March 2009

Ongoing events
Automotive industry crisis Diplomatic response to Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence International recognition of Kosovo Global financial crisis French Caribbean general strikes Icelandic financial crisis Irish banking crisis Malagasy protests Nord-Kivu campaign Piracy in Somalia Russian financial crisis Treaty of Lisbon ratification World food price crisis Zimbabwean cholera outbreak

Recent deaths
March 22: Jade Goody 18: Natasha Richardson 16: Nicholas Henderson 15: Ron Silver 14: Altovise Davis 14: Alain Bashung 13: Anne Brown 13: Alan W. Livingston 13: William Davidson 13: Andrew Martin 13: James Purdy 12: Leonore Annenberg 11: Tim Kretschmer 9: Joseph Martin 9: Ernest Trova 8: Hank Locklin 8: Ali Bongo 8: Jimmy Boyd 7: Daniel E. Button 6: Jim Bellows 6: Colleen Howe 6: Susan Tsvangirai 6: Henri Pousseur 6: Francis Magalona 4: John Cephas 4: Yvon Cormier 4: Patricia De Martelaere 4: Horton Foote 4: George McAfee 4: Salvatore Samperi 3: Sydney Earle Chaplin 2: Ernie Ashworth 2: Chris Finnegan 2: João Bernardo Vieira

Ongoing conflicts
War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Casamance Conflict Fourth Civil War of Chad Second Chechen War Colombian Civil War War in Darfur Fatah–Hamas conflict Iran-PJAK conflict Iraq War Israeli-Palestinian conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Kayin State Conflict Kivu conflict Insurgency in the Maghreb Mexican Drug War Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Conflict in the Niger Delta Insurgency in Ogaden Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines The Secret War Somali Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War War on Terrorism South Thailand insurgency Second Tuareg Rebellion Turkey-PKK conflict Second Ugandan Civil War

Elections
Recent 15 February: Venezuela, Constitutional referendum 16 February: Bangladesh, President (by the parliament) Upcoming

Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Chee Soon Juan and others Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Bernard L. Madoff U.S.: Ehren Watada U.S.: Sheila Dixon U.S.: Joseph Bruno Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China (Taiwan): Chen Shui-bian Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Sweden: The Pirate Bay Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Phil Spector

Holidays and observances
March 1: Self Injury Awareness Day 1: Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 1: Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria) 1: Yap Day (Federated States of Micronesia) 1: Beer Day (Iceland) 1: Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands) (observed March 2) 1: Admission Day (Nebraska) 1: Republic's Day (Neuchâtel) 1: Admission Day (Ohio) 1: Heroes' Day (Paraguay) 1: Mărţişor (Romania) 1: Independence Declaration Day (South Korea) 1: Saint David's Day (Wales) 2: Read Across America (USA) 3: Square root day 7: Nyepi (Indonesia) 8: Women's Day (India, Russia, South Africa) 9: Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations) 12: Arbor Day (China) 14: New Year's Day (Sikh Nanakshahi calendar) 14: Pi Day 14: White Day (Japan and Korea) 15: National Day (Hungary) 15: Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) 15: Ides of March, Roman Calendar 17: St. Patrick's Day 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity) 19: Fathers' Day (Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain) 19: Canberra Day (Australian Capital Territory) 20: Norouz (Iran and Zoroastrianism) 21: Purim (Jewish holiday) 21: World Poetry Day 21: Equinoctial Earth Day 22: World Day for Water March 22: Mothering Sunday, United Kingdom 23: Republic Day (Pakistan) 24: World Tuberculosis Day 25: Independence Day (Greece) 25: Freedom Day (Belarus) 25: Feast of the Annunciation 26: St. Gregory's Day (Malta) 28: Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) 30: Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 31: Feast of the Annunciation (Catholicism) 31: César Chávez Day (some U.S. states) 31: Freedom Day (Malta) 31: Mawlid (Islam)

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