10.00am (AEST) – Tokyo Olympics – Softball – Australia v Japan

12.30pm (AEST) – Ambassador of Japan to Australia Yamagami Shingo addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

9.30pm (AEST) – Tokyo Olympics – Women’s Soccer – Matildas v New Zealand

International Olympics Committee to announce the host city for 2032 Olympic Games (hint: it’s Brissie…)

ABS Data Release – Retail Trade, Australia, Preliminary, June

Belgium’s National Day

National Lamington Day

Anniversary of:
•the birthdays of Ernest Hemingway (1899) and Robin Williams (1951)
• the creation of Central Park in New York (1853)
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike becoming the world’s first non-hereditary female head of government in modern history as PM of Ceylon aka Sri Lanka (1960)
• the release of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. It became the bestselling debut album of all time (1987)