March 22, 1975 (Saturday)
- A worker, testing for leaks, accidentally caused a fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Alabama, at the time the largest nuclear power plant in the world. After detecting a persistent leak in a concrete wall and attempting to plug it with polyurethane sheets the worker tested it for signs of airflow with the instrument available to him—a candle. The highly flammable polyurethane was ignited, the fire spread into the other side of the wall where it could not be reached, and after seven hours, caused ten million dollars worth of damage.
- Indiana University, unbeaten (31-0) and the #1 ranked men's college basketball team, was upset, 92-90, by the #5 ranked University of Kentucky, in the NCAA basketball tournament Mideast Regional Final at Dayton, Ohio.
- The Indian state of Nagaland was placed under President's rule for two years, with the national government assuming control of state affairs. Presidential rulership would also be imposed in 1988, 1992 and 2008.
- Died: Cass Daley, 59, American comedienne and film actress, after falling on a glass table at her home
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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)