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
