Elvis Presley in the Army
Mar 5 Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army
- 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
Famous Photo
Mar 5 Iconic photograph 'Guerrillero Heroico' taken of Che Guevara at a memorial service in Havana, by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda, possibly the most reproduced photo in history
Golden Globes
Mar 10 17th Golden Globes: "Ben-Hur", Anthony Franciosa, & Elizabeth Taylor win
- 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, California
NBA Record
Mar 14 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA playoff record of 53 points in Warriors' 132-112 win over Syracuse Nationals at Philadelphia Civic Center
Historic Event
Mar 17 US President Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
- 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
Sports History
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
- Mar 21 Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
Historic Event
Mar 25 DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (NYC)
- 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
- Mar 31 Gore Vidal's "Best Man" premieres in NYC