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Events in March 2024 17
1928 – 2024Herbert Kroemer (1928-2024)Died 8 March 2024, aged 95German-born physicist who shared the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics for semiconductor heterostructures.
1930 – 2024Thomas Stafford (1930-2024)Died 18 March 2024, aged 93American astronaut who commanded Apollo 10 and later the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
1934 – 2024Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024)Died 27 March 2024, aged 90Israeli-American psychologist who shared the 2002 Nobel Prize for Economics and, with Amos Tversky, founded behavioural economics.
1935 – 2024M. Emmet Walsh (1935-2024)Died 19 March 2024, aged 88American character actor whose credits ran from Blade Runner and Blood Simple to Knives Out.
1936 – 2024Louis Gossett Jr. (1936-2024)Died 28 March 2024, aged 87The first African American to win the Academy Award for best supporting actor, for An Officer and a Gentleman.
1938 – 2024Richard Serra (1938-2024)Died 26 March 2024, aged 85American sculptor whose vast curving steel works redefined the relationship between sculpture and the body.
1942 – 2024Maurizio Pollini (1942-2024)Died 23 March 2024, aged 82Italian pianist whose combination of intellectual rigour and technical brilliance gave him a unique standing.
1942 – 2024Joseph Lieberman (1942-2024)Died 27 March 2024, aged 82American senator who in 2000 was the first Jewish candidate on a major party presidential ticket.
2024Hospitalised in MalaysiaHospitalised with an infection while on holiday on the island of Langkawi in Malaysia in February 2024. Had a heart pacemaker surgically implanted later that year. Despite his declining health, he repeatedly refused to abdicate.
2024Iditarod 2024Winner: Dallas Seavey — record 6th titleDallas Seavey won his record sixth Iditarod in 2024, surpassing Rick Swenson's long-standing record of five victories.
2024First player to score 40,000 career pointsLeBron becomes the first NBA player in history to score 40,000 career points, reaching the milestone against the Denver Nuggets.
2024Claude 3 releasedAnthropic's most capable AI modelAnthropic released Claude 3 in March 2024, a family of AI models including Opus, Sonnet and Haiku. Claude 3 Opus outperformed GPT-4 on multiple benchmarks, establishing Anthropic as a leading AI safety company.
2024Oppenheimer wins seven OscarsBest picture, director and actor for Christopher Nolan's epicChristopher Nolan's Oppenheimer won seven Academy Awards on 10 March 2024 including best picture, best director and best actor for Cillian Murphy. Emma Stone won best actress for Poor Things.
2024Russia holds a presidential electionVladimir Putin returned for a fifth termRussia held a presidential election from 15 to 17 March 2024, returning Vladimir Putin for a fifth term with an official 88 percent of the vote in a contest with no meaningful opposition.
2024Crocus City Hall attack near MoscowGunmen kill 145 at a concert venueGunmen attacked the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow on 22 March 2024, killing 145 people. Islamic State claimed responsibility in the deadliest attack in Russia in two decades.
2024Francis Scott Key Bridge CollapseContainer ship strikes Baltimore bridgeThe Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after being struck by the container ship MV Dali, which had lost power shortly after leaving port. Six construction workers on the bridge were killed. The collapse closed the Port of Baltimore for months and became one of the most significant infrastructure disasters in recent American history.
2024Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses in BaltimoreA container ship strikes a support pierThe Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed on 26 March 2024 after the container ship Dali lost power and struck a support pier. Six road workers were killed and the port was closed for months.