Editing 1949 (section)

===March===
{{Main|March 1949}}
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Indonesia]] seizes [[Yogyakarta]] from the [[Netherlands|Dutch]].
* [[March 2]] &ndash; The [[B-50 Superfortress]] ''[[Lucky Lady II]]'' (under Captain James Gallagher) lands in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], United States, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight (it was refueled in flight 4 times).
* [[March 20]] &ndash; The [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy]], [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|Denver and Rio Grande Western]] and [[Western Pacific Railroad|Western Pacific]] railroads inaugurate the ''[[California Zephyr]]'' passenger train between [[Chicago]] and [[Oakland, California]], as the first long-distance train to feature [[Vistadome]] cars as regular equipment.
* [[March 24]] &ndash; The [[21st Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held. The movie ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' wins the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].
* [[March 25]]
** [[Operation Priboi]]: An extensive deportation campaign begins in [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the [[Baltic states]] to remote areas of the [[Soviet Union]].
** First issue of weekly magazine ''[[Paris Match]]'' published in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lagardère and LVMH complete the sale of Paris Match - LVMH |url=https://www.lvmh.com/en/publications/lagardere-and-lvmh-complete-the-sale-of-paris-match |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.lvmh.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-16 |title=Paris Match No. 1 Cover, March 25, 1949 |url=https://monacoreporter.com/2020/01/16/marc-brincourt-behind-the-scenes-journey-as-photo-editor-in-chief-of-paris-match/paris-match-no-1-march-25-1949/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Monaco Reporter |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 26]] &ndash; The first half of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Aida]]'', conducted by legendary conductor [[Arturo Toscanini]], and performed in concert (i.e. no scenery or costumes), is telecast by [[NBC]], live from [[Studio 8H]] at [[Rockefeller Center]]. The second half is telecast a week later. This is the only complete opera that Toscanini ever conducts on television.
* [[March 28]]
** [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[James Forrestal]] resigns suddenly.
** English astronomer [[Fred Hoyle]] coins the term ''[[Big Bang]]'' (intending it to be derogatory) during a [[BBC Third Programme]] radio broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|date=2001-08-22|title='Big bang' astronomer dies|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1503721.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2008-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208220913/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1503721.stm|archive-date=2008-12-08|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Croswell|first=Ken|year=1995|chapter=Chapter 9|title=The Alchemy of the Heavens|publisher=Anchor Books|isbn=0-385-47213-7|url=https://archive.org/details/alchemyofheavens00cros}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mitton|first=Simon|year=2005|title=Fred Hoyle: a Life in Science|page=127|publisher=Aurum Press|isbn=1-85410-961-8}}</ref>
* [[March 30]] &ndash; An [[1949 anti-NATO riot in Iceland|anti-NATO riot in Iceland]] takes place, prompted by the decision of the [[Icelandic parliament]] to join the newly formed [[NATO]].
* [[March 31]] &ndash; The former [[British Empire|British]] colony of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] joins [[Canada]], as its 10th [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]].