11.00am (AEST) – Women’s World Cup Quarter Final – Spain v Netherlands – Wellington

5.30pm (AEST) – Women’s World Cup Quarter Final – Japan v Sweden – Auckland

Independence Day in Chad

Company Results – News Corp; Newcrest Mining; REA Group

Red Nose Day

News Corp’s national Bush Summit begins in Tamworth

Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair begins (until 13 August)

National Presidential Joke Day in the US

Birthdays for Steve Wozniak (1950), Hulk Hogan (1953), Joe Rogan (1967), and Chris Hemsworth (1983)

Anniversary of:
• Enid Blyton’s birthday (1897)
• the start of the Weimar Republic in Germany (1919)
• the first federal prisoners arriving at Alcatraz (1934)
• the premiere of The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• the formation of Al-Qaeda (1988)
• the founding of Airbnb by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk (2008)
• the death of Robin Williams (2014)