Timeline March 1948

Events in March 1948 6

• 1896 – 1948 Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) Died 4 March 1948, aged 51 Antonin Artaud, the French playwright and theorist whose concept of the "Theatre of Cruelty" reshaped twentieth-century drama, died on March 4, 1948. He spent much of his later life in psychiatric institutions, where he continued to write influential essays on theatre and art. His ideas went on to influence generations of avant-garde theatre practitioners.
• 1947 – 1948 Billie Holiday imprisoned on drug charges Alderson Serves nearly a year in a federal prison.
• 1948 – present James Taylor Singer-songwriter American singer-songwriter — Fire and Rain, Carolina in My Mind, You've Got a Friend — signed by the Beatles' Apple Records.
• 1948 James Taylor born in Boston Raised in North Carolina Grows up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• 1948 – 2003 Sergio Vieira de Mello (1948-2003) Died 19 August 2003, aged 55 Sergio Vieira de Mello was a Brazilian United Nations official who led transitional administrations in Kosovo and East Timor and served as High Commissioner for Human Rights. He was killed, with 21 others, when a truck bomb destroyed the UN headquarters in Baghdad.
• 1948 Billie Holiday's Carnegie Hall comeback Sold out A triumphant sold-out concert days after her release.