Squiz the Day / 09 May 2024
9 May 2024
8.30 (AEST) – Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell, Aussie Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg, and General B. Chance Saltzmann of the US Space Force to address the Air and Space Power Conference – Canberra
9.30 (AEST) – Water polo: The Aussie women’s water polo team to be named for the Paris Olympics – Sydney
4.00pm (AWST) – WA State Budget to be handed down – Perth
6.00pm (AEST) – Australian Book Industry Awards – Melbourne
Victory Day – Russia
National Moscato Day
Anniversary of:
- the opening of the first Parliament of Australia (1901)
- the US becoming the first country to legalise the birth control pill (1960)
- Nelson Mandela becoming President of South Africa (1994)
- Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the first budget surplus in 15 years (2023)
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