At A Glance

14 March 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
14 March 2021 was a Sunday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals.
Top Film of 2021
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2021
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2021 was the Toyota HiLux.
Star sign
The star sign for 14 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 14 March 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 14 March 2021 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 14 March

  • 1991 Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated.
  • 1995 Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
  • 2006 The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
  • 2006 Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat.
  • 2017 A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.

Famous people born on 14 March

  • Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (1879–1955)
  • Olivia Dean, English singer-songwriter (born 1999)
  • Michael Caine, English actor (born 1933)
  • Stephen Curry, American basketball player (born 1988)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2021 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – The words of the Australian national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair", are changed for the first time since 1984, amending the line "For we are young and free" to "For we are one and free".
  • 15 February – 142,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Australia.
  • 13 March – The 2021 Western Australian state election is held with the incumbent McGowan Labor government winning with an increased majority.

Life in Australia in 2021

Prime Minister

Scott Morrison

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.45

Loaf of Bread

$3.90

Average House

$720,000

Weekly Wage

$1,770.00

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