Tuesday, March 15, 1960: Nation's first underwater park

President Eisenhower establishes the Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve in the waters off Florida.

* Proclamation: @

* History of park: @

* History of "Christ of the Abyss" statue: @

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Saturday, March 12, 1960: 'Are Electric Cars Coming Back?'

That was the title of an article in The Saturday Evening Post about the possibilities -- and challenges -- of electric cars. "An electric is the ideal economical urban-suburban family second car for shopping, child-fetching, going to a nearby job," the article says.

* Full text of article: @

* Timeline: @

* Short history: @

* Electric Auto Association website: @

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Saturday, March 5, 1960: Guerrillero Heroico

One of the best-known images of its time, and even today -- a picture of Che Guevara, the minister of industry with the Cuban government -- was taken at a memorial service for people killed in a ship explosion.

* The photo before cropping: @

* From an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London: @ and @

* Pictures from around the world: @

* Photos and graphics from the book "Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image": @

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Saturday, March 5, 1960: Elvis out of the Army

Sergeant Elvis Presley is officially discharged from active duty after serving nearly two years in the U.S. Army. In a month's time he would record an album ("Elvis is Back") and a television special (as a special guest on "The Frank Sinatra Timex Show").

* Timeline: @

* How rock 'n' roll changed in his absence: @

* "Reconsider Baby" (from "Elvis is Back!", with Boots Randolph on sax):

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