Timeline March 1947

Events in March 1947 9

• 1859 – 1947 Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) Died 9 March 1947, aged 88 Carrie Chapman Catt was an American suffragist who led the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She was central to the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment. She founded the League of Women Voters in 1920.
• 1947 British winter of 1947 Heavy snow and a fuel crisis paralyse Britain Repeated blizzards from late January 1947 cut off communities and stopped coal deliveries across Britain. Power stations shut down and industry largely came to a halt. Severe flooding followed the thaw in March.
• 1947 February 28 Incident Uprising in Taiwan is violently suppressed A confrontation over contraband cigarettes in Taipei on 27 February 1947 set off an island-wide uprising against the Kuomintang administration on 28 February. Nationalist troops sent from the mainland crushed it in March, killing thousands of people. The massacre was followed by decades of martial law.
• 1947 Paraguayan Civil War Rebellion against President Higinio Morínigo is defeated A civil war broke out in Paraguay in March 1947 between the government of Higinio Morínigo and an alliance of Febreristas, Liberals and Communists. Government forces, backed by the Colorado Party, defeated the rebels by August. Thousands were killed and many Paraguayans went into exile.
• 1947 Truman Doctrine announced The US pledges support for nations resisting communism On 12 March 1947, President Harry S. Truman asked Congress for 400 million dollars in aid for Greece and Turkey. He declared that the United States would support free peoples resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure. The doctrine became the foundation of the American policy of containment in the Cold War.
• 1947 – present Elton John Rocket Man One of the most successful musicians of all time.
• 1947 – present Elton John English singer, pianist & composer Sir Elton John (born 1947) is an English singer, pianist and composer — one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 300 million records sold, nine US and UK #1 singles, and decades of collaboration with lyricist Bernie Taupin. An EGOT winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and one of the first major male pop stars to come out as gay.
• 1947 Elton John born Reginald Kenneth Dwight Pinner, Middlesex, 25 March 1947 Reginald Kenneth Dwight was born on 25 March 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England. He taught himself piano by ear from the age of three or four, able to play tunes back after hearing them only once or twice.
• 1947 Malagasy Uprising begins Nationalist revolt against French rule in Madagascar An armed nationalist revolt broke out in eastern Madagascar on the night of 29 March 1947. French forces put it down harshly over the following year and a half. Tens of thousands of Malagasy people died from the fighting, famine and disease.