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8 March 1949 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 8 March 1949 was a Tuesday.
- Top Film of 1949
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1949 was Samson and Delilah.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 8 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 8 March 1949 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 8 March 1949 was First Quarter.
On this day: 8 March
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
- 1942 World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army.
- 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces capture Rangoon, Burma from the British.
- 1949 President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
- 1950 The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production.
Famous people born on 8 March
- Benny Blanco, American record producer (born 1988)
- James Van Der Beek, American actor (1977–2026)
- Aidan Quinn, American actor (born 1959)
- Kit Connor, English actor (born 2004)
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Events of 1949 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1949 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 22 March – The Irish Government leased a residence in the Phoenix Park in Dublin to the United States government for a period of 99 years. It will be the residence of the United States ambassador.
- 17 April – At midnight, the 26 counties officially left the British Commonwealth under the terms of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushered in the Republic of Ireland.
- 3 May – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Ireland Act guaranteeing the position of Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom as long as a majority of its citizens want it to be.
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Famous Faces Born in the 1940s
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Michael Gambon19 October 1940ActorView their day →Brenda Fricker17 February 1945ActressView their day →Gerry Adams6 October 1948Republican politicianView their day →Phil Lynott20 August 1949Rock musicianView their day →Sinéad Cusack18 February 1948ActressView their day →Rory Gallagher2 March 1948GuitaristView their day →Fionnula Flanagan10 December 1941ActressView their day →Gilbert O'Sullivan1 December 1946Singer-songwriterView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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