Governor-General of Canada The Governor-General of Canada David Johnston dissolves the Parliament of Canada and issues writs for the Canadian federal election.
Geraldine Ferraro Geraldine Ferraro, a Democratic Party Congresswoman and the first woman to stand for Vice-President of the United States on a major party ticket dies in Boston.
London Hundreds of thousands of people march in London, England against government budget cuts with the protests later turning violent.
Australia Voters in the Australian state of New South Wales go to the polls for the NSW state election with the Liberal-National coalition led by Barry O'Farrell winning government by a landslide.
Swindon British Police are granted an extension by magistrates to continue questioning a Swindon man suspected of the murder of Sian O'Callaghan.
Ford Ford announces plans to shut down its plant in Cenk, Belgium for a few days starting April 4 due to parts shortages following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Miami International Airport A fuel fire at Miami International Airport causes flight cancellations and delays.
Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines and its affiliate Horizon Air cancel dozens of flights because of problems with its computer system.
Hamas Hamas states that it will agree to a ceasefire and halt their rocket fire at Israel if Israel stops attacking targets in the Gaza Strip.
Arab Spring The official death toll since the 2011 Syrian protests is 27 since March 15 with confirmed deaths occurring in the cities of Homs, Sanamen, Daraa and Latakia.
An agreement allowing the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is "close", according to the Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi.
Rebel forces claim to have captured Brega in the Third Battle of Brega but with no independent verification as yet.
Libyan authorities detain and forcibly drive Iman al-Obeidi to an unknown location, declaring her "possibly mentally challenged", after she publicly accuses Muammar Gaddafi's troops of gang-raping her.
2011 Libyan civil war: Rebel forces in Libya retake the town of Ajdabiya from troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, and later recapture Brega.