- Mar 1 Daryll Cullinan scores South African cricket record 275no in the drawn 1st Test against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; Gary Kirsten 128
- Mar 3 "Fortunate" single by soul singer Maxwell released (Billboard Music Award Best R&B Single of the Year, 1999)
- Mar 5 Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut
Murder of Interest
Mar 8 The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Mar 15 14th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Billy Joel; Curtis Mayfield; Paul McCartney; Del Shannon; Dusty Springfield; Bruce Springsteen; The Staple Singers; Charles Brown; Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys; and George Martin
- Mar 20 19th Golden Raspberry Awards: An Alan Smithee Film "Burn Hollywood Burn" wins
- Mar 20 Legoland, California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California
- Mar 21 Swiss aviator Bertrand Piccard and British aviator Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
- Mar 22 "Amazed" single released by Lonestar (Billboard Song of the Year 1999)
Livin' la Vida Loca
Mar 23 "Livin' la Vida Loca" sung by Ricky Martin released - goes on to sell over 8 million copies
- Mar 23 Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña
The Matrix
Mar 24 "The Matrix" film written and directed by The Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeve, Lawrence Fishburne and Carrie-Ann Moss premieres
- Mar 24 Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
- Mar 24 Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire: 39 people die when a Belgian transport truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
Soul Train Music Awards
Mar 25 13th Soul Train Music Awards: Luther Vandross, R. Kelly & Lauryn Hill win
Murder of Interest
Mar 26 A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man
- Mar 26 The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
TV Show Appearance
Mar 26 Tom Snyder's final appearance as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS, after 777 episodes
- Mar 28 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Purdue beats Duke, 62-45; Boilermakers' Ukari Figgs is named Most Outstanding Player
Golf Major
Mar 28 Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: 1992 champion Dottie Pepper wins the last of her 2 major titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Meg Mallon
PGA Players Championship
Mar 28 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: David Duval wins by 2 strokes from Scott Gump; Duval's father Bob wins Senior Tour's Emerald Coast Classic on the same day
WrestleMania
Mar 28 WrestleMania XV, First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin beats The Rock in no disqualification match for the WWF Heavyweight title
- Mar 29 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Duke, 77-74; Huskies' first title in first title game
- Mar 29 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10,006.78 - above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever
- Mar 30 Craig Kilborn becomes the host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS; hosts the program through 2004
10 Things I Hate About You
Mar 31 "10 Things I Hate About You", a modernization of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, is released
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