March 2: British troops withdraw from Iran according to treaty; the Soviets do not. - Ho Chi Minh is elected President of North Vietnam.

March 4: C.G.E. Mannerheim resigns as president of Finland.

March 5: In his speech at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about the Iron Curtain.

March 6: Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

March 7: The 18th Academy Awards ceremony is held. Best Picture goes to The Lost Weekend.

March 9: Juho Kusti Paasikivi becomes president of Finland. - Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds amongst the injured

March 10: British troops begin withdrawing from Lebanon.

March 15: Clement Attlee promises independence to India as soon as they can agree on a constitution.

March 19: The Soviet Union and Switzerland resume diplomatic relations. - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.

March 22: The United Kingdom grants Transjordan, as it is then known, its independence; 3 years later the country changes its name to Jordan.

March 29: The Gold Coast has an African majority in its parliament. (source: Wikipedia)