2.00pm (AEDT) – Netball – Constellation Cup – Australia v New Zealand – Auckland

PM Anthony Albanese arrives in the US for an official state visit (until 26 October)

Liberation Day in Libya, marking the anniversary of the end of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime (2011)

Start of Melbourne Fashion Week (until 29 October)

Mole Day (which is actually about chemistry…)

World Snow Leopard Day

Birthdays for Ryan Reynolds (1976) and Emilia Clarke (1986)

Anniversary of:
• the first plastic surgery being performed (1814)
• the release of Walt Disney’s Dumbo (1941)
• the release of Britney Spears’ debut single Baby One More Time (1998)
• Apple releasing the first iPod (2001)
• the release of Adele’s single Hello, which would become the first song with more than a million downloads in its first week (2015)