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*<!--29 Mar--> In [[cricket]], the '''[[2015 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]]''' concludes with [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] defeating [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in '''[[2015 Cricket World Cup Final|the final]]'''. |
*<!--29 Mar--> In [[cricket]], the '''[[2015 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]]''' concludes with [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] defeating [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in '''[[2015 Cricket World Cup Final|the final]]'''. |
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*<!--28 Mar--> '''[[Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack| |
*<!--28 Mar--> Twenty people, including a UN diplomat, are killed during '''[[Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack|a 12-hour siege]]''' at a hotel in [[Mogadishu]], Somalia. |
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*<!--25 Mar--> Mathematicians '''[[John Forbes Nash, Jr.|John F. Nash, Jr.]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Louis Nirenberg]]''' share the [[Abel Prize]] for their work on [[partial differential equation]]s. |
*<!--25 Mar--> Mathematicians '''[[John Forbes Nash, Jr.|John F. Nash, Jr.]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Louis Nirenberg]]''' share the [[Abel Prize]] for their work on [[partial differential equation]]s. |
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*<!--25 Mar--> Saudi Arabia '''[[2015 military intervention in Yemen|conducts airstrikes]]''' against [[Houthis|Houthi]] militants and their allies after '''[[Southern Yemen offensive (2015)|their advance]]''' on the provisional Yemeni capital of [[Aden]]. |
*<!--25 Mar--> Saudi Arabia '''[[2015 military intervention in Yemen|conducts airstrikes]]''' against [[Houthis|Houthi]] militants and their allies after '''[[Southern Yemen offensive (2015)|their advance]]''' on the provisional Yemeni capital of [[Aden]]. |
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Revision as of 19:01, 30 March 2015
- In cricket, the World Cup concludes with Australia defeating New Zealand in the final.
- Twenty people, including a UN diplomat, are killed during a 12-hour siege at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.
- Mathematicians John F. Nash, Jr. (pictured) and Louis Nirenberg share the Abel Prize for their work on partial differential equations.
- Saudi Arabia conducts airstrikes against Houthi militants and their allies after their advance on the provisional Yemeni capital of Aden.
- Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
- Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, dies at the age of 91.
- A solar eclipse is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Ongoing:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths:
Tomas Tranströmer – Dinkha IV
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