7.10pm (AEDT) – Women’s Soccer – FFA Cup of Nations – Australia v Czech Republic – Gosford

ABS Data Release – Overseas Arrivals and Departures, December; Labour Force, January

Company Results – Goodman Group; Telstra; Newcrest Mining; AMP; Magellan Financial; NAB; Origin Energy; ASX Ltd; Sonic Healthcare; Domain

Kim Jon-il’s Birthday in North Korea

Kyoto Protocol Day

Do a Grouch a Favor Day

Birthdays for Cathy Freeman (1973) and The Weeknd (1990)

Anniversary of:
• Pope Gregory the Great decreeing “God bless you” as the correct response to a sneeze (600)
• Howard Carter discovering Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb and sarcophagus (1923)
• former North Korean leader Kim Jon-il’s birthday (1941)
• the deaths of 21 Australian nurses in the Banka Island Massacre in WWII (1942)
• Fidel Castro becoming the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista (1959)
• the Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria (1983)
• the Kyoto Protocol coming into force following its ratification by Russia (2005)