A parliamentary committee on the Voice referendum holds its first public hearing

The Opera Australia costume clearance sale begins (until 15 April) – Sydney

International Cake Show Australia begins (until 16 April) – Brisbane

Birthdays for Julie Christie (1941), Julia Zemiro (1967) Adrien Brody (1973), and Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977)

Anniversary of:
• US President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth (1865)
• Dr Harry Plotz discovering the typhoid vaccine (1903)
• the RMS Titanic hitting an iceberg (1912)
• Justin Trudeau being elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party (2013)