ABS Data Release – Lending Indicators, June; Building Approvals, June

Independence Day in Niger

Birthdays for actor Martin Sheen (1940), Martha Stewart (1941), Gina G (1970) and footballer Sonny Bill Williams (1985),

Anniversary of:
• American-American sprinter Jesse Owens famously winning gold in the 100m (10.3 seconds) in front of Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympics (1936)
• the US Senate ratifying the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union (1972)
• two mass shootings occurring in 24 hours in the US. A terrorist killed 22 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, and a gunman killed 9 at a bar in Dayton, Ohio (2019)