Mar 01 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London
Mar 31 Jimi Hendrix begins his tradition of burning his guitar
Mar 07 Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union &jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
Mar 11 U.S. 1st Infantry Division troops engage in one of the heaviest battles of Operation Junction City. The fierce fighting resulted in 210 reported North Vietnamese casualties.
Mar 20 Supremes release "The Happening"
Mar 16 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
Mar 15 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil
Mar 15 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
Mar 03 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling
Mar 13 Congo sentences ex-premier Moïse Tsjombe to death
Mar 02 9th Grammy Awards Strangers in Night &Michele win
Mar 22 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight
Mar 06 Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
Mar 07 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", premieres in New York NY
Mar 30 In Victoria BC, opening of SEACOM Southeast Asia Commonwealth Cable; 40,000 km link between Britain, Canada and Australia.
Mar 06 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards
Mar 11 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
Mar 03 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 07 PBRs assists Operation Overload II in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam
Mar 02 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night &Michele win
Mar 18 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil
Mar 12 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
Mar 03 Eric Burdon and the Animals refuse to do a show in Ottawa unless they are paid in advance; audience of 3,000 go on a rampage, doing $5,000 in damages.
Mar 12 Indonesian congress deprives President Sukarno of authority
Mar 25 The Turtles' "Happy Together" goes #1
