5.45am (AEDT) – Men’s Soccer Friendlies – Socceroos v New Zealand – London

12.30pm (AEDT) – Australian economist Richard Holden addresses the National Press Club on “Is Australian Economic Exceptionalism Over?” – Canberra

Independence Day in Azerbaijan

Alaska Day (marking the anniversary of the US taking possession of the territory after purchasing it from Russia)

Company AGM – Origin Energy

Rural Medicine Australia conference begins – Hobart (until 21 October)

World Menopause Day

National Ride2Work Day

International Pronouns Day

A birthday for Zac Efron (1987)

Anniversary of:
• the founding of the British Broadcasting Company, later called British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)(1922)
• the first all-female spacewalk by NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir outside the International Space Station (2019)