From 9.00am (ACST) – Northern Territory State Election

9.30am (ACST) – Teddy Bear’s picnic for pandas Wang Wang and Fu Ni before they head back to China – Adelaide Zoo, SA

4.00pm (AEST) – Rugby Union: Pacific Nations Cup, Fiji v Samoa – Suva, Fiji and watch on Stan Sport

The Festival of Dangerous Ideas begins in Sydney (on until August 25)

Independence Day in Ukraine

Birthdays for Stephen Fry (1957), Ava DuVernay (1972), Dave Chappelle (1973), John Green (1977), and Rupert Grint (1988)

Anniversary of:

• the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing 15,000 (79)
• the invention of the potato chip by chef George Crum in New York, according to popular legend (1853)
• Amelia Earhart becoming the first woman to fly nonstop across the US (1932)
• the ousting of PM Malcolm Turnbull/Scott Morrison becoming PM (2018)