Editing 2017 (section)

=== March ===

* [[March 3]] – [[Nintendo]] releases the [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] worldwide.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Everything You Need to Know About the Nintendo Switch|url=https://time.com/4632820/nintendo-switch-nx/|access-date=2021-06-07|magazine=Time|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517200517/https://time.com/4632820/nintendo-switch-nx/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – The [[United Nations|UN]] warns that the world is facing the largest [[humanitarian crisis]] since World War II, with up to 20&nbsp;million people at risk of starvation and famine in [[Yemen]], [[Somalia]], [[South Sudan]] and [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite news|title=UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39238808|access-date=March 11, 2017|work=BBC News|date=March 11, 2017|archive-date=March 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311024224/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39238808|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – [[March 2017 North American blizzard]]: A major late-season blizzard affects the Northeastern United States, [[New England]] and [[Canada]], dumping up to three feet of snow in the hardest hit areas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Winter Storm Stella was a Category 3 on Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale |url=https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-stella-northeast-blizzard-warning-noreaster-snow-forecast-march-2017 |access-date=25 September 2021 |work=[[The Weather Channel]] |date=March 21, 2017 |archive-date=September 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925153958/https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-stella-northeast-blizzard-warning-noreaster-snow-forecast-march-2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – The [[United Kingdom]] triggers [[Withdrawal from the European Union#Procedure|Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty]], starting the [[Brexit]] negotiations, the talks for the [[United Kingdom]] to leave the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Brexit: Article 50 has been triggered - what now?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39143978|access-date=March 29, 2017|work=BBC News|date=March 29, 2017|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103013048/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39143978|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 30]] – [[SpaceX]] conducts the world's first [[Reusable launch system|reflight]] of an orbital-class rocket.<ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX Launches a Satellite With a Partly Used Rocket|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/science/spacex-launches-a-satellite-with-a-partly-used-rocket.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 30, 2017|access-date=March 31, 2017|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906083219/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/science/spacex-launches-a-satellite-with-a-partly-used-rocket.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Success for SpaceX 're-usable rocket'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39451401|work=BBC News|date=March 31, 2017|access-date=March 31, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505091332/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39451401|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – [[Horacio Cartes]] presents to Congress his plans of allowing the re-election of the [[president of Paraguay]] for a second term, going against the [[Constitution of Paraguay]], leading to a [[2017 Paraguayan crisis|political crisis]] which ended in the storm of Congress by liberal activists and in the assassination of Rodrigo Quintana by the police. After this, the Congress votes against the re-election project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-01 |title=Rioters storm Paraguay congress and set it on fire after vote to extend president's term |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20170401-paraguayans-protest-congress-fire-secret-vote-president-cartes-term |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507203833/https://www.france24.com/en/20170401-paraguayans-protest-congress-fire-secret-vote-president-cartes-term |url-status=live }}</ref>