Mar 20 24th Academy Awards: "American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart &Vivian Leigh win
Mar 16 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Réunion (world record)
Mar 24 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
Mar 07 The birth of William Boyd, British writer
Mar 21 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama & Kentucky cause 343 deaths
Mar 28 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright
Mar 10 Military coup by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
Mar 21 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend first rock & roll concert ever
Mar 18 Communist offensive in Korea
Mar 08 Antoine Pinay forms French government
Mar 08 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
Mar 27 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records
Mar 20 US Senate's final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
Mar 08 World's first artificial heart
Mar 04 Hokkaido, Japan a 8.3 earthquake occurred 31 killed, 572 injured; 713 houses destroyed, 5,980 damaged. 28 killed and warehouses destroyed at Kushiro. 3 killed and 309 houses destroyed at Kiratapu. 1,000 houses destroyed or damaged at Shiranuka and 400 schools collapsed at Sapporo. 10-foot tsunami.
Mar 12 Mercedes introduced the 300 SL to the press on this day. With a sleek rounded body, gull-wing doors and a detachable steering wheel, the 300 SL created quite a buzz
Mar 28 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button
Mar 04 Movie star Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis.
Mar 01 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
Mar 18 First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
Mar 30 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win
Mar 15 Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins; 187 cm at La Réunion, Indian Ocean
Mar 27 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer
Mar 04 Hokkaido, Japan a 8.3 earthquake occurred: 31 killed, 572 injured; 713 houses destroyed, 5,980 damaged. 28 killed and warehouses destroyed at Kushiro. 3 killed and 309 houses destroyed at Kiratapu. 1,000 houses destroyed or damaged at Shiranuka and 400 schools collapsed at Sapporo. 10-foot tsunami.
Mar 01 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns
