6.00am (AEDT) – Men’s Rugby World Cup Grand Final – South Africa v New Zealand – Paris

4.00pm (AEDT) – Netball – South Africa Series – Australia v South Africa – Cairns

8.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Soccer Olympic qualifier – Australia v Philippines – Perth

The WONCA World Conference begins – Sydney

Turkey’s National Day

World Stroke Day

World Psoriasis Day

Birthdays for the voice of Homer Simpson Dan Castellaneta (1957) and Winona Ryder (1971)

Anniversary of:
• the release of the first ballpoint pen, manufactured by Biro (1945)
• the first publication of the comic Asterix in French magazine Pilote, illustrated by Albert Uderzo (1959)
• 77yo John Glenn becoming the oldest person to go into space, on board the Space Shuttle Discovery (1998)
• China announcing the end of their one-child policy after 35 years (2015)
• the first Boeing 737 MAX plane crash with Lion Air flight plummeted into the sea just after takeoff near Jakarta. All 189 on board were killed (2018)