Editing 2019 (section)

=== March ===
* [[March 3]] 
** An uncrewed demonstration flight of the new crew capable version of the [[SpaceX Dragon]] spacecraft, intended to carry American astronauts into space, achieves successful autonomous docking with the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite news |title=SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with space station |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47430432 |date=March 3, 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=March 3, 2019 |archive-date=March 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303001752/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47430432 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[2019 Estonian parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 101 members of the [[Riigikogu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voting and election result |url=https://rk2019.valimised.ee/en/election-result/election-result.html |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=rk2019.valimised.ee |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306141615/https://rk2019.valimised.ee/en/election-result/election-result.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-03-03 |title=Estonia general election: Opposition party beats Centre rivals |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47430993 |access-date=2022-03-10 |archive-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304013952/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47430993 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 5]] – A second case of sustained [[Remission (medicine)|remission]] from [[HIV]] is reported, ten years after the [[Berlin Patient]].<ref>{{cite web |title=HIV remission achieved in second patient |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190305153644.htm |date=March 5, 2019 |work=Science Daily |access-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306002613/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190305153644.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UK patient 'free' of HIV after stem cell treatment |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47421855 |date=March 5, 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306070943/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47421855 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 6]] – Venezuelan presidential crisis: Venezuela [[Foreign relations of Venezuela|expels German ambassador]] [[Foreign relations of Germany|Daniel Kriener]] for his alleged meddling in internal affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/06/venezuela-expels-german-ambassador-for-meddling-detains-journalist|title=Venezuela expels German ambassador for meddling, detains journalist|publisher=[[Euronews]]|date=March 6, 2019|access-date=March 6, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306235304/https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/06/venezuela-expels-german-ambassador-for-meddling-detains-journalist|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302]], a [[Boeing 737 MAX#737 MAX 8|Boeing 737 MAX 8]] bound for [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi]], crashes shortly after takeoff from [[Addis Ababa Bole International Airport|Addis Ababa]], killing all 157 people on board.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/ethiopia-pm-offers-condolences-after-ethiopian-airlines-flight-crash|title=Ethiopian Airlines crash: 'No Survivors' on flight with 157 on board, plane similar to jet in Lion Air crash|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=March 10, 2019|access-date=March 10, 2019|archive-date=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310173407/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/ethiopia-pm-offers-condolences-after-ethiopian-airlines-flight-crash|url-status=live}}</ref> All Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are [[Boeing 737 MAX groundings|subsequently grounded]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-joins-other-nations-in-grounding-boeing-737-max-amid-growing-11341926|title=US joins other nations in grounding Boeing 737 MAX amid growing safety concerns|website=Channel NewsAsia|language=en|access-date=March 14, 2019|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329172601/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-joins-other-nations-in-grounding-boeing-737-max-amid-growing-11341926|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 15]]
** [[Cyclone Idai]] makes landfall on [[Mozambique]], causing at least 1,073 fatalities, as well as mass flooding and power outages in [[southern Africa]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/24/cyclone-idai-death-toll-passes-750-with-more-than-110000-now-in-camps|title=Cyclone Idai death toll passes 750 with more than 110,000 now in camps|date=March 25, 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 25, 2019|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324184226/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/24/cyclone-idai-death-toll-passes-750-with-more-than-110000-now-in-camps|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 51 people are killed and 50 others injured in [[Christchurch mosque shootings|terrorist attacks]] on two mosques in [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]]. It is the deadliest mass shooting and terrorist attack in [[History of New Zealand|New Zealand's history]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html|title=Dozens killed in Christchurch mosque attack|date=March 15, 2019|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=March 17, 2019|archive-date=March 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318145459/https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] resigns as [[President of Kazakhstan]] after 29 years in office and appoints [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] as [[acting president]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-president/president-of-kazakhstan-nursultan-nazarbayev-resigns-idUSKCN1R01N1|title=Veteran Kazakh leader Nazarbayev resigns after three decades in power|work=[[Reuters]]|date=March 19, 2019|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320043009/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-president/president-of-kazakhstan-nursultan-nazarbayev-resigns-idUSKCN1R01N1|url-status=live}}</ref> Astana is renamed [[Nur-Sultan]] the following day in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47638619|title=Nursultan: Kazakhstan renames capital Astana after ex-president|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=March 20, 2019|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225212541/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47638619|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – [[European Union competition law|Europe's antitrust regulators]] fine [[Google]] €1.49 billion (US$1.7 billion) for freezing out rivals in the [[online advertising]] business, bringing the total cost of EU fines against Google at nearly €8.76 billion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Europe fines Google $1.7 billion in antitrust case|url=https://apnews.com/701658e16440433f840e15869b101fa8|work=[[Associated Press]]|last1=Chan|first1=Kelvin|last2=Casert|first2=Raf|date=March 20, 2019|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320163058/https://apnews.com/701658e16440433f840e15869b101fa8|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 23]] – The final territory of the [[Islamic State]], located in [[Al-Baghuz Fawqani]], [[Syria]], is [[Battle of Baghuz Fawqani|liberated]].<ref>{{citation|title=Islamic State group defeated as final territory lost, US-backed forces say|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47678157|date=March 23, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108060100/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47678157|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – The first phase of [[Jakarta]]'s [[Jakarta MRT|MRT]] system opened with its first line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-24 |title=Indonesia's first subway opens in its gridlocked capital |url=https://apnews.com/article/c32dc351a01b4184b56d901ee30dce17 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 26]]
** The [[European Parliament]] votes by 348 to 278 in favour of the [[Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market|EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market]], which expands legal liability for websites and includes the controversial Article 13.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47708144|date=March 26, 2019|title=Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial copyright law|access-date=March 26, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=March 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326122340/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47708144|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32110/european-parliament-approves-new-copyright-rules-for-the-internet|date=March 26, 2019|title=European Parliament approves new copyright rules for the internet|access-date=March 26, 2019|publisher=European Parliament|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327011500/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32110/european-parliament-approves-new-copyright-rules-for-the-internet|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – [[Taiwan]] [[Scrambling (military)|scrambles]] its fighter aircraft after two [[China|Chinese]] jets crossed the [[Taiwan Strait|maritime border]] between [[Cross-Strait relations|the two nations]]. Just the day before, [[Japan]] had similarly scrambled its jets after Chinese jets flew between [[Miyako-jima|Miyako]] and [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/01/asia/china-japan-taiwan-jets-intl/index.html|title=Taiwan scrambles jets to confront Chinese fighters after rare incursion|date=April 1, 2019|access-date=April 2, 2019|publisher=[[CNN]] International|last=Westcott|first=Ben|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403230248/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/01/asia/china-japan-taiwan-jets-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>