From March 3 to May 1, 1949, the patient was maintained on dexamethasone, 3 to 6 mg. daily.

* Capp, Al, The Nation ( March 21, 1949 ) " There Is a Real Shmoo "

Ironically, it was Hoyle who coined the phrase that came to be applied to Lemaître's theory, referring to it as " this big bang idea " during a BBC Radio broadcast in March 1949.

Rulah, Jungle Goddess No. 24 ( March 1949 ): An example of a non-superhero Jungle girl ( stock character ) | jungle-girl character.

Eisenhower was a chain smoker until March 1949.

* To George Weidler ( a saxophonist ), from March 30, 1946 to May 31, 1949.

She won a listeners ' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948 – 1949, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March.

He was writing to many of his friends, including Jacintha Buddicom, who had " rediscovered " him, and in March 1949, was visited by Celia Kirwan.

However, Britain continued to hold Jews of " fighting age " and their families on Cyprus until March 1949.

Early in the history of the state of Pakistan, a resolution ( the Objectives Resolution ) was adopted proclaiming " Sovereignty belongs to Allah alone but He has delegated it to the State of Pakistan through its people for being exercised within the limits prescribed by Him as a sacred trust " ( 12 March 1949 )

* 1949 – Celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.

He was accorded numerous honours after the war, including the Musikpreis of the city of Munich in March 1949.

Luxembourg signed the Treaty of Brussels in March 1948, then the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949.

* John Robert Cartwright ( 22 December 1949 – 23 March 1970 )

* 1949 – The extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation is conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of terror.

A former colony and dominion of the United Kingdom, Newfoundland and Labrador became the tenth province to enter the Canadian Confederation on March 31, 1949, as Newfoundland.

The position became permanent on 8 March 1949, when the first government was formed.

Contenders for the title of " first rock and roll record " include Goree Carter's " Rock Awhile " ( 1949 ); Jimmy Preston's " Rock the Joint " ( 1949 ), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952 ; and " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ( actually an alias for Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm ), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in March 1951.

In March 1949, the chief of staff, General Husni al-Za ' im, installed himself as president.

Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954, illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published in London between October 1950 and March 1956, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for radio, television, the stage, and film.

The manuscript for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was complete by the end of March 1949.

* March 5 – Tom Pryce, British Formula race car driver ( b. 1949 )

* March 10 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian pro wrestler ( b. 1949 )

* March 5 – John Belushi, American actor ( b. 1949 )

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

It was formed in Cairo on March 22, 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan ( renamed Jordan after 1946 ), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

In March 1920, the Hashemite Kingdom of Syria was declared by Faisal bin Hussein in Damascus which encompassed most of what later became Transjordan.

On 21 March 1921, the Foreign and Colonial office legal advisers decided to introduce Article 25 into the Palestine Mandate, which brought Transjordan under the mandate and stated that in that territory, Britain could ' postpone or withhold ' those articles of the Mandate concerning a Jewish National Home.

It was approved by Curzon on 31 March 1921, and the revised final draft of the mandate ( including Transjordan ) was forwarded to the League of Nations on 22 July 1922.

In March 1946, under the Treaty of London, Transjordan became a kingdom.

At the Cairo conference, March 1921, Abdullah was recognised by the British as ruler of Transjordan.

Two days after the Turkish Caliphate was abolished by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 3 March 1924, Hussein declared himself Caliph at his son Abdullah's winter camp in Shunah, Transjordan.

Early in 1918 this line was extended into the Jordan Valley which continued to be occupied following the First and Second Transjordan attacks by British Empire forces in March and April, and into the summer of 1918.

In March 1948, the British Cabinet had agreed that the civil and military authorities in Palestine should make no effort to oppose the setting up of a Jewish State or a move into Palestine from Transjordan.

The Arab League was formed in Cairo on March 22, 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan ( renamed Jordan after 1946 ), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

Failing to heed the lesson so clearly contained in the satellite treaties, President Truman re-declared the Cold War on March 12, 1947, in the Truman Doctrine, exactly one week after the Herald Tribune editorial was written, and a year after the Cold War had been announced by Churchill at Fulton, Missouri, in Truman's presence.

One tempest was stirred up last March when Udall announced that an eight-and-a-half-foot bronze statue of William Jennings Bryan, sculpted by the late Gutzon Borglum, would be sent `` on indefinite loan '' to Salem, Illinois, Bryan's birthplace.

Paul Kolton was named as president of the exchange in 1971, making him the first person to be selected from within the exchange to serve as its leader, succeeding Ralph S. Saul, who announced his resignation in March 1971.

On 18 March 2012, Rowan Williams announced he would be stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of 2012.

In January 2012, the Welsh Government announced the repeal the Abergavenny Improvement Acts of 1854 to 1871 which obliged the holding of a livestock market within the boundaries of Abergavenny town ; that repeal being effective from 26 March 2012.

The treaty was undisturbed until Ronald Reagan announced his Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ) on March 23, 1983.

On March 20, 2006, Borland announced its acquisition of Gauntlet Systems, a provider of technology that screens software under development for quality and security.

Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, " If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?

In December 2004, the EU leaders announced that accession negotiations with Croatia would start on March 17, 2005 provided that Croatian government cooperates fully with the ICTY.

A United Nations plan sponsored by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was announced on 31 March 2004, based on what progress had been made during the talks in Switzerland and fleshed out by the UN, was put for the first time to civilians on both sides in separate referendums on 24 April 2004.

In 2007, he announced he would release his autobiography, planned for March 2008, published by Hodder Headline and titled On the Rocks, which would cover the recent incidents in his life.

However, he was made a cardinal at the 24 March 2006 consistory anyway, as was announced by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2006.

On 23 March 2012 Cessna announced that it is pursing building business jets in China as part of a joint venture with Aviation Industry Corporation of China ( AVIC ).

Defender Tommy Caton, who had been out of action due to injury since January 1991, announced his retirement from playing on medical advice in March 1993, having failed to recover full fitness, and he died suddenly at the end of the following month, aged just 30 years.

The discovery was announced in IAU Circular 5725 on March 27, 1993.

In March 2008 TfL announced that it had reached agreement to buy TCL for £ 98m.

Begun as a Sargasso Sea pilot sampling project in August 2003, Craig Venter announced the full Expedition on 4 March 2004.

On March 15, 2004, Amiga, Inc. announced that on April 23, 2003 it had transferred its rights over past and future versions of the Amiga OS ( but not over other intellectual property ) to Itec, LLC, later acquired by KMOS, Inc., a Delaware company.

On March 16, 2005, KMOS, Inc. announced that it had completed all registrations with the State of Delaware to change its corporate name to Amiga, Inc. Several companies produce Amiga hardware and software today.

On March 20, 2012, it was announced that Nissan will revive the brand for use in Indonesia, India and Russia.

On March 20, 2012, Nissan announced a plan to revive Datsun as a low-cost marque, 31 years after removing it from its line-up.

On March 25, 2010, Defense Secretary Gates announced new rules mandating that only flag officers could initiate discharge proceedings and imposing more stringent rules of evidence on discharge proceedings.

Devo announced in early 2009 that they would be performing at SXSW on March 20th, with a warmup show in Dallas on March 18th.

In tribute to Jones, Lingfield Park announced that the first two races on the card for 3 March 2012 would be renamed the " Hey Hey We're The Monkees Handicap " and the " In Memory of Davy Jones Selling Stakes " with successful horses in those races accompanied into the Winners ' Enclosure by some of The Monkees ' biggest hits.