March 24, 2009 (Tuesday)
- The Lady Mary, a fishing vessel, sinks off the coast of Cape May
- Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek resigns after losing a confidence motion in the Chamber of Deputies. (IHT)
- France will compensate victims of nuclear testing in Algeria and French Polynesia. (Reuters)
- Japan defeats South Korea to win the World Baseball Classic. (ESPN)
- Michael Misick resigns as Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, due to alleged corruption. (BBC)
- South Africa denies Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso a visa to attend a peace conference in Johannesburg. (BBC)
- The United Kingdom's Retail Prices Index reaches zero percent for the first time since 1960. (BBC)
- Sixteen militants and eight Indian Army soldiers are killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District. (BBC)
- Italy jails Tuninter Flight 1153's two pilots for ten years for praying before ditching into the Mediterranean Sea. (Telegraph)
- China's government blocks access to the YouTube video-sharing website. (New York Times)
- The United States' federal government announces a plan to increase security along its border with Mexico. (Reuters)
- Immaculata University discovers the mass grave of 57 Irish immigrants in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, United States. (Delaware County Daily Times)