The first official acknowledgement of the programs came from the State Department in March 1966.

The song was the # 1 hit in the U. S. for the five weeks encompassing March 1966, the # 1 hit on the Hot 100's end of the year chart for 1966, and the No. 21 song of 1960s, despite the later unpopularity of the Vietnam War and the competing " California Dreaming ", sharply dividing the popular music market.

entered into force-20 March 1966

At the 23rd Congress ( 29 March – 8 April 1966 ) the survival ratio was 79. 4 percent, it decreased to 76. 5 percent at the 24th Congress ( 30 March – 9 April 1971 ), increased to 83. 4 percent at the 25th Congress ( 24 February – 5 March 1976 ) and at its peak, at the 26th Congress ( 23 February – 3 March 1981 ), it reached 89 percent.

The first J-car was completed in March, 1966 and set the fastest time at the Le Mans trials that year.

The Byrds at a " raga rock " press conference in March 1966.

The Byrds ' March 1966 single " Eight Miles High " and its B-side " Why " were also influential in originating the musical subgenre.

On 20 March 1966, four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, the trophy was stolen during a public exhibition at Westminster Central Hall.

Adenauer delivering a speech at the March 1966 CDU party rally, one year before his death

On 17 March 1966, Moon secretly married his pregnant girlfriend Kim Kerrigan.

81, No 1, ( March 1966 ), p. 146.

81, No 1, ( March 1966 ), pp 145 – 146.

John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt ( July 3, 1893 or March 8, 1892 — November 2, 1966 ) was an American country blues singer and guitarist.

The fourth series aired in the U. S. from March to December 1966.

* Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas, entry into force: 20 March 1966

The Dassault Mirage IIIV achieved transition from vertical to horizontal flight in March 1966, reaching Mach 1. 3 in level flight a short time later.

* Medal " For Impeccable Service ", 3rd class ( Soviet Union, March 1966 )

Immediately after the 1965 war, Major General Yahya Khan who had miserably commanded the 7th Division in Operation Grand Slam to utter disgust ,( since the change of command from a successfully advancing Maj. General Akhtar Hussain Malik had resulted in a shameful retreat from Akhnoor river bridge ) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, appointed Deputy Army Commander in Chief and Commander in Chief designate in March 1966.

* March 10 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor ( d. 1966 )

** The Indonesian army instigates the arrest and execution of communists which last until March 1966 ( see Indonesian killings of 1965 – 66 ).

The Gregorian calendar was designed to keep the vernal equinox on or close to March 21, so that the date of Easter ( celebrated on the Sunday after the 14th day of the Moon — i. e. a full moon — that falls on or after March 21 ) remains correct with respect to the vernal equinox.

On March 16, 2011, the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status issued a third report that reaffirned the legal position adopted by the three previous presidents over nearly a quarter century that Puerto Rico remains today " subject to the Territory Clause of the U. S. Constitution ( see Report at page 26 ), that the territory's long-term economic well-being would be enhanced by an early resolution of the political status problem ( p. 33 ) and devotes most of the report to extensive economic analysis and recommendations.

On 29 March 2009, the FARC-EP announced that they would give Guevara's remains to his mother.

In March 2005, the US opened negotiations on a free trade agreement and despite recent increasing depreciation of Gulf currencies, the UAE dirham remains pegged to the plunging dollar.

It is a founding member of and remains involved in the Central Asian Union, formed with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, joined in March 1998 by Tajikstan.

It is a founding member of and remains involved in the Central Asian Union, formed with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, joined in March 1998 by Tajikstan.

** During a severe thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked, with US $ 200, 000 in ransom money, and is never seen again ( as of March 2008, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history ).

* March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.

* March 1 – German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears ; 2 years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg.

* March 6 – France agrees to return the remains of Saartjie Baartman to South Africa.

His remains were solemnly brought back to Constantinople by the Patriarch Methodios on March 13, 847, and interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles, where they were annually the object of imperial devotion.

The heir to the grand duke of Luxembourg may be titled prince-lieutenant (' prince deputy ') during a period in which the incumbent remains formally on the grand ducal throne, but ( progressively, most ) functions of the crown are performed by the ' monarch apprentice ', as prince Jean ( still alive ) did 4 May 1961-12 November 1964 in the last years of his mother Charlotte's reign ( she lived until 1985 ), and Jean's own son prince Henri 3 March 1998-7 October 2000 until his father abdicated and he succeeded.

On March 19, 1841, Genesee ’ s area was again reduced, this time to the it remains to this day due to the partitioning to create Wyoming County.

* Jomay Steen, " Indian remains finally at rest ", The Rapid City Journal, 31 March 2005

Napoleon Louis Bonaparte died on 17 March 1831, and his remains were buried at Saint-Leu-La-Foret, Île-de-France.

Ava Astaire McKenzie ( born March 19, 1942 ; married Richard MacKenzie ) remains actively involved in promoting her late father's heritage.

Charred remains of Japanese civilians after the 10 March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo.

In March 2011, DirecTV ( which by this point had taken over Liberty Media's stake in the network, which had increased to 65 %) sold a 5 % stake in the network back to Sony Pictures Entertainment ; although DirecTV nominally remains the majority owner, it has ceded control of the network to Sony, and has the right to force Sony to increase its stake in GSN to 58 %.

In March 2009 the final results of the DNA testing were published by Dr. Michael Coble of the US Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, proving conclusively that the remains of all four Grand Duchesses have now been accounted for, and no one escaped.

Bull was at CARDE briefly before returning to the University to defend his thesis in March 1951, at 23 years old becoming the youngest PhD graduate in the Institute's history — a record that remains to this day.

As of March 2006, the area collectively known as Ruskin remains as a part of unincorporated Hillsborough County.

He died in his sleep on March 1, 1697, and his remains were returned to Arezzo for interment.

On 4 March his remains were interred in St Paul ’ s Cathedral, London.

The 27 March 1977, Tenerife disaster remains the accident with the highest number of airliner passenger fatalities.