Golden Globes
Mar 5 20th Golden Globes: "Lawrence of Arabia", Gregory Peck, & Geraldine Page win
Event of Interest
Mar 7 John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman recorded their self-titled album "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
John Coltrane
Event of Interest
Mar 10 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse
Wilt Chamberlain
- Mar 11 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
Event of Interest
Mar 11 US Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara orders the adoption by the US military of the M16 assault rifle, originally designed as the AR-15 by Eugene Stoner
Eugene Stoner
Event of Interest
Mar 12 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
John Lennon
- Mar 13 Two Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska
Music Premiere
Mar 13 Paul Hindemith and Thornton Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner" premieres in NYC
Paul Hindemith
Thornton Wilder
- Mar 13 Indonesia & Netherlands reinstate diplomatic relations
- Mar 14 San Francisco Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
- Mar 15 WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting
- Mar 16 England edges Scotland, 10-8 at Twickenham, London to win its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship
- Mar 17 Elizabeth Ann Seton of NY beatified (canonized in 1975)
- Mar 17 Eruptions of Mount Agung on Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese
- Mar 18 "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
- Mar 18 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria
- Mar 18 WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 20 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)
- Mar 21 David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
- Mar 22 Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me"
- Mar 22 British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler
- Mar 23 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola-Chicago beats Cincinnati, 60-58 (OT); Ramblers' first title in first title game
- Mar 23 Rolf Hochhuth's play "Der Stellvertreter" (The Representative) premieres in Berlin
- Mar 23 8th Eurovision Song Contest: Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann for Denmark win singing "Dansevise" in London
- Mar 25 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
- Mar 27 Beeching axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.
- Mar 28 AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets
- Mar 29 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
- Mar 30 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- Mar 30 117th Grand National: 19-year old jockey Pat Buckley aboard 66/1 outsider Ayala wins by 3/4 of a length from Carrickbeg
- Mar 31 LA ends streetcar service after 90 years