7.45pm (AEDT) – Men’s Soccer – Australia Cup Final – Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar – Sydney

Start of World Mental Health Week (until 14 October)

Love Your Bookshop Day

Birthdays for Thomas Keneally (1935), Vladimir Putin (1952), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Thom Yorke (1968), and Tim Minchin (1975)

Anniversary of:
• the establishment of KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines), the world’s oldest airline (1919)
• the birthday of Anglican Archbishop of South Africa/human rights activist Desmond Tutu (1931)
• News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch and executive Roger Ailes launching Fox News (1996)
• the beginning of the US invasion of Afghanistan (2001)
• the launch of Spotify (2008)