- Mar 3 9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")
- Mar 4 French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
- Mar 5 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
- Mar 5 Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
- Mar 5 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
- Mar 5 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
- Mar 5 The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
- Mar 5 7th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 63-59
Golden Globes
Mar 10 17th Golden Globes: "Ben-Hur", Anthony Franciosa, & Elizabeth Taylor win
Elizabeth Taylor
- Mar 11 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus
- Mar 13 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Fay Crocker of Uruguay wins by 7 strokes ahead of Kathy Cornelius
- Mar 13 NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis
- Mar 13 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number
- Mar 14 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
NBA Record
Mar 14 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points
Wilt Chamberlain
Event of Interest
Mar 17 US President Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Mar 17 WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Film Release
Mar 17 One of the first French New Wave films, "Breathless", directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Luc Godard
Event of Interest
Mar 19 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California, 75-55; Buckeyes' future Hall of Fame forward Jerry Lucas is named tournament MOP
Jerry Lucas
- Mar 21 Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Event of Interest
Mar 25 DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (NYC)
D. H. Lawrence
- Mar 25 Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires
- Mar 25 Italian government Tambroni forms
- Mar 26 Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem
- Mar 26 Orioles-Reds series planned for Havana is moved to Miami
- Mar 26 USC captures NCAA swimming title
- Mar 26 114th Grand National: Gerry Scott wins aboard 13/2 favourite Merryman II; first clear favourite to win in 33 years
- Mar 28 Pope John appoints the first Japanese, African & Filipino cardinals
- Mar 28 Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters in Glasgow, Scotland
Music Premiere
Mar 29 Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
Darius Milhaud
- Mar 31 Gore Vidal's "Best Man" premieres in NYC