3.00am (AEST) – Athletics: Rome Diamond League Meet

7.00pm (AEST) – Riverfire 2024, the annual fireworks display over the Brisbane River to mark the start of the Brisbane Festival 

International Bacon Day

National Days for Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan and Trinidad and Tobago

International Overdose Awareness Day 

International Day for People of African Descent 

Birthdays for Van Morrison (1945), Richard Gere (1949), and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (1985)

Anniversary of:

• the Irish Republican Army (IRA) declaring a ceasefire in 1994, which led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998
• the deaths of Arthur Phillip (1814) and Princess Diana (1997)