12.30pm (AEST) – Chair of Harmony Alliance Nyadol Nyuon addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

International Asteroid Day

International Day of Parliamentarism

Birthdays for red Wiggle Murray Cook (1960), Mike Tyson (1966) and Michael Phelps (1985)

Anniversary of:
• the world’s first emergency telephone number (999) being introduced in London (1937)
• the first appearance of Superman in DC Comics’ Action Comics Series issue #1 (1938)
• Donald Trump becoming the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea (2019)