Portal:Current events/2009 March 17
March 17, 2009 (Tuesday)
- The New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur passes Patrick Roy to becomes the National Hockey League's winningest goaltender. (ESPN)
- Luxembourg becomes the European Union's third country to legalize euthanasia. (AFP via Google News)
- Madagascar's military installs former Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina as the country's new President, replacing Marc Ravalomanana. (BBC)
- Nokia will cut 1,700 jobs. (Forbes)
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer publishes its final print edition and becomes an online newspaper. (Seattle PI)
- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il begins a five-day goodwill tour of China in Jinan, Shandong. (Reuters)
- The European Space Agency's Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer launches from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. (AP)
- At least 11 people are killed and four injured in a bus accident outside Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. (CTV)[permanent dead link]
- Saint Patrick's Day:
- United States President Barack Obama meets Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Northern Irish First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at the White House. (BBC)
- Twelve people are arrested during a disturbance in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (BBC)