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:
“Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)