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March marks the transition from winter to spring and holds a remarkable historical record. International Women's Day falls on March 8, while St. Patrick's Day on the 17th celebrates Irish heritage worldwide. From scientific discoveries to political revolutions, March's 31 days are packed with milestones. Browse our full historical archive for every date in March.
Every day in March
1
March 1
304 entries
2014 — At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway...2008 — The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly...2007 — Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people,...
2
March 2
322 entries
2017 — The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the...2012 — A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and...2004 — War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and...
3
March 3
309 entries
2017 — Nintendo releases the hybrid video game console Nintendo Switch worldwide to critical acclaim.2013 — A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 45 people and injured 180 others in...2005 — James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust...
4
March 4
603 entries
2015 — At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the...2012 — A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of...2009 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President...
5
March 5
351 entries
2003 — In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.1984 — Six thousand miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.1982 — Soviet probe Venera 14 landed on Venus.
6
March 6
322 entries
2008 — A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same...1992 — The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.1988 — Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in...
7
March 7
247 entries
2009 — The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other...2007 — The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.2006 — The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
8
March 8
295 entries
2014 — Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from...2004 — A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.1985 — A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein...
9
March 9
295 entries
2012 — At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza; 12 Palestinians militants are...2011 — Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.1997 — Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a...
10
March 10
284 entries
2017 — The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major...2006 — The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.2000 — The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of...
11
March 11
335 entries
2016 — At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo,...2012 — A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.2011 — An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan,...
12
March 12
359 entries
2014 — A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and...2011 — A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases...2009 — Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the...
13
March 13
295 entries
2016 — An explosion occurs in central Ankara, Turkey, with at least 37 people killed and 127 wounded.2016 — Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at...2013 — Pope Francis is elected, in the papal conclave, as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
14
March 14
310 entries
2008 — A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.2007 — The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in...2006 — Members of the Chadian military fail in an attempted coup d'état.
15
March 15
346 entries
2011 — Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.1991 — The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting...1990 — Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
16
March 16
474 entries
2016 — A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing...2016 — Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the...2014 — Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
17
March 17
314 entries
2011 — United Nations Security Council Resolution 1972 relating to Somalia is adopted.2011 — United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 relating to Libyan Civil War is adopted.2004 — Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian...
18
March 18
352 entries
2015 — The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all...2014 — The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.1997 — The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey...
19
March 19
300 entries
2016 — Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international...2016 — An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.2013 — A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
20
March 20
345 entries
2015 — A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a Supermoon all occur on the same day.2014 — Four suspected Taliban members attack the luxurious Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at...2012 — At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks...
21
March 21
405 entries
2009 — Four police officers are shot and killed and a fifth is wounded in two shootings at...2006 — The social media site Twitter is founded.2000 — Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
22
March 22
336 entries
2017 — A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and...2016 — Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at...2013 — At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp...
23
March 23
358 entries
2009 — FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China...2003 — Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.2001 — The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before...
24
March 24
356 entries
2015 — Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass...2008 — Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.2003 — The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and...
25
March 25
363 entries
2006 — Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party...2006 — Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian...1996 — The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its...
26
March 26
384 entries
2017 — Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed...2010 — The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an...2005 — Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to...
27
March 27
435 entries
2016 — A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost...2015 — Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least...2014 — Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic...
28
March 28
362 entries
2006 — Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to...2005 — An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI...2003 — In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British...
29
March 29
346 entries
2017 — The United Kingdom invokes Article 50, beginning the formal process of Brexit.2014 — The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.2013 — At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial...
30
March 30
339 entries
2017 — SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.[1][2]2009 — Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.1982 — Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at...
31
March 31
429 entries
2004 — Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military...1998 — Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.1995 — Selena is murdered by her fan club's president Yolanda Saldivar at a Days Inn in...
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