Squiz the Day / 01 July 2024
1 July 2024
12.30pm (AEST) – Sebastien Lai, and human rights lawyers Jennifer Robinson (who represented Julian Assange) & Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC will address the National Press Club on ‘The Trial of Jimmy Lai, Press Freedom and Democracy in Hong Kong’
1.00pm (AWST) – Hockey: The Kookaburras and Hockeyroos teams for the Paris Olympics will be announced – Perth
2.00pm (AEST) – Rowing: The paralympic rowing team will be announced for the Paris Paralympics – Canberra
7.15pm (AEST) – Cycling: Tour de France stage 3, Piacenza to Turin (229 km), and watch on SBS
8.00pm (AEST) – Wimbledon begins (on until 14 July) – London, and watch on 9Now
Both Houses sitting (until 4 July) – Canberra
Governor-General Hurley’s term ends
Territory Day – Northern Territory
Canada Day – anniversary of the foundation of Canada (1867)
Independence Day in Rwanda
International Chicken Wing Day
Birthdays for Debbie Harry (1945), John Farnham (1949), and Daniel Ricciardo (1989)
Anniversary of:
- Princess Diana’s birthday (1961)
- SOS morse code signal becoming the worldwide standard for help (1908)
- The beginning of the Battle of the Somme, one of the biggest battles of WWI (1916)
- The founding of the Chinese Communist Party (1921)
- The Sony Walkman being launched (1979)
- The establishment of the International Criminal Court (2002)
- Marlon Brando’s death (2004)
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