- Mar 1 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 members
Baseball History
Mar 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ted Williams fractures his collarbone on the first day of Boston Red Sox spring training; injury keeps him out of Boston lineup until May 15
- Mar 1 Rebellion in Egypt during visit of president Naguib to Khartoum, Sudan, 30 die
Castle Bravo Nuclear Test
Mar 1 US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally became the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US
- Mar 4 James E. Wilkins appointed 1st black US sub-cabinet member
- Mar 4 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant
- Mar 5 "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances
- Mar 6 1st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest, 82-80 (OT)
- Mar 7 Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition
- Mar 8 Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia
- Mar 9 1st local color TV commercial WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
Film & TV History
Mar 9 Edward R. Murrow criticizes US Senator Joseph McCarthy on his "See it Now" TV program
- Mar 9 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Mar 11 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
Moses und Aaron
Mar 12 1st performance of Arnold Schoenberg's opera "Moses und Aaron", in a concert setting in Hamburg, Germany
Thomson Beaks Ankle
Mar 13 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
Event of Interest
Mar 13 Viet Minh General Võ Nguyên Giáp opens the assault on French forces at Dien Bien Phu, northwest Vietnam
- Mar 14 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
- Mar 14 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her second Titleholders title by 7 strokes from Patty Berg
- Mar 14 Milwaukee Braves future home run king Hank Aaron homers in his debut exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox
CBS Morning Show
Mar 15 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar
- Mar 15 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Cricket History
Mar 19 "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket each score centuries in one innings; Clyde Walcott scores 124 following Everton Weekes (206) and Frank Worrell (167) in 1st innings of drawn 4th Test v England at Port of Spain
- Mar 19 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in Madison Square Garden, NYC
- Mar 19 1st rocket-driven sled on rails tested in Alamogordo, NM
Sports History
Mar 19 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
- Mar 19 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
- Mar 20 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley, 92-76; Explorers' small forward Tom Gola is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Mar 20 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
Music History
Mar 20 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "The King and I", starring Yul Brynner, closes at the St James Theater, NYC, after 1,246 performances
Academy Awards
Mar 25 26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity" best film, William Holden & Audrey Hepburn best actor, actress
- Mar 25 RCA manufactures the 1st color TV set, featured a 12.5-inch screen and cost $1,000
- Mar 26 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
- Mar 28 8th Tony Awards: "Teahouse of the August Moon" (Best Play) & "Kismet" (Best Musical) win
- Mar 28 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
Cricket Debut
Mar 30 Test Cricket debut of West Indian great Garfield Sobers vs England at Kingston Oval, Barbados
- Mar 31 USSR offers to join NATO
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