Events in History
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
- Mar 13 Indonesia & Netherlands reinstate diplomatic relations
- Mar 13 Two Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska
Beatification
Mar 17 Elizabeth Ann Seton of NY beatified (canonized in 1975)
Closure of Alcatraz
Mar 21 Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed
- Mar 22 British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler
- Mar 23 Rolf Hochhuth's play "Der Stellvertreter" (The Representative) premieres in Berlin
- Mar 27 Beeching axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.
- Mar 30 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- Mar 31 LA ends streetcar service after 90 years
Birthdays in History
- Mar 2 Anthony Albanese, Australian politician (Prime Minister of Australia 2022-), born in Sydney, Australia
- Mar 2 Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) World C'ship 1986, 89, 91); Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World C'ship 1995), born in El Paso, Texas
- Mar 4 Barbara Bubula, Polish politician, born in Kraków, Poland
- Mar 9 David Pogue, American technology columnist and TV science presenter, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio
- Mar 14 Pedro Duque, Spanish engineer and astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95, first Spanish person in space), born in Madrid, Spain
- Mar 16 Phung Vuong, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in Saigon, Vietnam
- Mar 22 Tony Elumelu, Nigerian economist and philanthropist (United Bank for Africa, The Tony Elumelu Foundation), born in Jos, Nigeria
- Mar 26 Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer (Mōryō no Hako), born in Hokkaido, Japan
- Mar 28 Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia
Weddings in History
- Mar 20 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
Deaths in History
- Mar 4 William Carlos Williams, American physician and poet (Pictures from Brueghel, and Other Poems), dies at 79
- Mar 6 Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at 91
- Mar 9 Frederic G. Melcher, American publisher and editor who founded children's book week, dies at 83
- Mar 20 Karl Otten, German Expressionist writer, dies at 73
- Mar 29 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64
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