2012 (March)

March 1, 2011,



March 1, 2011, 2011 Iranian protests: Tear gas is fired on anti-government demonstrators during clashes in the capital Tehran. (BBC)
March 1, 2011, 2011 Jordanian protests: Relatives of jailed Islamists in Jordan demand their release in a demonstration in the capital Amman. (Sify India)
March 1, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests: Al-Jazeera reports that forces supporting Muammar Gaddafi have bombed targets in the Libyan city of Misurata. (Al-Jazeera)



-The United Nations says the situation on the Libyan/Tunisian border has reached "crisis point". (BBC)

March 1, 2011, 2011 Omani protests: A fourth day of protests take place, with security forces firing into the air in an attempt to disperse protesters. (Al Arabiya)
March 1, 2011, Christian Dior S.A. fires fashion designer John Galliano following a series of anti-semitic remarks. (AP via MSNBC)
March 1, 2011, American actor Charlie Sheen loses custody of his two sons Bob and Max following claims by their mother Brooke Mueller that he made threats of domestic violence. (TMZ)





March 1, 2011, 2011 Canterbury earthquake: New Zealand holds a two-minute silence in respect for the victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. (New Zealand Herald),

-The death toll from the earthquake has reached 154 with the final toll expected to be around 240. (New Zealand Herald)
March 1, 2011, An internet campaign calls for protests demanding that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe step down, leading to an increased security presence. (Reuters)
March 1, 2011, The protests in Yemen continue with tens of thousands of protestors in the streets in a "Day of Rage". (Reuters via ABS CBN)

March 2, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising: Supporters and opponents of Muammar Gaddafi fight to control the town of Brega with the rebel held town of Ajdabiya being bombed; government troops later retreat. (BBC)




March 2, 2011, Sony Music Japan apologises for members of the rock band Kishidan dressing up in Nazi style uniforms in a television broadcast following protests from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. (AP via MSNBC)
March 2, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI exonerates the Jewish people for the responsibility for the death of Jesus in his book Jesus of Nazareth Part II. (AP via Yahoo! News)
March 2, 2011, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation agrees to sell Sky News in order to be in a position to buy BSkyB without a Competition Commission inquiry. (BBC)
March 2, 2011, MetLife, the largest life insurance company in the United States, claims that shares held by the American International Group (AIG) have been sold for $6.35 billion to help pay back the United States government for the bailout. (Bloomberg via San Francisco Chronicle)
March 2, 2011, Apple Inc releases the latest model of its tablet computer, the iPad 2. (CNet)




March 2, 2011, A dust storm hits Christchurch, New Zealand, hampering the recovery efforts from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

March 2, 2011, Prosecutors in Paris, France, say that British fashion designer John Galliano will face criminal charges over alleged anti-Semitic remarks. (Newscore via New York Post)
March 2, 2011, Two United States Air Force personnel are killed and two others injured after a gunman opens fire at Frankfurt Airport in Germany - a suspect is arrested in connection with the incident. (Sky News)
March 2, 2011, The United States military files new charges against Private Bradley Manning in relation to the leak of the WikiLeaks cables. (ABC News Australia)
March 2, 2011, The Wisconsin Senate votes to fine missing Democrats $100 a day for their absence during the 2011 Wisconsin protests. (Madison.com)
March 2, 2011, The President of the United States Barack Obama signs a bill preventing a shutdown of the United States government for another two weeks. (Washington Post)
March 2, 2011, The Eastern Cougar is declared extinct in the United States. (AP via Salon)

March 3, 2011, 2011 Libya uprising:The Dutch Ministry of Defense confirm that three Royal Netherlands Navy personnel are captured by armed men loyal to Muammar Gaddafi during an evacuation operation. "Intensive diplomatic negotiations" are going on between Dutch and Libyan authorities and relatives of the crew are being kept informed. (CNN)

-Reuters reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the President of the Arab League Amr Moussa have agreed to an offer by the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez to mediate in the uprising. (Reuters via CNBC)
March 3, 2011, Tunisian Revolution: Interim president Fouad Mebazaa announces that elections for a Constitutional Assembly will be held in Tunisia on 24 July 2011, with general elections thus likely postponed from July. (FOCUS Information Agency)

March 3, 2011, The United Nations says world food prices are at their highest for 20 years. (Al Jazeera)

March 3, 2011, News Corporation, the third largest media company in the world, gets approval to buy out British Sky Broadcasting, the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, for $12.7 binllio. (Business Week)
March 3, 2011, New Zealand authorities state that they have given up finding survivors from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with the final death toll expected to be approximately 240. (AP, Reuters, via MSNBC)
March 3, 2011, The President of Mexico Felipe Calderon travels to Washington DC to meet with the President of the United States Barack Obama, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and other leading political figures. (CNN)
March 3, 2011, Target Corporation pays $22.5 million to settle claims of toxic waste dumping in the city of Los Angeles and elsewhere in the US state of California. (NBC Los Angeles)
March 3, 2011, The Wisconsin Senate orders the arrest of 14 Democrat members who have been absent as part of the 2011 Wisconsin budget protests. (Wisconsin State Journal)



March 3, 2011, Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich announces plans to explore a bid for the Republican Party nomination in the 2012 US Presidential election. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
March 3, 2011, Fouad Mebazaa, the acting President of Tunisia, has called an election on July 24 to appoint a council to rewrite the constitution. (Reuters via Washington Post)
March 3, 2011, The UK Government releases 35 formerly classified files related to sightings of unidentified flying objects. (Reuters)

March 4, 2010, Release of The Adjustment Bureau



March 4, 2010, Release of Beastly



March 4, 2010, Release of I Saw The Devil



March 4, 2010, Release of Rango



March 4, 2010, Release of Take Me Home Tonight



March 4, 2010,



March 4, 2010,



March 4, 2010, 2011 Libyan uprising: Al Arabiya reports that the city of Brega has been bombed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. (Reuters)
March 4, 2010, North Korea steps up a campaign to block out news of the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa to its population. (The Straits Times)
March 4, 2010, Jared Lee Loughner has been indicted on 49 counts in relation to the 2011 Tucson shooting in the US state of Arizona. (Politico)
March 4, 2010, NASA's attempt to launch the Glory satellite aboard a Taurus XL rocket fails. (CNN)
March 5, 2010, ESPN reports that the US National Football League and the National Football League Players Association have agreed to extend talks on a collective bargaining agreement. (ESPN)
March 5, 2010, 2011 Libya uprising: Battle of Az Zawiyah: rebels beat back a pro-Gaddafi push into the city. (BBC)
March 5, 2010, A search of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch has found no bodies from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake despite fears that there were 22 bodies buried there - the confirmed death toll is 165. (Stuff and NZPA)
March 5, 2010, South Korea reports China's formal invitation to probable North Korean heir Kim Jong-un to visit the country, though China has not confirmed this. (BBC)
March 5, 2010, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi is put on trial for corruption again, one of the four trials he is involved in at the moment. (BBC)
March 5, 2010, Saudi Arabia imposes a ban on all protests, after demonstrations in the east of the country. (Al Jazeera)

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March 6, 2010, 2011 Libyan uprising: An uprising against the Muammar Gaddafi regime continues in Libya. (Al Jazeera)
March 6, 2010, Fighting erupts in western Ivory Coast between rebels and forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, with injured people crossing into Liberia. (Reuters)
March 6, 2010, 2011 Bahraini protests: Thousands of people demonstrate outside the Al-Qudaibiya Palace, where the government meets in Manama, calling for the prime minister to resign and voicing their discontent with the king. (Al Jazeera)
March 6, 2010, 2011 Yemeni protests:Demonstrations against the Saleh regime in Yemen continue. (Al Jazeera)
March 6, 2010, Chinese state media warn against protests inspired by events in the Middle East and North Africa. (Radio Television Hong Kong)
March 6, 2010, The Washington Post reports that the military forces imprisoned alleged whistleblower Bradley Manning to strip each night and sleep naked, having confiscated his boxers earlier this week following Manning's protest that restrictions imposed on him were "absurd". A spokesperson for the facility denies "any sort of humiliation or embarrassment" is intended. (The Washington Post)
March 6, 2010, The Brazilian Carnival has its peak main carnival processions in Rio de Janeiro. (Reuters)
March 6, 2010, A rare original King James Bible is found in a church in Wiltshire, England in the United Kingdom. (BBC)

March 7, 2010, Release of R.E.M Album Collapse Into Now



March 7, 2010, Release of Noah and the Whale Album Last Night on Earth




March 7, 2010, The Event S1 Ep 11-12:







March 7, 2010, A possible discovery of extraterrestrial life forms in samples of CI1 meteorites is reported in the Journal of Cosmology by Richard B. Hoover. (Daily Times)



-However, NASA formally distanced itself from Hoover's claim and his lack of expert peer-reviews. (ABC News)

March 7, 2010, 2011 Libyan uprising: NATO decides to increase surveillance flights over Libya to a 24/7 basis. (MSNBC)
March 7, 2010, 2011 Yemeni protests: Protesters in the central jail of the Yemeni capital Sana'a take part in anti-Saleh demonstrations, where warning shots are fired. (Al Jazeera)
March 7, 2010, 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis: Rebel forces seize a third town in western Ivory Coast from government forces.(Reuters)
March 7, 2010, Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, goes on public exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, England. (Reuters via Yahoo News)
March 7, 2010, Warner Bros. Television sacks actor Charlie Sheen from the cast of television show Two and a Half Men. (TMZ)
March 7, 2010, Oil prices rise to their highest level in 29 months as fighting in Libya intensifies. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
March 7, 2010, Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast, nationalises the coffee and cocoa industries which are the Ivory Coast's two biggest crops. (CNN)
March 7, 2010, AOL completes its purchase of the Huffington Post. (Los Angeles Times)
March 7, 2010, The state of emergency put in place after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, is extended.The state of emergency put in place after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, is extended. (AAP via SBS News)
March 7, 2010, A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
March 7, 2010, China closes Tibet to foreign tourists, ahead of the third anniversary since unrest there in 2008. (AFP via Google News)
March 7, 2010, A new cabinet of Egypt is sworn in by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. (Al Arabiya)

March 8, 2011, Release of Lupe Fiasco Album Lasers



March 8, 2011, 2011 Wisconsin budget protests Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate vote to remove collective bargaining rights from state employees separate from the budget to end the impasse over the state budget with no Democrat Senators present. (MSNBC)

-Protesters pour into the Wisconsin State Capitol following the vote. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)



March 8, 2010, 2011 Libyan uprising: The President of the United States Barack Obama and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron agree that the "common objective in Libya" is the end of violence and the departure of Colonel Gaddafi. (Reuters)
March 8, 2010, 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis: Four people are shot dead in Abidjan after a march to protest the killing of seven female demonstrators last week. (BBC)
March 8, 2010, Oil companies and banks have stopped trading with Libya after the introduction of sanctions leading to a shutdown of exports and further pressure on oil prices. (Wall Street Journal)
March 8, 2010, Twenty-one Catholic priests in the US city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are suspended after being named in an investigation in claims of widespread child molestation. (BBC)

March 9, 2010,




March 9, 2010, The Senate in the US state of Michigan approves a proposal to allow state-appointed emergency managers authority to break labor deals to turn around failing schools and cities most notably in Detroit. (Reuters via Yahoo News)

March 9, 2010, 2011 Libyan uprising: The Gaddafi regime offers US$400,000 bounty for rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil. (RIA Novosti)
March 9, 2010, 2011 Yemeni protests:Two people die in continuing demonstrations across the country. (Al Jazeera)
March 9, 2010, 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis: Unrest continues in Côte d'Ivoire as the internationally-recognised President Alassane Ouattara heads to a mediation summit. (AFP via Google News)
March 9, 2010, Clashes between Christian Copt and Muslims in the Egyptian capital Cairo kill 13 people and injure 140. (Times of India)
March 9, 2010, The Governor of the US state of Illinois, Pat Quinn, signs a law banning the death penalty and commutes the sentence of 15 death row prisoners to life without parole. (Chicago Tribune via Chicago Breaking News)
March 9, 2010, The Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after 27 years of service. (BBC)

March 10, 2011, The Mentalist S4 Ep17: Bloodstream

The CBI investigates the murder of a doctor who was found dead on the golf course driving range. Suspects include the hospital staff and the patients. LaRoche is placed in charge of the CBI and appoints Cho as the new team leader.

[Radiation Badge]

March 10, 2010, Authorities in Redondo Beach, California, in the US city of Los Angeles investigate what caused the death of millions of fish at the King Harbor Marina. (Los Angeles Times)




March 10, 2010, 2011 Wisconsin protests: The Wisconsin State Assembly votes to remove almost all collective bargaining from state employees. (AP via Courier Post Online)

-The Wisconsin State Capitol is placed on lockdown to prevent protesters gaining access. (CNN)




March 10, 2010, The 14th Dalai Lama announces plans to retire as the head of the Tibetan exile movement within days. (CNN)
March 10, 2010, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords announces plans to attend the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor piloted by her husband Mark E. Kelly three months after she was shot in the 2011 Tucson shootings. (New York Post)

March 11, 2010, Release of Battle of LA



March 11, 2010, Release of Mars Needs Moms



March 11, 2010, Release of Red Riding Hood



March 11, 2010, Release of Elektra Luxx



March 11, 2010, Release of Jane Erye



March 11, 2010, Release of Kill The Irishman

March 11, 2010,

The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami was an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resultant tsunami waves.



It was measured at 7 on the JMA seismic intensity scale, while the Japan Meteorological Agency's tsunami warning listed the magnitude as 8.4. Reportedly, the epicenter was located off the east coast of Tohoku, Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC at a depth of 24.4 km (15.2 miles).



Originally a 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale, it was upgraded to an 8.8, then again to an 8.9 by the United States Geological Survey making it the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history.

March 11, 2011,






March 11, 2011, Governor Scott Walker signs Anti Union Bill into Law




March 11, 2010, 2011 Libyan uprising: Clashes continue to take place between rebels and Gaddafi loyalists at Ras Lanuf. (Al Jazeera)
March 11, 2010, 2011 Saudi Arabian protests: Protesters take to the streets of Hofuf and al-Ahsa in the east of the country. (Reuters)
March 11, 2010, 2011 Kuwaiti protests: Riot police fire tear gas at a demonstration of stateless Arabs demanding more rights. (Reuters)
March 11, 2010, 2011 Bahraini protests: Security is increased as a large march takes place towards the royal court. (Reuters)

March 11, 2010, Two ex-Blackwater consultants are found guilty in the United States of the involuntary manslaughter of a civilian in the Afghan capital Kabul. (AP via NPR)

March 12, 2010, 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami Analysts estimate that Japan could have hours to avoid a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant disabled by the Japanese earthquake with a state of emergency declared at five plants. (Reuters)

-An explosion is heard at the site of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant with four workers injured and residents warned of radiation leaks. (BBC)
-Residents within a six mile radius of the plant are evacuated and residents within 20 miles are warned to stay indoors. (Washington Post)








March 12, 2010,




March 12, 2010, 2011 Libyan uprising:Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi take control of the oil port of Ras Lanuf. (BBC)
March 12, 2010, 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami Analysts estimate that Japan could have hours to avoid a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant disabled by the Japanese earthquake with a state of emergency declared at five plants. (Reuters)

-An explosion is heard at the site of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant with four workers injured and residents warned of radiation leaks. (BBC)
-Residents within a six mile radius of the plant are evacuated and residents within 20 miles are warned to stay indoors. (Washington Post)

March 12, 2010, National Football League owners in the United States lock out their players in the first labour dispute since 1987. (Reuters via Canada.com)
March 12, 2010, Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, buys its main rival Strikeforce. (MMA Fighting)

March 13, 2010, 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami: Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant: A state of emergency is declared by the Tohoku Electric Power Company. The alert was declared as radioactivity readings exceeding allowed levels in the area surrounding the plant although this later returns to normal. (IAEA Alert Log)

-A cooling system fails at two other reactors in the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following Friday's earthquake with Yukio Edano claiming that meltdowns may have occurred in two reactors. (Reuters)
-The Japan Meteorological Agency upgrades the magnitude of the earthquake to 9.0. (AP via WKBT)





March 13, 2010, 2011 Canterbury earthquake: Bob Parker, the mayor of the New Zealand city of Christchurch, estimates that the city centre is still "very, very dangerous" with up to a third of the buildings needing to be demolished. (TV New Zealand)

-John Carter, the New Zealand Minister for Civil Defence, extends the State of National Emergency for another week. (TV New Zealand)
March 13, 2010, The Shinmoedake volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan explodes again. (Times of South Africa)

March 14, 2010, Release of Funeral for a Friend Album Waiting on Welcome Home Armageddon



March 14, 2011, Chuck S4 Ep18: The A-Team








March 14, 2011, The Event S1 Ep13: Turnabout

President Martinez gets tougher with dealing with the cleanup of Thomas's breakout of 51 Inostranka detainees. Michael drops Lelia and Samantha off with a fellow alien family to go help Sophia stop Thomas. The 51 detainees and Thomas move into a suburban area, while Michael and Sophia detain one of them for questioning.




Sophia informs President Martinez that she believes Thomas intends to steal uranium from a nuclear power plant and that he was responsible for the Chernobyl disaster. As the uranium is being moved to a more secure location under the supervision of Agent Lee, Thomas steals it. Martinez believes that Sophia has tricked him and order her to be found and killed if necessary.










March 14, 2010, The Obama administration holds the first of five meetings that eventually lead to Operation Neptune Spear, which caused the Death of Osama bin Laden. (Washington Post)
March 14, 2010, Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, states that the Fukushima crisis is unlikely to turn into another Chernobyl disaster. (Reuters)

March 15, 2010, Release of Rise Against Album Endgame



March 15, 2010,



March 15, 2010, 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami:Dozens of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex (also called Fukushima I) have stayed behind to end the radiation leaks, known as the Fukushima 50, risking fatal radiation exposure. (Guardian)

-There is a third explosion in four days at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami causing damage to its steel containment structure, the withdrawal of emergency workers and expected increases in radiation. (AP)
-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano reports that as of 10.22 a.m. local time, radiation levels of 30 millisieverts per hour were measured between the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, while at the No. 3 reactor 400 millisieverts per hour were detected, a harmful level to humans. (Bloomberg)
March 15, 2010, The passing of the United States generation that fought in World War I is marked by the funeral of Frank Buckles, who died on 27 February 2011, aged 110, and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
March 15, 2010, Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, announces that Germany will shut down all of its pre-1980 nuclear reactors following the problems in Japan. (Reuters via Yahoo)
March 15, 2010, Tickets go on sale for the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London. (BBC News)

March 16, 2010, Fukushima I nuclear accidents: Another fire breaks out at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in northern Honshu, Japan. (Reuters via Edmonton Examiner)





March 16, 2010, Hillary Clinton, the United States Secretary of State, states that she will not serve a second term in President Obama's Cabinet if he is reelected in 2012 and will retire from public life. (Huffington Post)
March 16, 2010, Michigan protests: The Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder signs legislation giving enhanced powers to emergency managers appointed to manage cities and schools including the power to terminate union contracts. (AP via the The Columbus Republic)
March 16, 2010, The organizers of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand decide to reschedule games originally due to be held in Christchurch due to damage caused to Lancaster Park by the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. (Rugby World Cup)

March 17, 2010, NASA's MESSENGER space probe becomes the first space craft ever to enter into orbit around Mercury. (Space via MSNBC)



March 17, 2010,



March 17, 2010, United States bombing of civilians in Pakistan: At least 40 people, most believed to be civilians, are killed near Miranshah after United States drones bomb Pakistan in the deadliest such attack by the United States since 2006. Tribesmen describe a "massacre" as tribal people, elders, local traders and members of the tribal police are killed. (BBC)
March 17, 2010, Saint Patrick's Day parades and events take place internationally. (USA Today)
March 17, 2010, It is announced that Doctor Dee, a stage show based on the life of John Dee written by and starring Damon Albarn, is to have its premiere at the Manchester International Festival in July. (BBC)
March 17, 2010, The New York Times newspaper announces it is to start charging people who access content on its website. (BBC)
March 17, 2010, Prince William of Wales visits Christchurch, New Zealand, to inspect relief efforts for the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. (Sydney Morning Herald)
March 17, 2010, Fukushima I nuclear accidents: Helicopters drop water on the stricken Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant to cool overheated fuel rods inside the core. (AP via Google News)
March 17, 2010, Officials suggest Haiti's first democratically elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is to return there tomorrow after seven years exile in South Africa. The U.S. expresses concern at this development, fearing Aristide could "destabalise" Haiti. (BBC)
March 17, 2010, At a two-day council meeting of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Paris, Europe comes to an agreement to extend its operations at the International Space Station (ISS) until 2020. (BBC)

March 18, 2010, Release of Limitless





March 18, 2010, Release of Paul
























March 18, 2010, Release of The Lincoln Lawyer



March 18, 2010, Release of Win Win



March 18, 2011, Release of Greenday Album Awesome as Fuck



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March 18, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests: The Pearl Monument, located in the Pearl Roundabout, which had become a focal point of the Bahraini protests, is torn down by the government of Bahrain. (Wall Street Journal)
March 18, 2011, A memorial service is held in Christchurch, New Zealand, for the victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. (SBS)
March 18, 2011, North Korea announces that its Supreme People's Assembly will meet on April 7 in a possible change of leadership. (AP via Yahoo! News)

March 19, 2011, The United States Navy fires Tomahawk cruise missiles at Gaddafi's air defenses as Operation Odyssey Dawn gets underway. (Fox News)








March 19, 2011, The moon reaches its closest point to the Earth since March 1993, and will appear 30% brighter and 14% larger than at its furthest point. (NASA)





March 19, 2010, The polar bear Knut dies at the Berlin Zoo. (MSNBC)



March 19, 2010, Fukushima I nuclear accidents:The problems at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant are upgraded to Level 5 on the International Nuclear Events Scale, the same as the Three Mile Island accident. (CNN)
March 19, 2010, Rap star Wyclef Jean is shot in the hand while campaigning in the Haitian election. (AP via ABC News America)
March 19, 2010, A constitutional referendum takes place in Egypt. (BBC)
March 19, 2010, Jon Jones, at age 23, becomes the youngest champion in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship by defeating Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in a Light Heavyweight Championship bout at UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones in Newark, New Jersey, US. (Sherdog)

March 20, 2010, Demonstrations against the treatment of Bradley Manning:
March 20, 2010, U.S. president Barack Obama visits a favela and delivers a speech in Rio de Janeiro as part of his five-day Latin American journey. (BBC)
March 20, 2010, Haitian general election, 2010–2011: Voters in Haiti go to the polls for the second round of voting in the presidential election. (NPR)
March 20, 2010, More than 80 per cent of votes in the Egyptian constitutional referendum support liberal reforms. (AP via France24)

March 21, 2010,



March 21, 2011, The U.S. Supreme Court declines to take an appeal from an appellate court ruling that ordered the disclosure of information about the Federal Reserve's emergency lending to banks during the 2008 financial crisis. The Supreme Court's refusal means the ruling of the court below stands. (Reuters)
March 21, 2011, The United States and Chile sign a nuclear accord. (BBC)
March 21, 2011, The perjury trial of U.S. baseball star Barry Bonds begins in federal court in San Francisco, California. (The New York Times)
March 21, 2011, Surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, perform the first full face transplant in the United States. (The Boston Globe)

March 22, 2011, Release of The Strokes Album Angles



March 22, 2011,



March 22, 2011, The Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox 4. (SMH)
March 22, 2011, A US judge blocks an agreement between Google and publishers about efforts to digitize books online at Google Books. (BBC)

March 23, 2011, English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at the age of 79 in Los Angeles. (E Online)





March 23, 2011,



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March 23, 2011, The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks says levels of radioactive iodine in city tap water are two times the recommended limit for infants. (NZ Stuff)




March 23, 2011, An Egyptian committee set up to investigate violence during demonstrations that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak has charged him and the interior minister with the intentional murder of protesters. (The Jerusalem Post)
March 23, 2011, The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refuses to allow same-sex marriages to resume in the US state of California while it considers the constitutionality of Proposition 8. (San Francisco Chronicle)
March 23, 2011, Thousands of people gather in Canberra, Australia to protest the introduction of a carbon tax, Prime Minister Julia Gillard met the Australian Youth Climate Coalition which is pushing for a price on emissions, while climate change mitigation activists including the Australian Council of Trade Unions delivered a petition to Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet signed by about 10,000 "working Australians" urging the government to take action. (AAP via Adelaide Now)
March 23, 2011, The Prime Minister of Portugal José Sócrates resigns after the parliament rejects austerity measures. (AP via The Star)

March 24, 2011, Release of The Lion of Judah



March 24, 2011, Release of Sucker Punch



March 24, 2011,



March 24, 2011, The United States Census Bureau confirms that New York City is the largest city in the US with 8,175,133 residents at the time of the 2010 United States Census on April 1. (CNN Money)

March 25, 2011,



March 25, 2011, Japanese officials raise concerns that the core of unit 3 at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant may be damaged. (New York Times)




March 25, 2011, Archaeologist Michael R. Waters and associates report in Science that discoveries at the Debra L Friedkin site north of Austin, Texas, may indicate that the Clovis culture was not the first to settle the Americas. (BBC)

March 27, 2011, The level of radioactive iodine in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant reaches 1850 times normal levels following the recent accidents. (Reuters)



March 27, 2011, Rock group Arcade Fire wins four awards at the Juno Awards of 2011 honouring Canadian music. (AP via MSNBC)

March 28, 2011, Plutonium is found at five locations around the power plant. (Voice of America)







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March 29, 2011, Release of Britney Spears Album Femme Fatale



March 29, 2011, Release of Snoop Dogg Album Doggumentary



March 29, 2011, Release of Wiz Khalifa Album Rolling Papers



March 29, 2011, North Korea is reported to be on a state of high alert for radiation from the Fukushima I accidents. (Yonhap)




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March 30, 2011, 45,000 Inca artefacts taken by Yale University from Machu Pichu almost a century ago, and described by the president as "the dignity and pride of Peru", arrive in Lima after a long campaign by Peruvians to have them returned. (BBC)
March 30, 2011,The former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to acting in an animated television series. (AP via MSNBC)
March 30, 2011, Google announces plans to make the U.S. city of Kansas City, Kansas the first site in its ultra-high speed broadband network. (Google)
March 30, 2011, Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant: The Tokyo Electric Power Co. says that it will scrap at least four units at the Fukushima I Power Plant and warns that fixing the problem will be a drawn out process. (Kyodo)
March 30, 2011, Egypt's transitional government promises to hold the Egyptian presidential election by November. (Al Masry Al Youm)
March 30, 2011, The first virophage virus found in a natural environment is discovered in Organic Lake in East Antarctica. (Nature)
March 31, 2011, Radiation exceeding evacuation levels is found 40 kilometres from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, outside the exclusion zone. (Herald Sun)
March 31, 2011, The Governor of Ohio John Kasich signs a bill removing collective bargaining rights from Ohio government employees. (Toledo Blade)
March 31, 2011, Paleontologists announce the discovery of Zhuchengtyrannus, a large dinosaur from Zucheng, Shandong Province in China. (Discovery)