From 12.00pm (AEDT) – Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne – broadcast on Nine

2.10pm (AEDT) – Cricket – Women’s Ashes 3rd T20 – Australia v England – Adelaide

7.15pm (AEDT) – Cricket – BBL Semi Final – Sydney Thunder v TBC – Melbourne

Anniversary of:
• the Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest ever recorded that killed 830,000 in Shaanxi Province, China (1556)
• the first musicians being inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame, including Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and Elvis Presley (1986)