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===1901–present===
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[1921 Women's Olympiad]] began in [[Monte Carlo]], becoming the first international [[women's sports]] event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From pigeons to Olympic participation – Centenary of the first Women's Olympiad &#124; FEATURE &#124; World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/centenary-first-womens-olympiad |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1921 Women's Olympiad: 100 years of women's sport |url=https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-1921-women-s-olympiad-one-hundred-years-of-women-s-international-sport |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=Sky HISTORY TV channel |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[McMahon killings]] take place in [[Belfast]]. Six Catholic civilians are shot dead, two others wounded and a female family member assaulted. Police were suspected as being responsible, but no one was prosecuted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/10/27/the-dead-of-the-belfast-pogrom-counting-the-cost-of-the-revolutionary-period-1920-22/comment-page-1/ |title=The Dead of the Belfast Pogrom |last=Glennon |first=Kieran |date=27 October 2020 |website=The Irish Story |publisher= |access-date=24 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref>    
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Nanking incident of 1927|Nanking Incident]]: Foreign warships bombard [[Nanjing]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]], in defence of the foreign citizens within the city.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-03-25 |title=Washington Acts Quickly – Orders More Cruisers to China and Gives Admiral Fullest Backing – Grave Messages Received – Nanking Incident and Unrest Elsewhere Taken Seriously by Officials – No Light on Casualties – Admiral Hough Simply Reports Some Americans Were Slain on Socony Hill |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/03/25/archives/washington-acts-quickly-orders-more-cruisers-to-china-and-gives.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1927 Incident – The Nanking Incident – The View from Ginling |url=https://mct.barnard.edu/the-1927-incident/the-nanking-incident |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=mct.barnard.edu}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Tydings–McDuffie Act]] is passed by the [[United States Congress]], allowing the [[Philippines]] to become a self-governing [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|commonwealth]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tydings-McDuffie Act &#124; United States [1934] |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tydings-McDuffie-Act |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Philippines, 1898–1946 &#124; US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/APA/Historical-Essays/Exclusion-and-Empire/The-Philippines/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=history.house.gov |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; The [[1939 Liechtenstein putsch]] takes place; approximately 40 members of the [[German National Movement in Liechtenstein|VBDL]] starting from [[Nendeln]] march towards [[Vaduz]] with the intention of overthrowing [[Third Hoop cabinet|the government]] and provoking Liechtenstein's annexation into Germany.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Büchel |first=Donat |date=31 December 2011 |title=Anschlussputsch |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Anschlussputsch |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops [[Ardeatine massacre|massacre 335 Italian civilians]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Italian Resistance and the Ardeatine Caves Massacre |url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/italian-resistance-and-ardeatine-caves-massacre |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=The National WWII Museum &#124; New Orleans |date=23 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Nazi Officer Admits Witnessing Massacre of 335 Italians |url=https://apnews.com/article/67fb0eca95d32de9c85f988c92a38089 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>
*  1944  &ndash; [[World War II]]: In an event later dramatized in the movie ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'', 76 [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] prisoners of war begin breaking out of the [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|German camp]] [[Stalag Luft III]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Escape &#124; The Three That Got Away &#124; PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/greatescape/three.html#:~:text=Editor%27s%20Note:%20On%20the%20night,Within%20days%20most%20were%20recaptured. |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Great Escape |url=https://www.rafbf.org/great-escape/about-the-great-escape |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=RAF Benevolent Fund |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hevesi |first=Dennis |date=2012-04-21 |title=Alex Cassie, Who Aided 'Great Escape' From Nazis, Dies at 95 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/world/europe/alex-cassie-who-aided-great-escape-from-nazis-dies-at-95.html |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; A [[1946 Cabinet Mission to India|British Cabinet Mission arrives in India]] to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the [[British Raj]] to Indian leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabinet Mission - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Cabinet_Mission |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabinet Mission &#124; Mahatma Gandhi Pictorial Biography |url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/biography/cabinetm.htm |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.mkgandhi.org}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Hanns Albin Rauter]], a chief [[SS and Police Leader]], in the [[Netherlands]], is convicted and executed for crimes against humanity.<ref>[https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675030786_Hanns-Albin-Rauter_judges-in-tribunal_courtroom-trial_lawyers Trial of Hanns Albin Rauter in the Hague, Netherlands]</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; The [[Office québécois de la langue française|Quebec Board of the French Language]] is established.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec &#124; The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ministere-des-affaires-culturelles-du-quebec-emc |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Direct rule (Northern Ireland)|Direct rule]] is imposed on [[Northern Ireland]] by the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] under [[Edward Heath]].<ref>[https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/collapse-of-stormont-1972-unionism-rallied-when-westminster-said-direct-rule-3624894 Collapse of Stormont 1972: Unionism rallied when Westminster said ‘direct rule’]</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; In [[Argentina]], the [[Argentine Army|armed forces]] [[1976 Argentine coup d'état|overthrow]] the constitutional government of [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Isabel Perón]] and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the ''[[National Reorganization Process]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Juan |last=de Onis |date=1976-03-24 |title=Mrs. Peron Overthrown by Military in Argentina and Reported Arrested |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/24/archives/mrs-peron-overthrown-by-military-in-argentina-and-reported-arrested.html |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Isabel Peron &#124; Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isabel-Peron |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Morarji Desai]] became the [[Prime Minister of India]], the first Prime Minister not to belong to [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morarji Desai &#124; prime minister of India |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Morarji-Desai |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Morarji Desai, 81, Becomes India's Prime Minister |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/03/25/morarji-desai-81-becomes-indias-prime-minister/2d0d431f-246e-4d3f-91b8-01b507999dbe/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[El Salvador]]ian [[Archbishop]] [[Óscar Romero]] is assassinated while celebrating [[Mass (Catholic Church)|Mass]] in [[San Salvador]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Oscar Romero &#124; Biography & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-Arnulfo-Romero |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibb |first=Tom |date=2000-03-23 |title=The killing of Archbishop Oscar Romero was one of the most notorious crimes of the cold war. Was the CIA to blame? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/mar/23/features11.g21 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; Bangladeshi President [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]] is deposed in a [[1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état|bloodless coup]] led by [[Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)|Army Chief]] Lieutenant general [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]], who suspends the [[Constitution of Bangladesh|Constitution]] and imposes [[martial law]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bose |first=Ajoy |date=1982-03-25 |title=Martial law after coup in Bangladesh |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jun/23/archive-martial-law-coup-bangladesh |access-date=2022-12-24}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[Loscoe gas explosion]] leads to new UK laws on [[landfill gas migration]] and gas protection on [[landfill]] sites.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=G. M. |last2=Aitkenhead |first2=N. |date=1991-05-01 |title=Lessons from Loscoe: the uncontrolled migration of landfill gas |url=https://qjegh.lyellcollection.org/content/24/2/191 |journal=Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology |language=en |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=191–207 |doi=10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1991.024.02.03 |bibcode=1991QJEGH..24..191W |s2cid=131578727 |issn=1470-9236|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; In [[Prince William Sound]] in Alaska, the ''[[Exxon Valdez oil spill|Exxon Valdez]]'' spills {{convert|240000|oilbbl|m3}} of [[crude oil]] after running aground.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exxon Valdez &#124; Oil Spills &#124; Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program |url=https://darrp.noaa.gov/oil-spills/exxon-valdez#:~:text=On%20March%2024,%201989%20the,11%20million%20gallons%20of%20oil. |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=darrp.noaa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Exxon Valdez oil spill &#124; Response, Animals, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Exxon-Valdez-oil-spill |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war|Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War]] ends with last ship of [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] leaving [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-25-mn-200-story.html Last Indian Troops Leave Sri Lanka][https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/03/25/force-of-indian-soldiers-ends-sri-lankan-mission/3a821742-12d6-44dd-9258-1ce17ffe1766/]</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-45]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-45 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-45.htm |access-date=March 4, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Comet Shoemaker&ndash;Levy 9]] is discovered by [[Carolyn S. Shoemaker|Carolyn]] and [[Eugene Merle Shoemaker|Eugene Shoemaker]], and [[David H. Levy|David Levy]] at the [[Palomar Observatory]] in [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Depth &#124; P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/p-shoemaker-levy-9/in-depth |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=NASA Solar System Exploration|date=9 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=This Month in Astronomical History: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 &#124; American Astronomical Society |url=https://aas.org/posts/story/2016/07/month-astronomical-history-comet-shoemaker-levy-9 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=aas.org}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, [[1998 Westside Middle School shooting|open fire]] upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]; five people are killed and ten are wounded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arkansas school shooter who killed five in 1998 dies in head-on car crash |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arkansas-school-shooter-who-killed-five-1998-dies-head-car-n1035606 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=NBC News |date=29 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Washingtonpost.com: The Shots That Struck Home |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/stories/jonesboro050199.htm |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; A [[tornado]] sweeps through [[Dantan]] in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1998-03-25 |title=World News Briefs; Tornado in India Kills at Least 105 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/25/world/world-news-briefs-tornado-in-india-kills-at-least-105.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; Dr. [[Rüdiger Marmulla]] performed the first [[Automation|computer-assisted]] [[Bone segment navigation|Bone Segment Navigation]] at the [[University of Regensburg]], [[Germany]].<ref>Marmulla, Rüdiger (inventor), Carl Zeiss (submitter): System and method for bone segment navigation. United States Patent 6.241.735, 2001</ref><ref>Marmulla R, Niederdellmann H: Computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 26: 347–359, 1998</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Kosovo War]]: [[NATO]] began attacks on [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] without [[United Nations Security Council|United Nations Security Council (UNSC)]] approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Andrew |last=Glass |title=NATO begins bombing Serbia, March 24, 1999 |url=https://politi.co/2FvyXIO |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=Politico |date=24 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |date=1999-03-24 |title=NATO Authorizes Bomb Strikes; Primakov, in Air, Skips U.S. Visit |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/24/world/conflict-balkans-overview-nato-authorizes-bomb-strikes-primakov-air-skips-us.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; A lorry carrying margarine and flour [[Mont Blanc Tunnel fire|catches fire]] inside the [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]], creating an inferno that kills 38 people.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=1999-03-27 |title=35 die, 1 Briton missing in Mont Blanc tunnel fire |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/27/6 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Arab League]] votes 21&ndash;1 in favor of a resolution demanding an end to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Arab leaders declare opposition to war in Iraq - Mar. 2, 2003 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/01/sprj.irq.arab.ministers/ |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-30 |title=Arab League Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/world/meast/arab-league-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Bhutan]] officially becomes a [[democracy]], with its [[2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election|first ever general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-03-21 |title=King drags Bhutan into democracy and first elections |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bc-bhutan-election-idUSB32601720080321 |access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Germanwings Flight 9525]] crashes in the [[French Alps]] in an apparent [[Suicide by pilot|pilot mass murder-suicide]], killing all 150 people on board.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bilefsky |first1=Dan |last2=Clark |first2=Nicola |date=2015-03-26 |title=Fatal Descent of Germanwings Plane Was 'Deliberate,' French Authorities Say |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/world/europe/germanwings-crash.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Turkish Armed Forces]] (TAF) and [[Syrian National Army]] (SNA) take full control of [[Afrin District]], marking the end of the [[Afrin offensive (January–March 2018)|Afrin offensive]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-takes-full-control-syrias-afrin-region-reports-say-411255038 |title=Turkey takes full control of Syria's Afrin region, reports say |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; Students across the [[United States]] stage the [[March for Our Lives]] demanding gun control in response to the [[Parkland high school shooting|Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Donald Trump - Key Events &#124; Miller Center |url=https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=millercenter.org |language=en}}</ref> 
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Jakarta MRT]], a [[Rapid transit|rapid transit system]] in [[Jakarta]], began operation.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Farras |first1=Bernhart |last2=Asmara |first2=Chandra Gian |date=2019-03-24 |title=Resmikan MRT Jakarta, Jokowi: Sebuah Peradaban Baru Dimulai |trans-title=Inaugurating Jakarta MRT, Jokowi: A New Civilization Begins |url=https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20190324100126-4-62549/resmikan-mrt-jakarta-jokowi-sebuah-peradaban-baru-dimulai |access-date=2020-09-11 |website=news |language=id-ID}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; An [[2023 Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado|EF4 tornado]] strikes the towns of [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]] and [[Silver City, Mississippi|Silver City]], [[Mississippi]], causing mass destruction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-27 |title=Tornado Leaves Path of Destruction in Mississippi |url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151138/tornado-leaves-path-of-destruction-in-mississippi |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=earthobservatory.nasa.gov |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; The [[2024 Senegalese presidential election]] is held following [[2023–2024 Senegalese protests|anti-government protests]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=7 March 2024 |title=Senegal to hold delayed presidential election on March 24 |url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/07/senegal-to-hold-delayed-presidential-election-on-march-24/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315063335/https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/07/senegal-to-hold-delayed-presidential-election-on-march-24/ |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=15 March 2024 |work=[[Africanews]] |language=en}}</ref>