Ongoing events
• Iraqi legislative election
• Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
• Tsunami relief
• Cedar Revolution
• German Visa Affair 2005
Upcoming events
• May 8: 60th Anniversary of V-E day
Deaths in March
• 21 – Bobby Short
• 19 – John De Lorean
• 18 – Gary Bertini
• 17 – George F. Kennan
• 17 – Andre Norton
• 10 – Dave Allen (comedian)
• 9 – Chris LeDoux
• 8 – Aslan Maskhadov
• 6 – Hans Bethe
• 6 – Tommy Vance
• 4 – Yuri Kravchenko
• 3 – Rinus Michels
Ongoing armed conflicts
• Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
• Conflict in Chechnya
• Second Congo War
• Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq)
• Darfur conflict in Sudan
• Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire
Upcoming holidays
March 22: World Water Day
March 24: Maundy Thursday
March 25: Purim
March 25: Good Friday
March 26: Holy Saturday
March 27: Easter Sunday
March 28: Easter Monday
April 1: April Fool's Day
April 5: Qing Ming Jie
April 21: Ridvan
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: Passover
May 1: May Day
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
Upcoming elections
March 31: Zimbabwe parliamentary
May 17: British Columbia general
June 17: Iran presidential
2005: New Zealand general
2005: Norwegian parliamentary
2005: Polish parliamentary and presidential
2005/2006: UK general
Recent election results
February 27: Kyrgyz parliamentary
March 6: Moldovan parliamentary
March 12: Maltese Local Council Elections
March 13: Central African Rep. presidential
March 13: Liechtenstein parliamentary
Ongoing trials
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
ICTY: Slobodan Milošević
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
— Saddam Hussein, among others
India: Best Bakery case
India: Jayendra Saraswathi
Netherlands: Volkert van der Graaf
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
United States: Robert Blake
United States: Michael Jackson
United States: Zacarias Moussaoui
United States: Brian Nichols
United States: Dennis Rader
Related pages
About this page
Year in...
Wikipedia Announcements
|