Editing 1984 (section)

===March===

* [[March 5]] – [[Iran]] accuses [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] of using [[chemical weapon]]s; the [[United Nations]] condemns their use on [[March 30]].
* [[March 12]] – The [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|National Union of Mineworkers]] [[1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike|strikes]] as tens of thousands of miners in the [[United Kingdom]] stop working in protest over colliery closures, starting the [[1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike|United Kingdom miners' strike]] that lasts a year.<ref>{{Cite news |title=1984: Miners strike over threatened pit closures |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12/newsid_2540000/2540175.stm |website=BBC News|date=March 12, 1984 }}</ref>
* [[March 16]]
** The United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]] station chief in [[Beirut]], [[William Francis Buckley]], is kidnapped by the [[Islamic Jihad Organization]] and later dies in captivity.
** [[Gary Plauché]] shoots rapist son from [[Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport]]
* [[March 23]] – General [[Rahimuddin Khan]] becomes the first man in [[Pakistan]]'s history to rule over two of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of [[Sindh]].