Album Release
Mar 1 Pink Floyd release their album "Dark Side of the Moon", since sold over 45 million copies
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
- Mar 2 "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
- Mar 3 "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 31 performances
- Mar 4 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America
- Mar 5 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives
- Mar 6 In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 HRs & knocks in 7 RBIs)
- Mar 7 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory
Election of Interest
Mar 7 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Event of Interest
Mar 8 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest and US longest, opens 60km west of Denver, Colorado
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Event of Interest
Mar 8 Paul & Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis
Linda McCartney
- Mar 8 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Mar 8 The Provisional Irish Republican Army undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London; 10 members of PIRA are arrested at Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the country
- Mar 10 Morocco adopts constitution
- Mar 10 20th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 76-74
- Mar 12 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In last airs on NBC-TV
- Mar 13 Syria adopts constitution
- Mar 13 "Irene" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 605 performances
- Mar 13 Minskoff Theater opens at 200 W 45th St NYC
- Mar 14 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
Event of Interest
Mar 14 Future US senator John McCain is released after spending over five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp
John McCain
Event of Interest
Mar 17 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
Elizabeth II
Hall of Fame
Mar 20 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash
Roberto Clemente
- Mar 20 NBC TV premiere of pilot episode of "Police Story", based on Los Angeles Police Dept. Joseph Wambaugh's writings
Event of Interest
Mar 21 Montreal Canadiens' left wing Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHL player to score 500 goals
Frank Mahovlich
- Mar 24 Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ
- Mar 24 Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
- Mar 24 San Francisco 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams
- Mar 25 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52, Immaculata 1st undefeated team in New York
- Mar 25 27th Tony Awards: "That Championship Season" and "Little Night Music" win
Event of Interest
Mar 26 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; Bruins' 7th straight title; future Hall of Fame center Bill Walton tournament MOP for 2nd consecutive year
Bill Walton
Academy Awards
Mar 27 45th Academy Awards: "The Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win. Marlon Brando then turns down the Oscar for best actor to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans in film.
Marlon Brando
Francis Ford Coppola
Event of Interest
Mar 29 Dave Cowens wins NBA MVP
Dave Cowens
Event of Interest
Mar 31 Muhammad Ali suffers a broken jaw in a shock split-points decision loss to Ken Norton over 12 rounds in San Diego; Ali wins rematch in another controversial split decision
Muhammad Ali
- Mar 31 127th Grand National: Brian Fletcher wins aboard 9/1 co-favourite Red Rum; recovers from 15 lengths behind at final fence; first of Red Rum's record 3 GN victories
- Mar 31 Boston Bruins defenceman Bobby Orr scores his 3rd career hat trick in a 7-3 loss at Toronto to become the first player in NHL history to score 100 points for 4 straight seasons
Event of Interest
Mar 31 American tennis star Billie Jean King ends Australian Margaret Court's 57-match winning streak 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in semi finals of the WTA event in Indianapolis, IN
Billie Jean King