Alyssa Healy
- The World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic, while the Italian government implements a national quarantine.
- Global stock markets suffer their largest single-day decline since the Great Recession.
- In cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup concludes with Australia defeating India in the final (player of the match Alyssa Healy pictured).
- Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.