March 31, 1975 (Monday)
- In his final game on the sideline, John Wooden coached UCLA to its 10th national championship in 12 seasons when the Bruins defeated Kentucky 92-85 in the title game at San Diego, California.
- The final original episode of the long-running TV series Gunsmoke, entitled The Sharecroppers was telecast. Beginning on September 10, 1955, there were 636 episodes over 20 seasons.
- Lon Nol, the President of the Khmer Republic (formerly Cambodia since 1970, bid farewell to his constituents and fled the country.
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“At the earliest ending of winter,
In March, a scrawny cry from outside
Seemed like a sound in his mind.
He knew that he heard it,
A bird’s cry, at daylight or before,
In the early March wind.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)