Editing 1961 (section)

===March===

{{Main|March 1961}}

* [[March]]&ndash;[[April]] &ndash; Drilling for [[Project Mohole]] is undertaken off the coast of [[Guadalupe Island]], Mexico.
* [[March 1]] &ndash; United States President [[John F. Kennedy]] establishes the [[Peace Corps]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Hassan II of Morocco|Hassan II]] is crowned [[King of Morocco]].
* [[March 8]]
** [[Max Conrad]] circumnavigates the earth by light plane in 8 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, setting a new world record.
** The first U.S. [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris]] [[submarine]]s arrive at [[Holy Loch]] in Scotland.
* [[March 11]] &ndash; "[[Barbie]]" gets a boyfriend, when the "[[Ken (doll)|Ken]]" doll is introduced in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin Gerber|title=Barbie Forever: Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy (Official 60th Anniversary Collection)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Boi4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Epic Ink|isbn=978-0-7603-6577-9|pages=177}}</ref>
* [[March 13]]
** [[1961 Kurenivka mudslide]]: A dam bursts in [[Kiev]], [[USSR]], killing 145.
** United States delegate to the [[United Nations Security Council]] Adlai Stevenson votes against Portuguese policies in Africa.
** United States President [[John F. Kennedy]] proposes a long-term "[[Alliance for Progress]]", between the United States and Latin America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Selected+Milestones+in+the+Presidency+of+John+F.+Kennedy.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521194254/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical%2BResources/Archives/Reference%2BDesk/Selected%2BMilestones%2Bin%2Bthe%2BPresidency%2Bof%2BJohn%2BF.%2BKennedy.htm|url-status= dead|title=JFK Library.org|archive-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>
** [[Cyprus]] joins the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], becoming the first small country in the Commonwealth.<ref>{{cite journal|last=McIntyre|first=W. David|author-link=W. David McIntyre|date=April 2008|title=The Expansion of the Commonwealth and the Criteria for Membership|journal=[[The Round Table Journal|Round Table]]|volume=97|issue=395|pages=273–85|doi=10.1080/00358530801962089|s2cid=219623317}}</ref>
** Black and white [[£5 note]]s cease to be [[legal tender]] in the UK.
** [[Monash University]] in Melbourne, Australia takes in its first students.
** A second [[B-52]] [[1961 Yuba City B-52 crash|crashes]] near [[Yuba City, California]], after cabin pressure is lost and the fuel runs out. Two [[nuclear weapon]]s are found unexploded.
* [[March 15]]
** South Africa announces it will withdraw from the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], upon becoming a republic (31 May). The nation rejoins the organization in [[1994]].
** The [[Union of Peoples of Angola]], led by [[Holden Roberto]], attacks strategic locations in the north of [[Angola]]. These events result in the beginning of the colonial war with Portugal.
* [[March 18]]
** A [[ceasefire]] takes effect in the [[Algerian War of Independence]].
** "[[Nous les amoureux]]" sung by [[Jean-Claude Pascal]] (music by Jacques Datin, lyrics by Maurice Vidalin) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1961]] (staged in Cannes) for [[Luxembourg]].
* [[March 29]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, allowing residents of [[Washington, D.C.]] to vote in [[President of the United States|presidential]] elections.
* [[March 30]] &ndash; The [[Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs]] is signed at New York.