Mar 31 USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same

Mar 27 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & first Secretary of Communist Party

Mar 02 The first surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days

Mar 20 Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission

Mar 20 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line

Mar 19 Sobers completes a century in each innings vs Pakistan

Mar 23 First launching of simulated Polaris missile from submerged tactical launcher facility off CA.

Mar 08 William Faulkner says US schools degenerated to become babysitters

Mar 17 The shape of the Earth is measured for the first time by satellite

Mar 22 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

Mar 29 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins

Mar 29 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss

Mar 16 In Beirut, Lebanon, Islamic militants kidnap American journalist Terry Anderson, and take him to the southern suburbs of the war-torn city where other Western hostages are being held in scattered dungeons under ruined building

Mar 24 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)

Mar 14 South Africa government disallows ANC

Mar 15 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled

Mar 07 Commissioning of USS Grayback, first submarine built from keel up with guided missile capability, to fire Regulus II missile.

Mar 01 Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260

Mar 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Mar 22 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia

Mar 05 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit

Mar 11 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"

Mar 02 Yemen announces it will join the United Arab Republic

Mar 14 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

Mar 02 Antartic crossed for the first time by Dr Vivian Fuchs

Mar 26 US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"

Mar 01 Gary Sobers 365 vs Pakistan, 614 minutes, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara

Mar 16 On this day in 1958 the Ford Motor Company produced its 50,000,000th car, a Thunderbird

Mar 19 Britain's first planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London

Mar 12 British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"

Mar 27 Havana Hilton opens

Mar 21 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

Mar 15 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

Mar 01 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 declare vs Pakistan

Mar 22 Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd)

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