Historical Events
- Mar 1 29 people are killed & 130 are injured by a group of knife-wielding terrorists at Kunming Railway Station, China
- Mar 1 34th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Movie 43" wins
Event of Interest
Mar 1 US President Barack Obama warns Russian President Vladimir Putin over involvement in Ukraine
Academy Awards
Mar 2 86th Academy Awards: "12 Years a Slave," Matthew McConaughey & Cate Blanchett win
- Mar 2 President Vladimir Putin receives unanimous approval from Russia's parliament to send troops to Ukraine
Event of Interest
Mar 4 Chinese premier Li Keqiang declares war on pollution at the National People’s Congress
Flight MH370 Disappears
Mar 8 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries
Event of Interest
Mar 10 German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns Russia's Vladimir Putin that making Crimea part of Russia is illegal and in violation of Ukraine's constitution
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Mar 13 "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, starring Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, premieres in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 13 After protests earlier this month, the Israeli parliament votes 65 to 1 for legislation that ends exemptions from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students
- Mar 15 35th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Providence beats Creighton, 65-58
Sports History
Mar 15 Ireland edges France, 22-20 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis to beat England on points difference and win Six Nations Rugby Championship; final international match for Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll with record 141 caps
- Mar 16 55th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Kentucky, 61-60
- Mar 16 61st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #6 Virginia beats #7 Duke, 72-63
- Mar 16 Voters in Crimea vote overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia amid international condemnation of its design
Chandelier
Mar 17 Sia releases her single "Chandelier" with a music video featuring Maddie Ziegler
- Mar 17 The Republic of Crimea is declared
Contract of Interest
Mar 18 Phil Jackson signs a five-year contract to be president of the New York Knicks
- Mar 18 Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing Treaty on Accession
- Mar 18 Transnistria formally requests to join the Russian Federation
- Mar 18 US closes the Syrian embassy in Washington & expels all Syrian diplomats
- Mar 19 Israel sends airforce against Syrian military units involved in an attack yesterday on an Israeli patrol in the Golan Heights
- Mar 19 Russia captures the Ukrainian naval base in Sevastopol
Olympic Gold
Mar 21 Canadian freestyle skier (moguls) and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 26
- Mar 21 Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemnation
- Mar 22 251 people are killed after a boat capsizes in Lake Albert, Uganda
- Mar 22 43 people are killed by a mudslide in Oso, Washington
- Mar 22 Guinea confirms Ebola outbreak has already killed 59 people
- Mar 22 The US and EU impose sanctions on Russia
- Mar 24 Ukraine withdraws its forces from the Crimea
Laureus Awards
Mar 26 Laureus World Sports Awards, Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Sportsman: Sebastian Vettel; Sportswoman: Genzebe Dibaba; Team: Germany Men's National Football team
- Mar 26 Taavi Rõivas becomes Prime Minister of Estonia
- Mar 27 UN General Assembly condemns Russia's annexation of Crimea
- Mar 28 2 cases of Ebola are reported in Liberia among people who have travelled to Guinea
- Mar 28 Russia increases the price of gas to Ukraine by 80%
- Mar 29 Andrej Kiska is elected President of Slovakia
- Mar 29 First same-sex couples marry in the UK as a result of the passing of The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
Famous Weddings
- Mar 8 Supermarket Superstar hostess Stacy Keibler (34) weds Future Ads CEO Jared Pobre on an intimate beachside ceremony in Mexico
Jamie Lynn Spears
Mar 14 Actress Jamie Lynn Spears (22) weds businessman Jamie Watson at the Audubon Tea Room in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Mar 15 "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie (42) weds public relations Michael Feldman (45) at the Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain Resort in Tucson, Arizona
Andrea Bocelli
Mar 21 Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (55) weds 2nd wife, his Italian manager Veronica Berti (29) at the Sanctuary of Madonna di Montenero in Livorno, Italy
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Alain Resnais, French director (Muriel, Hiroshima mon amour), dies at 91
- Mar 1 Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan-born biochemist, helped create birth control pill and nicotine patch, dies at 91 [1]
- Mar 2 Justin Kaplan, American editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain - Pulitzer Prize 1967), dies at 88
- Mar 3 William R. Pogue, American astronaut, dies at 84
- Mar 5 Alice Stoll, American research physiologist and pioneer in aerospace medicine (fire-resistant fabrics), dies at 96 [1]
- Mar 5 Geoff Edwards, American game show host, dies from pneumonia at 83
- Mar 6 Ron Murphy, Canadian NHL player, dies at 80
- Mar 6 Sheila MacRae, British-born actress (Jackie Gleason Show), dies at 92
- Mar 7 Pentti Raitio, Finnish composer (‘Lemminkainen Gatecrashes at Pohjola’), dies at 83
- Mar 8 William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, dies at 90
- Mar 10 Joe McGinniss, American author (The Selling of the President 1968), dies at 71
- Mar 10 Shirley Scott, American swing and blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine), dies of heart failure at 67
- Mar 11 Bob Crow, English trade union leader (National Union RMT), dies of a heart attack at 52
- Mar 13 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician (President of Sierra Leone, 1996-2007 - interrupted by military coup d'etat for 9 months), dies at 82
- Mar 13 Al Harewood, American jazz drummer (Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine), and teacher, dies at 90
- Mar 13 Reubin Askew, American politician (37th Governor of Florida), dies at 85
- Mar 14 Tony Benn, British politcian, Minister of Technology and President of the Stop the War Coalition, dies aged 88
- Mar 14 Werner Rackwitz, German opera director and musicologist (Handel-Renaissance), dies at 84
- Mar 15 Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef (Two Fat Ladies), dies at 66
- Mar 15 David Brenner, American stand-up comedian and TV talk show host (Nightlife) known as a pioneer of observational comedy, dies from cancer at 78
- Mar 16 Mitch Leigh, American musical composer (Man of La Mancha), dies at 86
- Mar 17 Gene Feist, American actor, playwright, producer and co-founder of Roundabout Theater Company, dies at 91
- Mar 17 Joseph Kerman, American educator and musicologist (Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology), dies at 89
- Mar 17 L'Wren Scott [Laura Bambrough], American fashion designer and partner of Mick Jagger, commits suicide at 49
- Mar 18 Joe Lala, American drummer, percussionist, singer ("Blues Image"), and actor, dies from complications of lung cancer at 66
- Mar 20 Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian soccer defender (51 caps; Vasco da Gama, São Paulo), dies from complications from a heart attack at 83
- Mar 21 Jack Fleck, American golfer (US Open 1955), dies at 92
- Mar 21 James Rebhorn, American actor, dies from melanoma at 65
- Mar 22 Patrice Wymore, American actress (The Big Tree), dies from natural causes at 87
- Mar 23 Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81), dies from a respiratory infection at 81
- Mar 23 Carmelo Bossi, Italian boxer (Olympic silver 1960; Lineal, WBC, WBA super welterweight title 1970-71), dies at 74
- Mar 23 Geriatric1927 [Peter Oakley], English video blogger, dies at 86
- Mar 25 Eddie Lawrence, American comedian and monologist (The Old Philosopher), dies at 95 [1]
- Mar 27 James Schlesinger, American economist and public servant (US Secretary of Energy, 1977-79; US Secretary of Defense, 1973-75; Chair of Atomic Energy Commission, 1973-75), dies at 85
- Mar 28 Jeremiah Denton, American politician (Senator-R-Alabama, 1981-86), dies at 89
- Mar 29 Billy Mundi [also Tony Schnasse, born Antonio Salas], American session musician and drummer (The Mothers of Invention; Rhinoceros), dies of complications from diabetes at 71
Hobart "Hobie" Alter (1933-2014)
Mar 29 American surf and sailing entrepreneur who created the Hobie Cat catamaran, dies of cancer at 80
- Mar 30 Kate O'Mara, English actress (Dynasty) and writer, dies at 74
- Mar 31 Charles Keating, American district attorney (Los Angeles California), dies at 90
- Mar 31 Frankie Knuckles [Francis Warren Nicholls, Jr.], American DJ and record producer who popularized house music in Chicago during the 1980s, dies of diabetes at 59
