March 2002

Friday 01:

The Peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€).

Saturday 02:

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, ending on March 19) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities.

Sunday 03:

Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favour of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.

Tuesday 05:

MTV begins airing The Osbournes.

Thursday 07:

The Network Against Prohibition forms in Darwin, Australia.

Tuesday 12:

In Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her five children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison.

Saturday 16:

Closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Tuesday 19:

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.

Thursday 21:

In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Wednesday 27:

Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel.

Thursday 28:

The exhibit "The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art" opens at the National Gallery of Australia.