March 1961 - March 22, 1961 (Wednesday)

March 22, 1961 (Wednesday)

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was restored to the United States Army and to his rank as a five-star General of the Army, two months after completing his term as the 34th President of the United States. General Eisenhower had resigned his commission on July 18, 1952, after accepting the Republican Party nomination for the Presidency.
  • Died: Gideon Mer, 66, Israeli physician and scientist

Read more about this topic:  March 1961

Famous quotes containing the word march:

    “After the brief bivouac of Sunday,
    their eyes, in the forced march of Monday to Saturday,
    hoist the white flag, flutter in the snow storm of paper,”
    —Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)