 (Thursday)

  • The 167 residents of the Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, were evacuated from their South Pacific island in order for atomic testing to begin. A report to the U.S. Congress calculated loss-of-use damages fifty years later at $278,000,000.[16]
  • Five days after the March 2 deadline had passed for Soviet troops to leave Iran, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow served a diplomatic note on the Soviet Foreign Ministry, calling on the Soviets to honor their agreement.[17]
  • Born: Peter Wolf, American rock musician (The J. Geils Band), as Peter W. Blankfield, in the Bronx, New York

March 8, 1946 (Friday)

March 9, 1946 (Saturday)

March 10, 1946 (Sunday)

  • In a ceremony witnessed by 100,000 followers at the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay, the Aga Khan, leader of British India's Shia Ismaili Muslim population, received his weight—248 pounds—in diamonds, in honor of his 60 years (Diamond Anniversary) on the throne. For his golden anniversary in 1936, he had received his weight (238 lb.) in gold.[20]
  • All 25 persons on an Australian National Airways flight were killed when their plane crashed at 8:50 pm, shortly after takeoff from Hobart, Tasmania.[21]
  • At a synod, convened in Lviv under pressure from the Soviet government, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church severed its historic ties with the Church in Rome, and its union with the Russian Orthodox Church was proclaimed.[22]
  • Born: Jim Valvano, American college basketball coach (N.C. State), in New York City (d. 1993)
  • Died: Karl Haushofer, 76, German political scientist and proponent of Geopolitik, by suicide along with his wife.

March 11, 1946 (Monday)

  • Rudolf Höss, the Nazi Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, was located and arrested by British military police near the northern German town of Flensburg, where he had been working on a farm under the alias "Franz Lang". Höss, who confessed to overseeing the murder of millions of prisoners, mostly Jewish, was himself executed at Auschwitz on April 16, 1947.[23]
  • In New York, Sylvia Lawry and 20 neurologists founded the Association for Advancement of Research in Multiple Sclerosis, now the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.[24]

March 12, 1946 (Tuesday)

March 13, 1946 (Wednesday)

  • The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors ended after 113 days, as the UAW accepted an 18+12 cent per hour wage increase for its members.[27]
  • The Congress of Industrial Organizations ended its strike against General Electric.[28]
  • The world waited to see if the United States and the Soviet Union would go to war, as the Soviets defied the ultimatum of March 7, and reportedly were continuing their advance in Iran.[29]

March 14, 1946 (Thursday)

March 15, 1946 (Friday)

March 16, 1946 (Saturday)

March 17, 1946 (Sunday)

March 18, 1946 (Monday)

  • Lavrentiy Beria was elected a full member of the Soviet Communist Party Politburo, and then promoted to the Council of Ministers in charge of state security.[38]
  • The deadline for Korean residents of Japan to apply for repatriation to Korea expired. Out of 1.1 million, there were 614,000 who moved to Korea, and all but 10,000 to the south.[39]
  • Sixty-three women were hired as the first female law enforcement officers in the history of Japan.[40]

March 19, 1946 (Tuesday)

March 20, 1946 (Wednesday)

March 21, 1946 (Thursday)

March 22, 1946 (Friday)

  • The United Kingdom and the Emirate of Transjordan signed the Treaty of London, giving Transjordan its independence while Britain would continue to maintain military bases in the country.
  • The United States Army made its first successful launch of an American-built rocket out of the atmosphere, using a combination of American and German scientists in adapting the German V-2 rockets seized after the Allied victory in World War II. The Army rocket reached an altitude of about 50 miles.[50]
  • Died: Clemens von Galen, 68, German bishop who had been made a Roman Catholic cardinal by Pope Pius XII the previous month.

March 23, 1946 (Saturday)

  • The Rochester Royals defeated the Sheboygan Redskins, 66–48, to sweep the best of five championship of the National Basketball League.[51] Both teams would become charter members of the National Basketball Association. The Rochester franchise moved three times and is now the Sacramento Kings.
  • President Truman sent an ultimatum to Joseph Stalin demanding that the Soviets comply with their agreement to withdraw their troops from Iran.[52]
  • Argentina extended its claims over Antarctica, adding a claim of sovereignty over the portion from 68°34' W to 74°W. Argentine Antarctic Territory is claimed from 25° W to 74°W.[53]
  • Indonesia Tentara Republik Indonesia (Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia) or TRI evacuated Indonesian citizens from the city of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. In an operation called "bumihangus" or "scorched earth", TRI and over 200,000 civilians purposely burned their homes in an attempt to prevent incoming Allied forces and the Netherlands-Indies Civil Administration (NICA) from being able to easily set up an army base. The event is commemorated as "Bandung Lautan Api", or "Bandung Sea of Fire".[54]
  • Died: Gilbert N. Lewis, 70, American chemist who discovered the covalent bond, died (of natural causes) while carrying out an experiment on fluorescence in his laboratory.

March 24, 1946 (Sunday)

March 25, 1946 (Monday)

  • A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union was defused when the Soviet government made the announcement, broadcast on Moscow Radio, that it would withdraw all troops from Iran within six weeks.[59]
  • The United Nations moved to its new location in New York City, not in Manhattan but in the Bronx, on the campus of Lehman College, part of the City College of New York system. Lehman and its buildings were the site of the 51-member international body for almost five months, until August 15, 1946.[60]

March 26, 1946 (Tuesday)

March 27, 1946 (Wednesday)

March 28, 1946 (Thursday)

  • The results of the first general election in India were certified. Over a four-month period, voting was conducted for the Provincial Assemblies in each of the eleven provinces of British India. The Congress Party formed the majority in the legislatures for Bombay, Madras, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, the Central Provinces, Orissa, Assam and the North West Frontier; while the Muslim League won power in Bengal and the Sind. In Punjab, a coalition of Unionists, Congress and Sikhs formed a ministry.[65]
  • Born: Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru 2001–06, in Cabana

March 29, 1946 (Friday)

March 30, 1946 (Saturday)

  • The longest official (soccer) football game in history took place at Edgeley Park, when Stockport County F.C. hosted Doncaster Rovers F.C. for a replay of a playoff game in Division Three of The Football League. The teams had played to a 2–2 tie at Doncaster, and were tied 2–2 at the end of 90 minutes regulation time and the extra 30 period. The "golden goal" rule then applied, with the first team to score winning in sudden death. A goal by Les Cocker of Stockport after 53 minutes was disallowed by the referee, and play continued. By 7:00 pm, the game was called after 3 hours 23 minutes of play. Doncaster won the next replay at home, 4–0, on April 3.[68]
  • Oxford won the 92nd Boat Race against Cambridge.

March 31, 1946 (Sunday)

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would have been resisted by the Japanese in Operation Ketsu Go and would have followed the November 1 1945 invasion of Kyushu Following the surrender of Japan in 1945 Olympic Coronet and Ketsu Go became unnecessary 2 Born Jan Kodes Czech tennis player French Open 1970 71 Wimbledon 1973 in PragueMarch 2 1946 Saturday EditThe United Nations would not be welcome to locate permanently in Greenwich Connecticut the UNO s first choice for a site In a special referendum the vote was 4 540 to 2 019 against letting the UNO build in Greenwich and its surrounding area 3 The U N headquarters was built instead in New York City March 3 1946 Sunday EditAn American Airlines DC 3 crashed into a mountain at 7 53 am PST as it approached San Diego on a flight from Tucson killing all 27 persons on board 4 Flight 6 103 had originated in New York with multiple stops on the way to San Diego 5 March 4 1946 Monday EditIran crisis fifteen Soviet armored brigades invaded Iran s Azerbaijan region while additional brigades deployed along the borders of Turkey Iraq and Bulgaria The U S Consul at Tabriz would later opine that Though not a shot was fired the Battle of Azerbaijan was as significant in its outcome as Bunker Hill Bull Run or the First Battle of the Marne 6 Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim resigned as President of Finland because of illness and was succeeded by Prime Minister Juho Passikivi 7 The U S Britain and France joined in asking the Spanish people to depose dictator Francisco Franco based on the Generalissimo s August 15 1940 letter to Benito Mussolini Franco had offered support of the Axis Powers and signed a secret protocol with Germany on February 10 1943 Franco remained until his death in 1975 8 The comic strip Rip Kirby by Alex Raymond began a 53 year run in the newspapers as a King Features Syndicate feature The fictional detective s last strip ran on June 26 1999 9 The city of Riverdale Utah was incorporated Born Michael Ashcroft British billionaire in Chichester West Sussex Harvey Goldsmith British concert promoter in Edgware Middlesex Haile Gerima Ethiopian filmmaker in Gondar Died Bror von Blixen Finecke 79 Danish big game hunterMarch 5 1946 Tuesday EditWinston Churchill delivered his famous Iron Curtain speech at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri The former British Prime Minister was accompanied by U S President Harry S Truman and the speech which was entitled The Sinews of Peace was part of a program that began at 3 30 pm CST after an invocation and introductory remarks by Westminster s President McCluer and by President Truman 10 Churchill surprised the world with his attack on the spread of Soviet Communism as he said From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent 11 Using the metaphor of an iron curtain used at theaters for fire protection to refer to the sealing off of a conquered area was not invented by Churchill 12 nor did he first use it at Westminster College 13 Died Gertrude Pinsky David Guzik and eight other persons on a mission for the Jewish relief organization JDC Joint Distribution Committee were killed in a plane crash near Prague One of the few women assigned overseas by JDC Ms Pinsky had overseen the aid to thousands of Jewish displaced persons during the Second World War March 6 1946 Wednesday EditNorth Vietnam agreed to allow troops from France to return to its cities in return for recognition as a free country within the framework of the French Union General Vo Nguyen Giap later wrote that the intent was for the peaceful withdrawal of Nationalist Chinese occupation but that a new war began when French forces continued their occupation 14 Jackie Robinson became the first African American in the 20th Century to play in the Major League Baseball system appearing in a Florida spring training game at Daytona Beach against the Brooklyn Dodgers as a shortstop for the Dodgers farm club the Montreal Royals 15 The drama film Sentimental Journey starring John Payne and Maureen O Hara premiered in New York City Born David Gilmour English rock musician Pink Floyd in CambridgeMarch 7 1946 Thursday EditThe 167 residents of the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands were evacuated from their South Pacific island in order for atomic testing to begin A report to the U S Congress calculated loss of use damages fifty years later at 278 000 000 16 Five days after the March 2 deadline had passed for Soviet troops to leave Iran the U S Embassy in Moscow served a diplomatic note on the Soviet Foreign Ministry calling on the Soviets to honor their agreement 17 Born Peter Wolf American rock musician The J Geils Band as Peter W Blankfield in the Bronx New YorkMarch 8 1946 Friday EditHelicopters were first approved for civilian use in the United States when the Civil Aeronautics Board granted a certificate to Bell Helicopter for its Bell 47 a modified version of its H 13 Sioux military chopper 18 Died Frederick W Lanchester 77 British automotive inventor and engineerMarch 9 1946 Saturday EditThirty three British soccer fans were killed and hundreds injured when retaining fences at the Burnden Park stadium in Bolton collapsed A reported 70 000 fans had filled the stadium to watch an FA Cup playoff match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City The game which ended 0 0 halted for 28 minutes and then resumed 19 Oh What It Seemed to Be by Frankie Carle hit 1 on the Billboard Honor Roll of Hits Died John J Glennon 81 an Irish native who became the Archbishop of St Louis died ten days after he had been elevated by Pope Pius XII to the College of Cardinals Glennon was in Dublin where he had stopped on his way home from Rome The Cardinal Glennon Children s Hospital was named in his memory March 10 1946 Sunday EditIn a ceremony witnessed by 100 000 followers at the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay the Aga Khan leader of British India s Shia Ismaili Muslim population received his weight 248 pounds in diamonds in honor of his 60 years Diamond Anniversary on the throne For his golden anniversary in 1936 he had received his weight 238 lb in gold 20 All 25 persons on an Australian National Airways flight were killed when their plane crashed at 8 50 pm shortly after takeoff from Hobart Tasmania 21 At a synod convened in Lviv under pressure from the Soviet government the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church severed its historic ties with the Church in Rome and its union with the Russian Orthodox Church was proclaimed 22 Born Jim Valvano American college basketball coach N C State in New York City d 1993 Died Karl Haushofer 76 German political scientist and proponent of Geopolitik by suicide along with his wife March 11 1946 Monday EditRudolf Hoss the Nazi Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp was located and arrested by British military police near the northern German town of Flensburg where he had been working on a farm under the alias Franz Lang Hoss who confessed to overseeing the murder of millions of prisoners mostly Jewish was himself executed at Auschwitz on April 16 1947 23 In New York Sylvia Lawry and 20 neurologists founded the Association for Advancement of Research in Multiple Sclerosis now the National Multiple Sclerosis Society 24 March 12 1946 Tuesday EditGeneral Draza Mihailovic Chetnik leader who oversaw the massacre of Bosnians and Croatians during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia was captured in a mountain cave near Visegrad after two years in hiding His capture was announced in Belgrade on March 24 and Mihailovic was executed on July 17 25 Born Liza Minnelli American singer stage and film actress winner of a Best Actress Oscar an Emmy a Grammy and two Tony Awards in Los Angeles 26 as the daughter of actress Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli Dean Cundey American cinematographer known for the Back to the Future series of films in Alhambra California Frank Welker American voice actor known for voicing the character of Fred in the Scooby Doo cartoon franchise in Denver Died Ferenc Szalasi 49 strongman of the Hungarian State during the Nazi occupation of Hungary was executed by hanging for war crimes March 13 1946 Wednesday EditThe United Auto Workers strike against General Motors ended after 113 days as the UAW accepted an 18 1 2 cent per hour wage increase for its members 27 The Congress of Industrial Organizations ended its strike against General Electric 28 The world waited to see if the United States and the Soviet Union would go to war as the Soviets defied the ultimatum of March 7 and reportedly were continuing their advance in Iran 29 March 14 1946 Thursday EditFred Rose the first and only Communist Party of Canada member of the House of Commons of Canada was arrested in Ottawa on suspicion of espionage after attending the opening of the new session of Parliament 30 In Paris Gaston Monnerville the black delegate from French Guiana was elected President of the French National Assembly 31 March 15 1946 Friday EditClement Attlee the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom declared in the House of Commons the government s intention to grant British India its independence India herself must choose as to what will be her future situation and her position in the world said Attlee adding that If she elects for independence and in our view she has a right to do so it will be for us to help make the transition as smooth and easy as possible 32 The Soviet Constitution was amended to increase the number of republics in the U S S R from 11 to 16 and to give the head of each republic a position in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union 33 Romulo Betancourt President of Venezuela granted women for the first time the right to vote in that nation 34 Born Bobby Bonds American MLB baseball outfielder in Riverside California d 2003 Mahir Cayan Turkish communist revolutionary and the leader of People s Liberation Party Front of Turkey in Samsun d 1972 March 16 1946 Saturday Edit Get Your Kicks On Route 66 written by Bobby Troup was recorded for the first time by the Nat King Cole Trio making United States Highway 66 the most famous numbered road of all time The song has been covered many times since most recently by John Mayer 35 George Mikan the most popular college basketball player up to that time turned pro signing with the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League days after his DePaul University team completed its season Mikan who passed up graduation began playing for the Gears days later and would later star for the Lakers in the NBA 36 March 17 1946 Sunday EditSoviet troops began their departure from Denmark s Bornholm Island Soviet troops had seized the island from Nazi forces in May 1945 37 Born Georges J F Kohler German biologist 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Munich d 1995 Died Dai Li 48 Chief of intelligence for Nationalist China in a plane crash March 18 1946 Monday EditLavrentiy Beria was elected a full member of the Soviet Communist Party Politburo and then promoted to the Council of Ministers in charge of state security 38 The deadline for Korean residents of Japan to apply for repatriation to Korea expired Out of 1 1 million there were 614 000 who moved to Korea and all but 10 000 to the south 39 Sixty three women were hired as the first female law enforcement officers in the history of Japan 40 March 19 1946 Tuesday EditMikhail Kalinin s resignation as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union the figurative head of state was accepted by the Supreme Soviet which also re elected Joseph Stalin as Chairman of the Council of Ministers the head of government Kalinin who died on June 3 was replaced by Nikolai Shvernik 41 France gave overseas department status to Guadeloupe French Guiana Martinique and Reunion 42 In northern California two separate U S Army plane crashes killed 33 servicemen A B 29 bomber with seven men on board struck a 3 820 foot mountain peak near Livermore California In the other crash a C 47 cargo plane with 26 on board exploded in mid air and crashed near the ghost town of Hobart Mills California nine days after 25 people had died in a plane crash in Hobart Tasmania 43 March 20 1946 Wednesday EditTule Lake War Relocation Center last of the Japanese American internment camps in the United States was closed 44 Aracaju train crash In the worst railway accident in the history of Brazil 185 people were killed and hundreds more were injured The train had derailed as it was descending a mountain incline near Aracaju in the coastal state of Sergipe 45 Died Frederick M Smith 72 President of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints since 1915 Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson 76 Australian novelist who wrote under the pen name Henry Handel RichardsonMarch 21 1946 Thursday EditThe Strategic Air Command and the Tactical Air Command were created as a prelude to the establishment of the United States Air Force 46 The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure promulgated by the United States Supreme Court on February 8 1946 went into effect 47 Kenny Washington was signed to a contract with the Los Angeles Rams becoming the first African American to sign with the National Football League since 1933 when NFL teams excluded black players 48 Marguerite Perey presented her thesis L element 87 Actinium K at the Sorbonne defending her proof that she had discovered the last of the natural elements The element with atomic number 87 has ever since been referred to by the name proposed by Perey in honor of her native land francium 49 Born Timothy Dalton Welsh actor in Colwyn Bay Died Marlin Hurt 46 radio comedian who portrayed Beulah the African American maid on Fibber McGee amp MollyMarch 22 1946 Friday EditThe United Kingdom and the Emirate of Transjordan signed the Treaty of London giving Transjordan its independence while Britain would continue to maintain military bases in the country The United States Army made its first successful launch of an American built rocket out of the atmosphere using a combination of American and German scientists in adapting the German V 2 rockets seized after the Allied victory in World War II The Army rocket reached an altitude of about 50 miles 50 Died Clemens von Galen 68 German bishop who had been made a Roman Catholic cardinal by Pope Pius XII the previous month March 23 1946 Saturday EditThe Rochester Royals defeated the Sheboygan Redskins 66 48 to sweep the best of five championship of the National Basketball League 51 Both teams would become charter members of the National Basketball Association The Rochester franchise moved three times and is now the Sacramento Kings President Truman sent an ultimatum to Joseph Stalin demanding that the Soviets comply with their agreement to withdraw their troops from Iran 52 Argentina extended its claims over Antarctica adding a claim of sovereignty over the portion from 68 34 W to 74 W Argentine Antarctic Territory is claimed from 25 W to 74 W 53 Indonesia Tentara Republik Indonesia Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia or TRI evacuated Indonesian citizens from the city of Bandung West Java Indonesia In an operation called bumihangus or scorched earth TRI and over 200 000 civilians purposely burned their homes in an attempt to prevent incoming Allied forces and the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration NICA from being able to easily set up an army base The event is commemorated as Bandung Lautan Api or Bandung Sea of Fire 54 Died Gilbert N Lewis 70 American chemist who discovered the covalent bond died of natural causes while carrying out an experiment on fluorescence in his laboratory March 24 1946 Sunday EditThe Cabinet Mission to India began as Lord Pethick Lawrence Sir Stafford Cripps and Admiral A V Alexander arrived in New Delhi to begin the negotiation of self government for the people of British India 55 BBC Home Service radio broadcast Alistair Cooke s first American Letter in the U K As Letter from America this programme ran for nearly 58 years until a few weeks before Cooke s death When the 2 869th and last weekly show was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on February 20 2004 it had become the longest running radio commentary program in history 56 Richard L Griffin and Polly Ann Moore became the first of five people to die in the Texarkana Moonlight Murders when they were both slain near Texarkana Texas by a serial killer Their murders remain unsolved Three more people would be killed over the next six weeks 57 Died Alexander Alekhine 53 the chess champion of the world was found dead in his hotel room in Estoril Portugal The Russian chessmaster had first won the title in 1927 lost it for two years and then had regained it in 1937 58 March 25 1946 Monday EditA confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union was defused when the Soviet government made the announcement broadcast on Moscow Radio that it would withdraw all troops from Iran within six weeks 59 The United Nations moved to its new location in New York City not in Manhattan but in the Bronx on the campus of Lehman College part of the City College of New York system Lehman and its buildings were the site of the 51 member international body for almost five months until August 15 1946 60 March 26 1946 Tuesday EditU S President Harry S Truman issued Executive Order 9708 under the authority of federal legislation in the first such measure defining diseases for which a quarantine could be implemented and enforced within the United States 61 The British Broadcasting Corporation began its BBC Russian Service broadcasting short wave radio programming toward the Soviet Union 62 Braathens the Norwegian airline was founded by Ludvig G Braathen with three DC 4 Skymasters 63 Born Johnny Crawford American child actor who portrayed Mark McCain on The Rifleman in Los Angeles d 2021 Ravi Zacharias world renowned Christian apologist in Madras d 2020 March 27 1946 Wednesday EditOklahoma State defeated North Carolina 43 40 to win the NCAA basketball championship 64 Born Olaf Malolepski German musician Die Flippers in KnittlingenMarch 28 1946 Thursday EditThe results of the first general election in India were certified Over a four month period voting was conducted for the Provincial Assemblies in each of the eleven provinces of British India The Congress Party formed the majority in the legislatures for Bombay Madras Uttar Pradesh Bihar the Central Provinces Orissa Assam and the North West Frontier while the Muslim League won power in Bengal and the Sind In Punjab a coalition of Unionists Congress and Sikhs formed a ministry 65 Born Alejandro Toledo President of Peru 2001 06 in CabanaMarch 29 1946 Friday EditITAM the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico was founded in Mexico City as a private university competing with the older UNAM National University of Mexico 66 Died George C L Washington 74 inventor in 1910 of the first instant coffee 67 March 30 1946 Saturday EditThe longest official soccer football game in history took place at Edgeley Park when Stockport County F C hosted Doncaster Rovers F C for a replay of a playoff game in Division Three of The Football League The teams had played to a 2 2 tie at Doncaster and were tied 2 2 at the end of 90 minutes regulation time and the extra 30 period The golden goal rule then applied with the first team to score winning in sudden death A goal by Les Cocker of Stockport after 53 minutes was disallowed by the referee and play continued By 7 00 pm the game was called after 3 hours 23 minutes of play Doncaster won the next replay at home 4 0 on April 3 68 Oxford won the 92nd Boat Race against Cambridge March 31 1946 Sunday EditA roundup of Nazi activists was carried out throughout the American and British zones of Germany with 7 000 Allied soldiers serving the warrants What was described as a well financed attempt to revive Nazism was foiled after the December 1945 capture of ringleader Artur Axmann 69 Under the supervision of Allied observers the first elections in Greece since 1936 took place The Communist Party of Greece KKE refused to participate and a coalition led by the People s Party won 206 of the 354 seats available in the Hellenic Parliament Konstantinos Tsaldaris became Prime Minister of the new government 70 Russia one of three Soviet members of the United Nations paid its U N dues of 1 725 000 and ended concern that the Soviets were planning to withdraw from the international organization 71 Died John Vereker 6th Viscount Gort 59 British Field MarshalReferences Edit Andrei Lankov From Stalin to Kim Il Sung The Formation of North Korea 1945 1960 Rutgers University Press 2002 p25 Philip S Jowett and Stephen Andrew The Japanese Army 1931 45 Osprey Military 2002 pp22 23 Invasion of Japan That Never Happened Archived 2011 07 11 at the Wayback Machine Greenwich Vote Against UNO Salt Lake Tribune March 3 1946 p1 Airliner Crash Kills 27 On Peak Near San Diego Salt Lake Tribune March 4 1946 p1 LostFlights org Archived from the original on 2012 03 02 Retrieved 2010 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