March 1960

Saturday 05:

Elvis Presley is discharged from the United States Army.

Saturday 12:

A fire at a chemical plant in Pusan, Korea kills 68.

Monday 21:

Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180

Tuesday 22:

Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Townes receive the first patent for a laser.

Friday 25:

In London, United Kingdom, Jacqueline Boyer wins the fifth Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi".