Editing 2016 (section)

=== March ===
* [[March 14]] &ndash; The [[European Space Agency|ESA]] and [[Roscosmos State Corporation|Roscosmos]] launch the joint [[ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter]] on a mission to [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)|url=http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46475-trace-gas-orbiter/|access-date=2015-02-15|archive-date=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329062635/http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46475-trace-gas-orbiter/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 21]]
** The [[International Criminal Court]] finds former [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] Vice President [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]] guilty of [[war crime]]s and crimes against humanity, the first time the ICC convicted someone of sexual violence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/21/icc-finds-ex-congolese-vice-president-jean-pierre-bemba-guilty-of-war-crimes|title=Congo politician guilty in first ICC trial to focus on rape as a war crime|last=Bowcott|first=Owen|date=2016-03-21|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-03-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325092653/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/21/icc-finds-ex-congolese-vice-president-jean-pierre-bemba-guilty-of-war-crimes|archive-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> 
** [[Barack Obama]] visits [[Cuba]], marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since President [[Calvin Coolidge]] visited in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/happened-time-us-president-visited-cuba/story?id=27689730|title=The Last Time an American President Visited Cuba|date=2016-03-22|website=ABC News|access-date=2017-06-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703080356/https://abcnews.go.com/International/happened-time-us-president-visited-cuba/story?id=27689730|archive-date=July 3, 2017}}</ref>
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[2016 Brussels bombings]]: Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels' [[Zaventem airport]] and [[Maalbeek metro station]] kill 35 people and injure 300 more.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-15 |title=Brussels terrorist attack trial: Belgian court hands out sentences to eight men |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2023/09/15/brussels-terrorist-attack-trial-belgian-court-hands-out-sentences-to-eight-men_6136210_143.html#:~:text=The%20suicide%20bombings%20on%20March,by%20the%20Islamic%20State%20group. |access-date=2025-04-27 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; Ex-Bosnian Serb leader [[Radovan Karadžić]] is sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of [[genocide]] and [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Bosnian War]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Radovan Karadzic jailed for Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35893804|date=2016-03-24|work=BBC News|access-date=2016-03-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324155208/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35893804|archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>