12.30pm (AEDT) – Retired US Army Major General John Davis delivers an address to the National Press Club titled ‘Russia & Ukraine: Lessons Learned for Future (Cyber) Warfare’ – Canberra

1.00pm (AEDT) – State memorial service held for former cabinet minister Peter Reith – Melbourne

11.30pm (AEDT) – Verdict due into MH17 inquiry – The Hague

APEC Ministerial Meeting – Bangkok

ABS Data Release – Labour Force, October

International Students’ Day

World Prematurity Day

World Pancreatic Cancer Day

The Australian Writers’ Guild industry awards – Sydney

Birthdays for director Martin Scorsese (1942) and actor Danny Devito (1944), drag queen and TV personality RuPaul (1960), singer Kate Ceberano (1966) and actor Rachel McAdams (1978)

Anniversary of:
• Elizabeth I ascending the throne at 25yo following the death of her half-sister Mary (1558)
• the opening of the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas (1869)
• the anniversary of the first ship sailing through the Panama Canal, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans (1913)
• Douglas Engelbart receiving a patent for the first computer mouse (1970)
• the premiere of the film Twilight (2008)