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Current events of March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23) (Monday)

Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- Multiple bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill at least nineteen people and wound another 36. (AP)

China's biggest state-owned chemical company ChemChina acquires a 26% stake in Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli with an additional offer to buy the remaining outstanding shares. (AP)

The South Gauteng High Court sitting in Palm Ridge, Katlehong, finds former doubles tennis champion Bob Hewitt guilty of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault of three former students that he coached in South Africa. (News 24)
After having played with the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings during a standout 14-year NFL career, former player Darren Sharper pleads guilty in a Maricopa County courtroom to raping two women after spiking their drinks at a Tempe, Arizona, apartment in November 2013, and the court sentences him to nine years in prison. Specifically, he pleads guilty to one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted sexual assault. Sharper's guilty plea is entered by telephone conference call from Los Angeles, California, where the former five-time Pro Bowl safety is being held on separate charges of drugging four women and raping two of them in West Hollywood. Sharper, who had helped the New Orleans Saints win the 2010 Super Bowl, has also been indicted on charges of sexually assaulting women in Louisiana and Nevada. (Reuters)

Lee Kuan Yew, a founding father of Singapore as well as its first prime minister, dies at the age of 91 after a prolonged illness. (BBC)
United States presidential election, 2016
- Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announces his intention to run for president. (NBC News)