March 2, 1975 (Sunday)
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran declared the kingdom to be a one-party state, with the new "Rastakhiz (Resurgence) Party" to be led by Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.
- Central African Republic President Jean-Bedel Bokassa, in power since 1965, declared himself President-for-life. A year later, he would declare himself to be an Emperor.
- A bomb planted at a bus terminal in Nairobi, Kenya, killed 27 people and injured almost 100.
- Born: Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress and producer, in Seoul
- Died: J. M. Kariuki, Kenyan politician, was kidnapped from the Nairobi Hilton Hotel by bodyguards of Kariuki's political opponent, Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta and murdered. His body was found three days later in a valley of the Ngong Hills.
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
““Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on.
“I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least—at least I mean what I say—that’s the same thing, you know.” “Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter. “Why you might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)