6.00pm (AEST) – The Australian Olympics team announces who will be our flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics

8.00pm (AEST) – Rugby Test – Wallabies v France – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

National Day – Solomon Islands

World Chocolate Day

Ringo Starr’s birthday (1940)

Anniversary of:
• Missouri becoming the first place sliced bread is sold (1928)
• the death of Sherlock author Arthur Conan Doyle (1930)
• the first Three Tenors concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti in Rome (1990)
• Nelson Mandela stepping down as President of South Africa (1996)
• the London terrorist attacks that targeted commuters during the morning rush hour killing 56 and injuring 784 people (2005)