Editing 1999 (section)

===March===
* [[March 1]]
** One of four bombs detonated in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]], destroys the [[Angola]]n Embassy.
** [[Rwanda]]n [[Hutu]] rebels kill and dismember eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, [[Uganda]].
** The [[Ottawa Treaty]] comes into force.
* [[March 12]] &ndash; Former [[Warsaw Pact]] members Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic join [[NATO]].
* [[March 15]] &ndash; The [[Santer Commission]] of the EU resigns over allegations of corruption.
* [[March 21]]
** [[Bertrand Piccard]] and [[Brian Jones (aeronaut)|Brian Jones]] become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a [[hot air balloon]].
** The [[71st Academy Awards]] are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]] with ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].
* [[March 24]]
** [[NATO]] launches [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|air strikes]] against the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign state.
** A [[Mont Blanc Tunnel fire|fire]] in the [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]] kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years.
* [[March 26]] &ndash; The [[Melissa (computer virus)|Melissa virus]] attacks the Internet.
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Kosovo War]]: A U.S. [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk]] is shot down by Yugoslav forces.
* [[March 29]] &ndash; For the first time, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78.