March 1: U Nu becomes Prime Minister of Burma. - Arturo Lezama becomes President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay. - Sud Aviation forms from a merger between SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest). - Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is published in the United States.

March 3: Net als toen by Corry Brokken (music by Guus Jansen, text by Willy van Hemert) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 for the Netherlands.

March 4: Standard & Poor's first publishes the S&P 500 guide.

March 6: United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent nation of Ghana. - Zodi Ikhia founds the Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) in Niger.

March 7: The United States Congress approves the Eisenhower Doctrine on assistance to threatened foreign regimes.

March 8: Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal.

March 10: Floodgates of The Dalles Dam are closed, inundating Celilo Falls and ancient Indian fisheries along the Columbia River in Oregon.

March 13: The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa and charges him with bribery. - Anglo-Jordanian Treaty of 1948 expires.

March 14: President Sukarno declares martial law in Indonesia.

March 17: 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash: Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others are killed in a plane crash.

March 20: The French newspaper L'Express reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners.

March 25: The Treaty of Rome (patto di Roma) establishes the European Economic Community (EEC; predecessor of the European Union) between Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

March 26: 22-year-old Elvis Presley buys Graceland on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard (Highway 51 South) for $US100,000. He and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive.

March 27: The 29th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood. Around the World in 80 Days wins Best Picture.

March 31: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, the team's only musical written especially for television, is telecast live and in color by CBS, starring Julie Andrews in the title role. The production is seen by millions, but this 1957 version is not to be telecast again for more than 40 years, when a kinescope of it is shown. (source: Wikipedia)