Current events of 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20) (Friday) edit history watch

The United States Navy's USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collide in the Strait of Hormuz. (CNN) (US Navy) Somali pirates hijack the Greek cargo ship MV Titan. (CNN) A bomb severely damages a government building in Athens, Greece. (Reuters) The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory discovers Y(4140), a new subatomic particle. (National Geographic)