Historical Events for March 1960
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Results 1 - 42 of 42
3rd - 9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")
4th - French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
4th - Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
5th - Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army
5th - Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
5th - Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
5th - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
5th - Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champions in Vanc won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
5th - The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
6th - President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament
7th - Dutch Builders strike for CLA
8th - "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 95 performances
10th - USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
11th - Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus
13th - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
13th - NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis
13th - White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number
14th - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
14th - Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points
15th - Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)
15th - National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated
17th - Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
17th - WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
19th - "Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances
19th - 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats Calif 75-55
21st - Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
22nd - 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes
22nd - AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser
23rd - Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
24th - US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene
25th - 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
25th - DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (NYC)
25th - Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires
25th - Italian govt Tambroni forms
26th - Iraq executes 30 after attack on Pres Kassem
26th - Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami
26th - USC captures NCAA swimming title
27th - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open
28th - Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal
28th - Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
29th - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
31st - Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC
