Elvis Presley Leaves the Army
Mar 5 Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army
- Mar 5 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
- Mar 5 Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
Famous Photo
Mar 5 Iconic photograph 'Guerrillero Heroico' taken of Che Guevara at a memorial service in Havana, by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda, possibly the most reproduced photo in history
- Mar 5 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
- Mar 5 The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
- Mar 5 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
Sukarno Disbands Parliament
Mar 6 President Sukarno of Indonesia disbands existing parliament and replaces it with a new grouping, half appointed by himself
Golden Globes
Mar 10 17th Golden Globes: "Ben-Hur", Anthony Franciosa, & Elizabeth Taylor win
Purple Noon
Mar 10 French-Italian crime film "Purple Noon" premieres starring Alain Delon, directed by René Clément, based on the novel "The Talented Mr Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith
- Mar 10 USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
- Mar 11 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus
- Mar 13 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Fay Crocker of Uruguay wins by 7 strokes ahead of Kathy Cornelius
- Mar 13 NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis
- Mar 13 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number
- Mar 14 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield, California
NBA Record
Mar 14 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA playoff record of 53 points in Warriors' 132-112 win over Syracuse Nationals at Philadelphia Civic Center
- Mar 15 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve, also known as John D. Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, established as 1st underwater park, off the coast of Florida
- Mar 16 Dedication of National Observatory at Kitt Peak, in the Quinlan Mountains of the Arizona-Sonoran Desert, Tohono O'odham Nation lands of Arizona dedicated
Breathless
Mar 17 One of the first French New Wave films, "Breathless", directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France
Event of Interest
Mar 17 US President Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
- Mar 17 WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 18 5th Eurovision Song Contest: Jacqueline Boyer for France wins singing "Tom Pillibi" in London
Sports History
Mar 19 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California, 75-55; Buckeyes' future Hall of Fame forward Jerry Lucas is named tournament MOP
- Mar 19 Albert Hague and Dorothy Fields' musical "Redhead", starring Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley, closes at the 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 455 performances, and 6 Tony Award wins
- Mar 21 Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
Event of Interest
Mar 25 DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (NYC)
- Mar 25 First guided missile launched from a nuclear powered submarine (USS Halibut)
- Mar 25 Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires
- Mar 25 Italian government Tambroni forms
- Mar 26 114th Grand National: Gerry Scott wins aboard 13/2 favourite Merryman II; first clear favourite to win in 33 years
- Mar 26 Iraq executes 30 after attack on Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim
- Mar 26 Orioles-Reds series planned for Havana is moved to Miami
- Mar 26 USC captures NCAA swimming title
- Mar 28 Pope John appoints the first Japanese, African & Filipino cardinals
- Mar 28 Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters in Glasgow, Scotland
Music Premiere
Mar 29 Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres by the Fort Lauderdale Symphony Orchestra and with conductor Mario di Bonaventura
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