The 1953–54 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy was the first edition of the tournament, and the inaugural first-class cricket competition played in Pakistan following its independence in 1947.

Pakistan Railways (usually known simply as Railways) were a Pakistani first-class cricket side who played in the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy from 1953-54 to 1995-96.

With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953/54 season.

It won the inaugural season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1953–54, under the captaincy of Khan Mohammad.

In December 1953, Khadim became one of the first umpires to officiate a domestic first-class match in post-independence Pakistan, umpiring the match between Bahawalpur and Sind in the inaugural season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.

15 March – Nicholas Sheehy, the Roman Catholic priest of Clogheen, County Tipperary, and an open opponent of the Penal Laws against Catholics, having been tried on dubious evidence as an accessory to murder, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Clonmel.

Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright (d. 1766)

Jonathan Smedley, religious opportunist and satirical victim who engaged in polemic with Jonathan Swift and the Tory party (d.1729)

March 30 – Jonathan Smedley, Dean of Clogher and Whig satirist (b. 1671)

A former Catholic parish priest of Clogheen, Nicholas Sheehy, is buried at Shanrahan graveyard just outside the village, having been executed in 1766.

The former world junior No. 2 was a member of the American Fed Cup team from 2009 to 2011 and the winner of the 2011 US Open mixed-doubles title, with fellow American player Jack Sock.

Sock has won four major titles: one in mixed doubles at the 2011 US Open partnering Melanie Oudin, and three men's doubles titles at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships partnering Vasek Pospisil, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 US Open partnering Mike Bryan.

Bergs won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger in March and later on in the month, would win his second Challenger title at the 2021 Lille Challenger.

🇧🇪 Zizou Bergs

Amanmuradova began the year by reaching the second round at the Australian Open, defeating Melanie Oudin in the first round before falling to María José Martínez Sánchez.

🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev def. 🇭🇺 Márton Fucsovics, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Rublev started the 2016 year at the Chennai Open, losing to Stan Wawrinka in the second round.

He did better in Cincinnati, making it to the third round before being defeated by Stan Wawrinka, who ended up a semifinalist in the event.

He was eventually beaten by finalist Kei Nishikori in five sets.

In March, Monfils reached the quarterfinals of two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments – Indian Wells and Miami, losing to Raonic and Kei Nishikori respectively.

Makati, officially the City of Makati (Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.

It is composed of 16 cities: the city of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, as well as the municipality of Pateros.

It is located along the eastern border of Metro Manila with Rizal province, the city shares its name with the Pasig River.

Rizal is bordered by Metro Manila to the west, Bulacan to the north, Quezon to the east and Laguna to the southeast.

To create Quezon City, several barrios were carved out from the towns of Caloocan, Marikina, San Juan and Pasig, in addition to the eight vast estates the Philippine government purchased for this purpose.

The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 km south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe.

It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Matabele people, which led to conflict with the Shona people in the rest of Southern Rhodesia.

The town was besieged by Ndebele warriors during the Second Matabele War.

Mzilikazi organised this ethnically diverse nation into a militaristic system of regimental towns and established his capital at Bulawayo.

Rhodes had already tried and failed to get a mining concession from Lobengula, King of the Ndebele of Matabeleland.

The Nikkei 225, or the Nikkei Stock Average (日経平均株価), more commonly called the Nikkei or the Nikkei index, is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

January 20 – Keisuke Okada, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)

Nonetheless, many price-weighted indices, such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nikkei 225, are followed widely as visible indicators of day-to-day market movements.

The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo was off 0.4% at 27,344.87 after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the government is considering declaring a state of emergency for Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures due to surging virus caseloads.

March 30 – Kazuyo Saeki, manga artist (d. 2021)

Simona Halep was the defending ladies' singles champion from 2019, but she withdrew from the competition due to a calf injury.

Mertens lost in the second round at Madrid to top seed Simona Halep.

🇬🇧 Neal Skupski – Wimbledon (draw)

She cruised past No. 11, Simona Halep, in the first round before losing to No. 9, Angelique Kerber.

In singles, Halep was able to defeat Kerber in Canada in the semifinals, and won in the final against No. 12 Madison Keys.

It is one of the earliest English history plays, and focuses on the relationship between King Edward II of England and Piers Gaveston, and Edward's murder on the orders of Roger Mortimer.

He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for having led the Marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War.

He rose to national prominence as royal chamberlain and a favourite of Edward II of England.

It is traditionally believed to have been the scene of the murder of King Edward II in 1327.

Edward's relationship with Gaveston inspired Christopher Marlowe's 1592 play Edward II, along with other plays, films, novels and media.

The term chromic acid is usually used for a mixture made by adding concentrated sulfuric acid to a dichromate, which may contain a variety of compounds, including solid chromium trioxide.

It is the acidic anhydride of chromic acid, and is sometimes marketed under the same name.

Additional hexavalent chromium compounds include chromium trioxide and various salts of chromate and dichromate, among others.

Chromium trioxide, which reacts with water forming chromic acid

Hexavalent chromium plating, also known as hex-chrome, Cr6+, and chrome (VI) plating, uses chromium trioxide (also known as chromic anhydride) as the main ingredient.