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===March=== * [[March 2]] – [[2004 Ashura massacre|A series of bombings]] occur in [[Karbala]], Iraq, killing over 140 [[Shia Islam|Shia Muslims]] commemorating the [[Ashura|Day of Ashura]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/international/middleeast/blasts-at-shiite-ceremonies-in-iraq-kill-more-than.html|title=Blasts at Shiite Ceremonies in Iraq Kill More Than 140|last1=Burns|first1=John F.|date=2004-03-02|last2=Gettleman|first2=Jeffrey|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118122412/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/international/middleeast/blasts-at-shiite-ceremonies-in-iraq-kill-more-than.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 7]] – The [[2004 Greek legislative election]] is held to elect all 300 members of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] and the [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party, led by [[Kostas Karamanlis]], won 165 out of 300 seats, ending over 11 years of rule by the [[PASOK]] party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-22 |title=Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών - Αποτελέσματα ΕΘΝΙΚΩΝ Εκλογών 2004 |url=http://www.ypes.gr/el/Elections/NationalElections/Results/nationallectures2004/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722093442/http://www.ypes.gr/el/Elections/NationalElections/Results/nationallectures2004/ |archive-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[March 11]] – [[Al-Qaeda]] [[2004 Madrid train bombings|bombings]] on [[Cercanías Madrid|Cercanías]] trains in [[Madrid]], Spain, kill at least 192 people.<ref name="El Mundo">{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/documentos/2006/04/11/auto_11m.html|title=elmundo.es. Documento: Auto del 11-M|website=www.elmundo.es|access-date=February 24, 2021|archive-date=April 12, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412150158/https://www.elmundo.es/documentos/2006/04/11/auto_11m.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150315034747/http://www.zoomnews.es/499926/actualidad/espana/pilar-manjon-lamenta-ostracismo-las-victimas-once-anos-despues-del-11-m ZoomNews (in spanish)]. The 192nd victim died in 2014, after a decade in coma in a hospital of Madrid. She was the last hospitalized injured person.</ref> *[[March 14]] – The [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]] wins the [[2004 Spanish general election|election]] in Spain; [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]] is elected [[Prime Minister of Spain]], replacing [[José María Aznar]].<ref>{{cite news |date=15 March 2004 |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/03/15/espana/1079305201_850215.html |title=Zapatero vence con casi 11 millones de votos |language=es |newspaper=El País |access-date=27 February 2020 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519031103/https://elpais.com/diario/2004/03/15/espana/1079305201_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 19]] – The [[Konginkangas bus disaster]] kills 23 and injures 14 people in [[Äänekoski|Äänekoski, Finland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20040319IE4|title=At least 23 dead in bus crash in Central Finland|publisher=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] International Edition|date=March 19, 2004|access-date=May 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930045643/http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20040319IE4|archive-date=2007-09-30}}</ref> * [[March 28]] – [[Hurricane Catarina]], the first ever recorded South Atlantic hurricane, makes landfall in [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-03-28-brazil-storm_x.htm|title=First South Atlantic hurricane hits Brazil|date=2004-01-29|website=USA Today|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701090923/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-03-28-brazil-storm_x.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[March 29]] – [[Bulgaria]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Slovenia]] are admitted to [[NATO]], the largest expansion of the organization.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/02/nato|title=Seven join Nato in biggest expansion|agency=Press Association|date=2004-04-02|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202122647/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/02/nato|url-status=live}}</ref>
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