11.00am – A minute’s silence is observed for Remembrance Day

6.00pm (AEDT) – US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to give the 2021 Lowy Lecture – livestream available here

7.00pm (AEDT) – Kennedy Awards for NSW-based journalists – Sydney

8.05pm (AEDT) – Soccer World Cup Qualifier – Australia v Saudi Arabia – Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney

Company AGM – BHP, Nine Entertainment, Xero

Former cricketer/commentator Michael Slater to face court on stalking/harassment charges – Sydney

World Quality Day

Singles’ Day – China

No Time To Die, the new Bond film and the last one starring Daniel Craig, gets its cinematic launch here in Oz

A birthday for actor Leonardo DiCaprio (1974)

Anniversary of
• 140 years since Ned Kelly was hanged at Melbourne Gaol (1880)
• the birthday of author Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821)
• the opening of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra (1941)
• the publication of Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22 (1962)
• PM Gough Whitlam being removed from office by Governor-General Sir John Kerr (1975)