2.00am (AEST) – Rugby World Cup – Australia v Georgia – Paris

10.30am (AEST) – Tennis – US Open Women’s Singles Final – New York

12.00pm (AEST) – Men’s Soccer Friendlies – Socceroos v Mexico – Texas

7.00pm (AEST) – ABC TV newsreader Juanita Phillips’ last bulletin

10.40pm (AEST) – Men’s Basketball – FIBA World Cup Final

Russian regional elections

World Suicide Prevention Day

Birthdays for José Feliciano (1945), Colin Firth (1960), Jack Ma (1964), Misty Copeland (1982), and Sam Kerr (1993)

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of Karl Lagerfeld (1933) and Mary Oliver (1935)
• the founding of OPEC aka the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (1960)
• the release of Nirvana’s single Smells like Teen Spirit (1991)
• the debut of The X-Files (1993)