March 30, 1961 (Thursday)
- The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs was signed at New York. The pact entered into force on December 13, 1964, and now applies to 149 nations.
- Died: Armand Robin, 49, French poet and journalist, three days after his arrest following an altercation in a bar.; and former Brigadier General Mengistu Neway, 41, hanged after the unsuccessful coup attempt against the Ethiopian government in December 1960.
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“This is the village where the funeral
Stilted its dusty march over deep ruts
Up the hillside covered with queen’s lace
To the patch of weeds known finally to all.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)