Mar 12   US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood   

Mar 15   Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds.   

Mar 16   Iraq and USSR sign economic/technical treaty.   

Mar 16   John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111   

Mar 17   Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations   

Mar 17   Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India   

Mar 17   Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday   

Mar 18   U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain.   

Mar 19   "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances.   

Mar 22   In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament   

Mar 24   Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

Mar 25   Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56.   

Mar 25   French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary   

Mar 26   Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71   

Mar 26   Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days.   

Mar 27   Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54.   

Mar 28   11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama   

Mar 28   11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt and installs Panchen Lama.   

Mar 28   James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies   

Mar 29   "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon premieres   

Mar 29   Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies.   

Mar 29   Barthelemy Boganda, inaugural president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash.   

Mar 29   Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore   

Mar 30   WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting   

Mar 31   Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India.   

Mar 31   Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68.   

Mar 31   The Dalai Lama, fleeing the Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet, crosses the border into India, where he is granted political asylum.   

Apr 02   Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79   

Apr 04   Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)   

Apr 04   Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960).   

Apr 04   Stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in S African Test), dies.   

Apr 05   23rd Golf Masters Championship Art Wall Jr claims, shooting a 284.   

Apr 05   In this year, Art Wall claims golf's Masters.   

Apr 07   Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years.   

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Jan 02   Kirti azad: Cricketer (indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 tests 1981-83)   

Jan 03   Rusty golden: Rocker (boys band)   

Jan 04   Vanity: [denise marquardt], ontario canada, actress (52 pick up)   

Jan 04   Yoshitomo nara: Japanese pop artist   

Jan 05   Kapil dev: India's cricket player   

Jan 07   Kathy valentine: Rocker (go-go's-we got the beat)   

Jan 08   Michael harwood: Sydney nsw, australasia golfer   

Jan 08   Paul hester: Australian drummer    

Jan 06   Jose enrique pedreira: Composer,   

Jan 09   Paul malengreau: Composer,   

Jan 11   Mohammed zakaria ghonein: Discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid,   

Jan 17   Abdul aziz: Cricket,   

Jan 20   Carl switzer: Actor (alfalfa-our gang), shot to death at 31   

Jan 21   Cecil b[lount] de mille: Producer (10 commandments),    

Jan 22   A j else mauhs: German/dutch actress (hamlet, nora),   

Jan 28   Joseph sprinzak: Speaker of israel knesset (1949-59),