Around 6.30am (AEST) – A verdict in the case against former police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd expected to be announced

12.30pm (AEST) – Professor Jane Golley, the Chinese Embassy’s Wang Xining, and China correspondent for the AFR Michael Smith launch the China Story Yearbook series at the National Press Club – Canberra

Queen Elizabeth turns 95yo

World Creativity and Innovation Day

Grab a cuppa, it’s National Tea Day in the UK

Anniversary of:
• Romulus and Remus founding Rome, according to legend (753 BC)
• Elvis Presley’s first hit record Heartbreak Hotel going to #1 (1956)
• the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka (2019)
• the deaths of Mark Twain (1910), Nina Simone (2003) and Prince (2016)