mar07

Mar 1, 2007

The fourth International Polar Year, a $1.5 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole is launched in Paris, France.

Mar 2, 2007

Prices at the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange continue to drop after a massive sell-off earlier in the week.

Mar 9, 2007

Following a recent referendum, the Portuguese Parliament votes to legalise abortion until the tenth week of pregnancy.

Mar 11, 2007

The ninth Cricket World Cup opens in Trelawny Stadium, Montego Bay, Jamaica. The 2007 championship will feature cricket matches staged in various locations across the Caribbean.

Mar 11, 2007

The Ariane 5 rocket carrying the new generation Skynet 5 military satellite system is launched successfully from Kourou in French Guiana at 22:03 GMT.

Lawyers in Pakistan boycott courts in protest at President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for alleged "misuse of authority". More than 20 lawyers were injured in clashes with police during demonstrations in Lahore.

Mar 12, 2007

The blueprint for the Chinese space program, including the first Chinese-built astronomy satellite, a joint unmanned mission to Mars with Russia, and other extensive international cooperation, is released.

Mar 13, 2007

The first match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, between West Indies and Pakistan, takes place at Sabina Park in Jamaica. The West Indies win by 54 runs.

Mar 14, 2007

The U.S. state of Colorado adopts "Rocky Mountain High", written by John Denver, as its second official state song.

Mar 14, 2007

NASA announces that the Cassini spacecraft has captured images of several sea-sized bodies of liquid, likely hydrocarbons, on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.

Mar 16, 2007

Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa becomes the first cricketer to hit six sixes in one over in a One-day International at the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Mar 17, 2007

Scooch are selected by the British public to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

Mar 18, 2007

Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach, dies in a Kingston, Jamaica hospital following his team's shock loss to Ireland and consequent early elimination from the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Mar 19, 2007

In a 2007 Cricket World Cup tie-up, India beats Bermuda by 257 runs; the highest margin of victory in the history of one-day internationals.

Mar 20, 2007

Commercial spaceflight venture SpaceX launches the second Falcon 1 rocket into space, though failing to reach orbit.

Mar 20, 2007

The G33 group of developing countries meet in Indonesia to develop what they consider to be fairer trade options and restart the stalled Doha Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations.