Independence Day in Uganda

Term 4 begins for public schools in NSW, Western Oz, the ACT, and the NT

Start of the AFR Energy and Climate Summit – Sydney (until 10 October)

Start of Foot Health Week (until 15 October)

Columbus Day in the US, marking the anniversary of the explorers’ first arrival to the Americas in 1492

World Post Day

Anniversary of:
• the founding of Hobart (1804)
• the premiere Phantom of the Opera in London (1986)
• John Lennon’s birthday (1940)
• then-PM Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech (2012)
• activist Malala Yousafzai being shot by a Taliban gunman as she tried to board her school bus in Pakistan (2012)