- Mar 1 Steven Holcomb pilots USA-1 sled to victory in the 4-man competition at the World Bobsled Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg, NY; first American win in the event in 50 years
- Mar 3 The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
- Mar 3 The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terrorists while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for 2nd Test against Pakistan; match abandoned
Event of Interest
Mar 4 International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur becoming the first sitting head of state to be indicted
- Mar 4 Malaysia has a 50% chance of slipping into the recession as growth is expected to reach just 0.5% for the year, announces the executive director Datuk Mohamed Ariff Abdul Kareem of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
- Mar 4 U.S. Steel announce the closure of the Stelco Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke, Ontario due to the increasingly worsening effects of the global economic slowdown
Billy Corgan Testifies
Mar 10 Billy Corgan testifies in front of Congress, on behalf of the musicFIRST Coalition, in support of H.R. 848, the Performance Rights Act
- Mar 11 Winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany.
- Mar 13 30th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #5 Louisville beats #10 Villanova, 69-55
- Mar 14 Canterbury winger Hazem El Masri becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 33rd minute penalty in Bulldogs' 34-12 win over Manly at ANZ Stadium, Sydney takes him to 2,178; Andrew Johns, 2,176
- Mar 15 50th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Tennessee, 64-61
- Mar 15 56th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Duke beats #22 Florida State, 79-69
- Mar 21 Ireland completes a Grand Slam with a 17-15 win over Wales at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship
- Mar 22 Cricket Women's World Cup: England defeats New Zealand by 4 wickets
- Mar 22 Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska began erupting after a prolonged period of unrest
- Mar 25 Gay dating site Grindr launched by Joel Simkhai, first ever dating application to combine dating information and location
- Mar 27 Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails killing at least 99 people.
Swine Flu Pandemic
Mar 28 The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in two people in California
- Mar 31 "Boom Boom Pow" single released by The Black Eyed Peas (Grammy Award for Best Music Video 2010, Billboard Song of the Year 2009)
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