Events

• March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21.

• March 4 - A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.

• March 5 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

• March 7 - The SpongeBob SquarePants You Wish TV special airs on Nickelodeon. Also, the episode of Dragonball Z called The Doomsday Broadcast was almost banned by the government,and that episode had 48 million viewers.

• March 9 - Armin Meiwes kills Bernd-Jurgen Brandes after putting up an advertisement searching for someone to be willfully slaughtered. This is one of the most controversial cases in Germany in modern history.

• March 23 - The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

• March 23 - The World Wrestling Federation purchases rival organization World Championship Wrestling for an estimated $7 million.

• March 24 - Apple Computer releases Mac OS X version 10.0.

• March 29 - A chartered Gulfstream III jet crashes into a hillside during approach into Aspen, Colorado, killing 18 people.

• March 30 - Release of Tribes 2 for the PC.

• March 31 - Invader Zim premieres.

• March 31 - Universal Studios Japan theme park opened in a water front area of Osaka, Japan.

Deaths

• March 7 - The Death of Hazrat Sheikh Ghulam Qadir Chishti Sabri a saint of Uch Sharif

• March 8 - Ninette de Valois - founder of Royal Ballet, London

• March 12 - Robert Ludlum - author of 29 spy novels

• March 14 - Mary E. Simpson - baby sitter of Arnold Schwarzenegger

• March 18- John Phillips - singer and songwriter

• March 22 - William Hanna - animator, director, producer, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions

• March 29 - John Lewis - jazz pianist and composer

• March 31 - David Rocastle (Professional footballer)