Historical Events
- Mar 1 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 members
Baseball History
Mar 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ted Williams fractures his collarbone on the first day of Boston Red Sox spring training; injury keeps him out of Boston lineup until May 15
- Mar 1 Rebellion in Egypt during visit of president Naguib to Khartoum, Sudan, 30 die
Castle Bravo Nuclear Test
Mar 1 US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally became the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US
- Mar 4 James E. Wilkins appointed 1st black US sub-cabinet member
- Mar 4 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant
- Mar 5 "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances
- Mar 6 1st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest, 82-80 (OT)
- Mar 7 Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition
- Mar 8 Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia
- Mar 9 1st local color TV commercial WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
Film & TV History
Mar 9 Edward R. Murrow criticizes US Senator Joseph McCarthy on his "See it Now" TV program
- Mar 9 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Mar 11 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
Moses und Aaron
Mar 12 1st performance of Arnold Schoenberg's opera "Moses und Aaron", in a concert setting in Hamburg, Germany
Thomson Beaks Ankle
Mar 13 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
Event of Interest
Mar 13 Viet Minh General Võ Nguyên Giáp opens the assault on French forces at Dien Bien Phu, northwest Vietnam
- Mar 14 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
- Mar 14 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her second Titleholders title by 7 strokes from Patty Berg
- Mar 14 Milwaukee Braves future home run king Hank Aaron homers in his debut exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox
CBS Morning Show
Mar 15 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar
- Mar 15 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Cricket History
Mar 19 "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket each score centuries in one innings; Clyde Walcott scores 124 following Everton Weekes (206) and Frank Worrell (167) in 1st innings of drawn 4th Test v England at Port of Spain
- Mar 19 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in Madison Square Garden, NYC
- Mar 19 1st rocket-driven sled on rails tested in Alamogordo, NM
Sports History
Mar 19 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
- Mar 19 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
- Mar 20 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley, 92-76; Explorers' small forward Tom Gola is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Mar 20 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
Music History
Mar 20 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "The King and I", starring Yul Brynner, closes at the St James Theater, NYC, after 1,246 performances
Academy Awards
Mar 25 26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity" best film, William Holden & Audrey Hepburn best actor, actress
- Mar 25 RCA manufactures the 1st color TV set, featured a 12.5-inch screen and cost $1,000
- Mar 26 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
- Mar 28 8th Tony Awards: "Teahouse of the August Moon" (Best Play) & "Kismet" (Best Musical) win
- Mar 28 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
Cricket Debut
Mar 30 Test Cricket debut of West Indian great Garfield Sobers vs England at Kingston Oval, Barbados
- Mar 31 USSR offers to join NATO
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Catherine Bach, American actress (Daisey Duke-The Dukes of Hazzard), born in Warren, Ohio
- Mar 1 Janis Gill, American country singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo - "Midnight Girl"), born in Torrance, California
- Mar 1 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American violist and operatic mezzo-soprano, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2006)
- Mar 1 Minervino Pietra, Portuguese soccer right-back (28 caps; Belenenses, Benfica) and manager (Alverca, Juventude Évora, Estoril, Barreirense), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2024)
- Mar 1 Ron Howard, American actor and director (American Graffiti, Happy Days), born in Duncan, Oklahoma
- Mar 2 Hunt Sales, American rock drummer (Todd Rundgren; Iggy Pop; Tin Machine), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Mar 2 John Sciarra, American College Football Hall of Fame safety (UCLA; NFL: Philadelphia Eagles), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 2 Pete Johnson, American football running back (Pro Bowl, 2nd Team All Pro 1981; Cincinnati Bengals; Ohio State University), born in Fort Valley, Georgia
- Mar 2 Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer (UDF)
- Mar 3 Chris Hughes, English record producer and rock drummer (Adam & The Ants), born in London, England
- Mar 3 John Lilley, American rock guitarist and dobro player (The Hooters - "All You Zombies"; "And We Danced"), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Mar 3 Keith Fergus, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Temple, Texas
Catherine O'Hara (70 years old)
Mar 4 Canadian actress (Home Alone movies, Schitt's Creek), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Mar 4 François Fillon, French politician and Prime Minister of France (2007-12), born in Le Mans, Sarthe, France
- Mar 4 Mark Chorvinsky, American author, editor and publisher of "Strange Magazine", born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
- Mar 4 Peter Jacobsen, American golfer (US Senior Open 2004, Senior Players C'ship 2005; 7 PGA Tour titles), born in Portland, Oregon
- Mar 4 Willie Thorne, English snooker player (1985 Classic), born in Leicester, England (d. 2020)
- Mar 5 João Lourenço, Angolan politician (President of Angola 2017-), born in Luanda, Angola
- Mar 5 Marsha Warfield, American comedian, and actress (Night Court, 1986-92 - "Roz"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 7 Matt Frenette, Canadian rock drummer, and songwriter (Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"), born in Calgary, Alberta
- Mar 8 Cheryl Baker, British rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz - "My Camera Never Lies"), and TV presenter, born in Bethnal Green, London, England
- Mar 8 David Wilkie MBE, Scottish swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1976; World C 'ship gold 200m breaststroke 1973, 75, 100m 1975), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Mar 8 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic gold 1976)
Bobby Sands (1954-1981)
Mar 9 Irish IRA member and leader of the hunger strike at Maze Prison where he died, born in Newtownabbey, Northern Abbey
- Mar 9 Carlos Ghosn, French Brazilian automobile executive (Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors), born in Porto Velho, Brazil
- Mar 9 Charmaine Sylvers, American R&B singer (The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever", "Hot Line"), born in Watts, Los Angeles, California
- Mar 9 Kevin Wade, American screenwriter (Working Girls), born in Chappaqua, New York
- Mar 10 Scott Litt, American sound engineer and record producer (Flaming Lips; R.E.M.), born in New York
- Mar 10 Tina Charles [Hoskins], British disco singer ("I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)"), born in Whitechapel, London, England
- Mar 11 Gale Norton, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
- Mar 12 Anish Kapoor, Indian born British sculptor, born in Mumbai, India
- Mar 12 Joseph Ngute, Cameroonian politician (Prime Minister of Cameroon 2019-), born in Bongong Barombi, Cameroon
- Mar 13 Robin Duke, Canadian actress and comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Mar 14 Adrian Zmed, American actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 14 Gary Palmer, American politician (Rep-R-Alabama 2015-), born in Hackleburg, Alabama
- Mar 14 Jann Browne, American country singer (Mexican Wind), born in Anderson, Indiana
- Mar 15 Craig Wasson, Oregon, actor (Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club)
- Mar 16 Colin Ireland, Kent, England, serial killer ('Gay Slayer'/ Coleherne killer), (d. 2012)
- Mar 16 Dav Whatmore, Australian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; Victoria) and coach (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Mar 16 Hollis Stacy, American golfer (US Open, 1977-78, 84), born in Savannah, Georgia
- Mar 16 Jimmy Nail [Bradford], English actor and television producer, screenwriter (Evita; Spender; Howling II), and singer-songwriter ("Ain't No Doubt"; "Crocodile Shoes"), born in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Mar 16 Miklós Csemiczky, Hungarian contemporary classical and electronic music composer, born in Budapest, Hungary
- Mar 16 Nancy Wilson, rock guitarist (Heart - "Baracuda"; "What About Love"), born in San Francisco, California
- Mar 17 Lesley-Anne Down, British actress and singer (A Little Night Music; Moonraker), born in London, England
- Mar 18 James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
- Mar 19 Indu Shahani, Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai
- Mar 20 Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
- Mar 20 Jim Seales, American country singer (Shenandoah - "Sunday in the South"), born in Hamilton, Alabama
- Mar 20 Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
- Mar 20 Louis Sachar, American Newberry Medal winning young-adult author (Holes; Wayside School; Marvin Redpost series), born in East Meadow, New York
- Mar 22 Ross Browner, American College Football HOF defensive end (Notre Dame; Maxwell Award 1977; Cincinnati Bengals), born in Warren, Ohio (d. 2022)
- Mar 23 Bobby Crush English cabaret pianist, songwriter, actor, and broadcaster, born in Leyton, England
- Mar 23 Geno Auriemma, Italian-born American basketball coach (Connecticut Huskies), born in Montella, Italy
- Mar 24 Donna Pescow, American actress (Saturday Night Fever; Angie: Out of This World, Even Stevens), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 24 Hank Roberts, American electric and acoustic jazz cellist (Bill Frissell Quartet; Arcado String Trio), born in Terre Haute, Indiana
- Mar 24 Irina Ratushinskaya, Soviet dissident poet (Beyond the Limit), born in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 2017)
- Mar 24 Mike Braun, American politician (Senator-R-Indiana 2019-), born in Jasper, Indiana
- Mar 24 Robert Carradine, actor (Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 25 Elli Stai, Greek journalist and TV presenter
- Mar 25 Thom Loverro, American sportswriter
- Mar 26 Curtis Sliwa, American activist, founder of the Guardian Angels, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 26 Dorothy Porter, Australian poet (The Monkey's Mask), librettist, (The Eternity Man), and lyricist (The Fiery Maze), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2008)
- Mar 26 Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
- Mar 26 Piers Gardner, British human rights lawyer (British Institute of Intl & Comparative Law)
- Mar 28 Bill Bourne, Canadian Juno Award-winning folk, rock, and world music guitarist, and singer-songwriter, born in Red Deer, Alberta
- Mar 28 Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
- Mar 29 Karen Ann Quinlan, American famous comatose patient (right to die case), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Mar 31 Tony Brock, British rock drummer (The Babys - "Isn't It Time": "Every Time I Think of You"), born in Poole, England
Famous Weddings
Elizabeth Montgomery
Mar 27 Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (20) weds socialite Frederick Gallatin Cammann
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Halsey William Wilson, American reference book publisher (Readers' Guide, Cumulative Book Index, Book Review Digest), dies at 85
- Mar 4 Georg Göhler, German composer (Rückert), dies at 79
- Mar 4 Noel Gay [Reginald Moxon Armitage], British composer (Who's Been Polishing the Sun), dies at 55
- Mar 5 Julian Coolidge, American mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80
- Mar 6 Jan Kalf, Dutch art historian and literary scholar (Monument Conservation), dies at 80
- Mar 6 Louis Zimmermann, Dutch violinist (1st concert master of Amsterdam Symphony), composer, and educator, dies at 80
- Mar 7 Otto Diels, German organic chemist (1950 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for cyclic organic compounds), dies at 78
- Mar 9 Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
- Mar 9 V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer, dies at 79
- Mar 12 Bob Quinn, American baseball executive (owner Boston Red Sox 1923–33; part owner Boston Braves 1936–45; President National Baseball Hall of Fame 1948–51), dies at 84
- Mar 14 Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (US Open 1898), dies at 80
- Mar 14 Ludomir Michał Rogowski, Polish composer, dies at 72
- Mar 17 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
- Mar 18 Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
- Mar 19 Walter Braunfels, German composer (Die Vögel -The Birds), dies at 71
- Mar 21 Harry Lawrence Freeman, African-American composer, dies at 84
- Mar 28 Francis Brett Young, British physician and writer (Man About the House), dies at 69
