Portal:Current events/2009 March 29
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March 29, 2009
(Sunday)
- General Motors Chairman/CEO Rick Wagoner resigns. (CNN)
- PSA Peugeot Citroën's Board of Directors dismisses CEO Christian Streiff. (New York Times)
- The Coalition for a European Montenegro wins 48 of 81 seats in Montenegro's Parliament. (Earth Times)
- Mayotte's referendum on becoming an overseas department of France is approved. (AP)
- Jenson Button of Brawn GP wins Formula One's 2009 Australian Grand Prix. (The Times)
- A gunman kills at least eight people and injures three others at a nursing home in Carthage, North Carolina, United States. (CNN)
- Oxford Boat Club defeats Cambridge Boat Club to win the 155th University Boat Race in London, England. (BBC)
- Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will recompense the United Kingdom's government for her husband's purchase of pornographic films through her expense account. (BBC)
- A stampede kills 22 people and injures at least 130 during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (BBC)