page_title: 2014
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 / Events / March
caption_attribution_description: English: Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRO) taking off at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG) in France. Français&#160;: Photo prise à l'aéroport de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (LFPG) en France. Suomi: Malaysia Airlinesin Boeing 777-2H6ER -lentokone (9M-MRO) Pariisi-Charles de Gaullen lentoasemalla 26. joulukuuta 2011.
context_page_description: 2014 was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.
context_section_description: March 2 - 12 Years a Slave is the most successful movie at the 86th Academy Awards.
  March 5 - Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, severs diplomatic and political ties with Panama, accusing Panama of being involved in a conspiracy against the Venezuelan government.
  March 8 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board.
  March 11 - Michelle Bachelet becomes the new President of Chile.
  March 11 - The Republic of Crimea declares its independence from Ukraine and Russia.
  March 16 - A referendum on the status of Crimea is held.
  March 18 - Chechnyan Islamic terrorist Dokka Umarov is declared dead by the Russian government.
  March 21 - Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signed a bill finalizing the annexation process.
  March 22 - A large mudslide east of Oso, Washington, kills 41 people, 4 were seriously injured, and 2 are missing.
  March 24 - The Malaysian government and airline officials announce that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia. All 239 passengers are presumed dead.
  March 24 - The Madrid–Barajas Airport, Madrid's largest airport, is renamed to the Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas Airport to honor the late Prime Minister of Spain Adolfo Suárez.
  March 24 - Russia is suspended from G8.
  March 27 - The United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 68/262, recognizing Crimea within Ukraine's international borders and underscoring the invalidity of the 2014 Crimean referendum.
  March 29 - Andrej Kiska was elected to become the new President of Slovakia.
  March 31 - Manuel Valls becomes the new Prime Minister of France. He succeeds Jean-Marc Ayrault.
  March 31 - Adolfo Suárez's state funeral was held in Madrid.
  March 31 - North Korea and South Korea exchange fire across the disputed western sea border after North Korea held live fire drills in seven parts of the area.
  March 31 - The United Nations International Court of Justice rules that Japan's Antarctic whaling program is not scientific but commercial and forbids grants of further permits.
caption: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 with 239 people onboard
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