12.30pm (AEDT) – Chair of the Carbon Market Institute, Dr Kerry Schott, addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

World Social Work Day

Persian New Year

International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Harmony Day

World Down Syndrome Day

International Day of Forests

International Colour Day

World Poetry Day

International Astrology Day

Birthdays for Gary Oldman (1958), Matthew Broderick (1962), and Rosie O’Donnell (1962)

Anniversary of:
• the death of Pocahontas (1617)
• Persia officially being renamed Iran (1935)
• the wedding of actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (1945)
• Ethiopia abolishing its monarchy after 3,000 years (1975)
• Russia annexing the Crimean Peninsula (2014)