8.05pm (AEDT) – NRL 2021 Season Opener – Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Rabbitohs – AAMI Park, Melbourne

Start of Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (on until 20 March)

World Kidney Day

Rupert Murdoch turns 90yo, and a birthday for Benji and Joel Madden (1979)

Anniversary of:
• John Howard sworn in as PM (1996)
• the Madrid train bombings which killed 193 (2004)
• and earthquake and tsunami struck Japan which triggered the second-worst nuclear accident in history at Fukushima nuclear plant (2011)
• Chinese President Xi Jinping being appointed president for life (2018)