Mar 06 Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12˝ year government jubilee
Mar 16 Jaguar Cars Ltd. introduced the XK-E, or E-Type, at the Geneva Auto Show. Th E-Type was the successor to the C- and D-Type Jaguar that had earned the company’s reputation for racing excellenc
Mar 25 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona
Mar 13 Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes president of US Communist Party
Mar 29 23rd Amendment is ratified, allows Washington DC residents to vote for President
Mar 14 Revised version of the New Testament published
Mar 13 Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
Mar 13 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title
Mar 03 King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco
Mar 06 Dutch guilder revalued 4.74%
Mar 30 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 meter)
Mar 25 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered
Mar 01 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
Mar 09 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit
Mar 31 Aklilou Habtewold becomes first premier of Ethiopia
Mar 25 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km)
Mar 06 London introduces minicabs
Mar 29 After a 4˝ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
Mar 13 Major-General Allard the first Canadian to command a British army division
Mar 13 JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress
Mar 18 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
Mar 09 Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again"
Mar 17 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
Mar 21 Beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club
Mar 08 US nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours
