7.50pm (AEST) – NRL – Qualifying Final – Brisbane v Melbourne – Brisbane

7.50pm (AEST) – AFL – First Elimination Final – Carlton v Sydney – Richmond

Start of 2023 Women in Media National Conference – Sydney (until 9 September)

International Literacy Day

World Physical Therapy Day

World EV Day

Rugby World Cup begins – France

Birthdays for Bernie Sanders (1941), James Packer (1967), Martin Freeman (1971) and Pink (1979)

Anniversary of:
• the unveiling of Michelangelo’s David statue in Florence (1504)
• 3M selling its first roll of Scotch tape (1930)
• the start of the Siege of Leningrad by German troops during WWII (1941)
• the premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) and Star Trek (1966)
• the first national broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show in the US (1986)
• the release of Kylie Minogue’s biggest hit Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2001)
• the death of Queen Elizabeth II (2022)