March 2000

Wednesday 01:

Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.

Wednesday 08:

A collision between two Tokyo Metro trains kills 5 people.

Friday 10:

The NASDAQ stock market index peaks at 5048.62, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.

Saturday 18:

2000 Taiwanese presidential election: Chen Shui-bian is elected President of the Republic of China.

Monday 20:

2000 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead.

Sunday 26:

Presidential elections are held in Russia, and Vladimir Putin is elected President.