Editor's note: Sir Robert Watson-Watt wrote, on page 50 of SR Research for 4 March 1961::

In March, 1961, representatives of the national laboratories of Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, U.S.S.R., United States, and West Germany, met at the NBS to devise means for reaching international agreement on a temperature scale between 10 and 90 Af.

Operating revenues were off in the first three months of 1961, but up for the 12 months ending in March.

Mumy also played the character of young Pip, a boy who enjoyed playing with his father but was always ignored, in the episode " In Praise of Pip " ( September 1963 ), and the character of Billy Bayles, a boy who talks to his dead grandmother through a toy telephone, in the episode " Long Distance Call " ( March 1961 ).

In March 1961, Coronation Street reached No. 1 in the television ratings and remained there for the rest of the year.

Between 9 December 1960 and 3 March 1961, Coronation Street was broadcast twice weekly, on Wednesday and Friday.

When the programme went fully networked on 6 March 1961, broadcast days changed to Monday and Wednesday.

From Friday 9 December 1960 until Friday 3 March 1961, the programme was shown in two episodes broadcast Wednesday and Friday at 19: 00.

Schedules were changed and from Monday 6 March 1961 until Wednesday 11 October 1989, the programme was shown in two episodes broadcast Monday and Wednesday at 19: 30.

When they decided to broadcast the programme, national transmission was changed from Wednesday and Friday at 19: 00 to Monday and Wednesday at 19: 30 and the programme became fully networked under this new arrangement from episode 25 on Monday 6 March 1961.

Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000 ) was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck ( 1947 ), Gladstone Gander ( 1948 ), the Beagle Boys ( 1951 ), The Junior Woodchucks ( 1951 ), Gyro Gearloose ( 1952 ), Cornelius Coot ( 1952 ), Flintheart Glomgold ( 1956 ), John D. Rockerduck ( 1961 ) and Magica De Spell ( 1961 ).

In Stanleyville, those loyal to the deposed Lumumba set up a rival government under Antoine Gizenga which lasted from 31 March 1961 until it was reintegrated on 5 August 1961.

Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower ( pronounced, ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969 ) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

The emblem of Dimona ( as a local council ), adopted 2 March 1961, appeared on a stamp issued on 24 March 1965.

In March 1961 Singer and another University of Maryland physicist, E. J. Opik, were given a $ 97, 000 grant by NASA to conduct a three-year study of interplanetary gas and dust.

In March 1961 the Grenada United Labour Party won the general election and George E. D.

Hassan II became King of Morocco on March 3, 1961.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty () ( 14 March 1908 – 3 May 1961 ) was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Karl Marx, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger in addition to being closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre ( who later stated he had been " converted " to Marxism by Merleau-Ponty ) and Simone de Beauvoir.

He had the Labour whip withdrawn in March 1961 after rebelling against the Labour leadership over air force estimates.

* Transistor structure and method of making the same, filed March 1957, issued January 1961, assigned to Clevite Corporation

On 29 March 1961 Britain agreed that Tanganyika would become an independent state on 28 December 1961.

Amelia Mary Earhart, daughter of German American Samuel " Edwin " Stanton Earhart ( born March 28, 1867 ) and Amelia " Amy " Otis Earhart ( 1869 – 1962 ), was born in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grandfather, Alfred Gideon Otis ( 1827 – 1912 ), a former federal judge, president of the Atchison Savings Bank and a leading citizen in the town.

In March of 1854 Joseph Otis, a Vermont native, arrived on foot from LaCrosse, WI.

In March 1967, Sam and Dave were co-headliners for the Stax / Volt Revue in Europe, which included Booker T & the MGs, The Mar-Keys, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Arthur Conley and headliner Otis Redding.

However, he returned to the ring once again on March 29, 2003, beating Otis Tisdale on points over 10 rounds.

Otis Spann ( March 21, 1930 – April 24, 1970 ) was an American blues musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.

* March 23-Elisha Otis ' first elevator is installed ( at 488 Broadway ( New York City )).

*" Hard to Handle " ( Otis Redding ) ( Soul week ; March 16, 2004 )

* Otis, a 13-year-old male, was euthanized on March 2, 2012 due to complications related to a progressive advancement of urogenital cancer.

Elwell Stephen Otis ( March 25, 1838 – October 21, 1909 ) was a United States of America General who served in the Philippines late in the Spanish-American War and during the Philippine-American War.

Otis was born in Frederick, Maryland on March 25, 1838.

* Otis Williams interview by Pete Lewis, ' Blues & Soul ' March 2010

Ottis Elwood Toole ( March 5, 1947 – September 15, 1996 ) ( sometimes misspelled Otis ) was an American serial killer, arsonist, cannibal, and necrophiliac.

's, The Mar-Keys, Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd, Sam & Dave, and Otis Redding on the two-album set The Stax / Volt Tour in London, recorded at the Finsbury Park Astoria ( later the Rainbow Theatre on 17 March 1967.

It is Rosko who is heard introducing soul singer Otis Redding, as well as encouraging the crowd to chant and spell his name on Redding's album Live in Europe, recorded on March 17 and March 21, 1967.

Frank E. Holton was born March 10, 1858 in Allegan Michigan to farmers Otis ( b. 1827 ) and Hanna A.

Timothy Otis Howe ( February 24, 1816March 25, 1883 ) was a member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1879.

* March 20 – Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the EPLF enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.

* March 15 – President Woodrow Wilson sends 12, 000 United States troops over the U. S .- Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa ; the 13th Cavalry regiment enters Mexican territory.

** Intelsat IV ( F2 ) is launched ; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean March 26.

* March 20 – Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140, 000 and a volunteer force of around 200, 000 beginning his " Hundred Days " rule.

* March 12 – Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême enters Bordeaux, marking the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty.

* March 21 – Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time.

* March 24 – Elvis Presley enters the U. S. Army.

* March 10 – Carl Perkins ' single " Blue Suede Shoes " enters the R & B charts, the first time a country music artist has made it on the R & B charts.

* March 1907 — Lewis Harcourt, the First Commissioner of Works, enters the Cabinet.

It was fought over two days, March 8 – 9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond Rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay.

* March 1919-Dr. Georg Gothein ( DDP ) enters the cabinet as Treasury Minister.

For example, if a visa has been issued to begin January 1 and to expire March 30, and the typical authorized period of stay in a country is 90 days, then the 90-day authorized stay starts on the day the passenger enters the country ( entrance has to be between January 1 and March 30 ).

* March 13, 2008: The redesigned $ 5 note enters circulation.

* March 1 – The British aircraft carrier HMS Courgaeous enters service as the worlds first aircraft carrier with transverse arresting gear.

* 27 March 1959 – Robert Lecourt enters the Cabinet as Minister of Cooperation.

The first Americans arrived for work at Sigonella in March 1959 — six months before any buildings were ready — and so worked for six months in Catania at a large warehouse complex called Magazzino Generale ( General Warehouse ), which is opposite the cemetery on the right side of the street as one enters Catania from the base.

EASA has developed regulations for air operations, flight crew licensing and non-EU aircraft used in the EU and these shall apply after the required European legislation to expand the Agency's remit enters into force ( the legislation was published on 19 March 2008 )

* March 20-Ireland enters the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, represented by Butch Moore.

* March 1938-Lord Winterton, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, enters the Cabinet.

* March 19: The last steam locomotive purchased new by Southern Pacific Railroad, cab forward class AC-12 4-8-8-2 number 4294, enters service.

* March 14-After the acquittal / mistrial of Charles Matranga and 8 of his associates in the murder of New Orleans Police Chief David C. Hennessy, a lynch mob enters the jail and murders 11 of the 17 individuals suspected in the murder.

On 23 March, Wucheng where the Xiushui River enters Poyang Hu was devastated by sustained naval bombardment and airstrikes followed by a landing by Naval Landing forces.

* March 5: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, ratified by the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, among others, enters into force.