7.45pm (AWST) – Rugby: Wallabies v Springboks in the second test of the Rugby Championship – Perth, and watch on Stan Sport

Hamilton Island Race Week

Start of Book Week (on until 23 August)

Independence Day – Indonesia 

International Homeless Animals Day

Birthdays for Robert de Niro (1943), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Sean Penn (1960), Lil Pump (2000)

Anniversary of:

• Korea being divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel (1945)
• the Soviet Union’s launch of Venera 7 to Venus, which made history as the first probe to return data after landing on another planet (1970)
• the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain (1980)
• US President Bill Clinton admitting in taped testimony he had an “improper physical relationship” with Monica Lewinsky (1998)