Editing 1947 (section)

===March===
{{Main|March 1947}}
* [[March 1]]
** The [[International Monetary Fund]] begins to operate.
** German rocket scientist [[Wernher von Braun]] marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp.
* [[March 4]] – The [[Treaty of Dunkirk]] (effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack.
* [[March 12]] – The [[Cold War]] begins: The [[Truman Doctrine]] is proclaimed, to help stem the spread of [[Communism]].
* [[March 14]] – The [[1947 Thames flood|Thames flood]] and other widespread flooding occurs, as the exceptionally harsh [[British winter of 1946–1947]] ends in a thaw.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Alan |last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica |year=1992 |title=The Chronology of British History |publisher=Century Ltd |location=London |pages=396–397 |isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=G. G. |last=Cullingham |title=The Floods of 1947 |work=Histories of Windsor |publisher=The Royal Windsor Web Site |url=http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/floods47.html |access-date=2013-03-01 |date=November 2012}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – Hindus and Muslims clash in [[Punjab region|Punjab]].
* [[March 19]] – The [[19th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held. The movie ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' wins the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], along with several other Academy Awards.
* [[March 25]] – A [[coal mine]] explosion in [[Centralia, Illinois]], United States; 111 miners are killed.
* [[March 28]] – A World War II Japanese [[booby trap]] explodes on [[Corregidor]] Island, killing 28 people.
* [[March 29]] – A [[Malagasy Uprising|rebellion against French rule]] erupts in [[Madagascar]].
* [[March 31]] – The leaders of the Kurdish People's [[Republic of Mahabad]], the second [[Kurds|Kurdish]] state in the history of [[Iran]], are hanged at [[Chuwarchira Square]] in [[Mahabad]], after the state has been overrun by the Iranian army.