March 5, 1959 (Thursday)
- At Ankara, the United States agreed to defend the remaining members of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) in case of attack, signing bilateral defense agreements with Iran, Turkey and Pakistan.
- In Wrightsville, Arkansas, a dormitory fire at a dormitory for the Arkansas Training School for Negro Boys killed 21 boys. The doors had been locked, and 47 boys who survived the fire had kicked their way through heavy metal screens to escape.
- The Federal Reserve Bank raised the interest rate 1/2 a point to 3%
- U.S. Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy told reporters that "a surprise with missiles in the forseeable future is almost impossible".
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)