Squiz the Day / 20 October 2023
20 October 2023
5.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Rugby – WXV 1 – England v Australia – Wellington
7.30pm (AEDT) – Men’s Cricket World Cup – Australia v Pakistan – Bangalore, India
Melbourne International Jazz Festival begins (until 29 October)
Sculpture by the Sea begins (until 6 November) – Sydney
The Rolling Stones’ first album in 18 years, Hackney Diamonds, released
Birthdays for Thomas Newman (1955), Danny Boyle (1956), Kamala Harris (1964), and Snoop Dogg (1971)
Anniversary of:
• US President Abraham Lincoln formally establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday (1864)
• the publication of the third and final volume of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King (1955)
• the opening of the Sydney Opera House by Queen Elizabeth II (1973)
• Joko Widodo becoming President of Indonesia (2014)
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