March 1, 2009 (Sunday)
- The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections. (CNN)
- Canada's Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute discovers a new method to create embryonic-like stem cells that could cure spinal-cord injuries and Parkinson's disease. (CTV News)
- The United States Coast Guard searches Florida's west coast for a fishing vessel carrying National Football League players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. (Fox News)
- China's first lunar probe, Chang'e 1, impacts the Moon. (Xinhua News)
- The United States, Israel, and Canada will boycott the Durban Review Conference. (Jewish News Weekly) (Haaretz) (Forbes)
- ASEAN concludes its annual summit in Hua Hin, Thailand, and calls for coordinated action against the current recession. (Reuters)