8.00am (AEST) – Bondi Junction Westfield will open its doors with no trade, allowing the public to pay respects to the victims of last Saturday’s stabbing attack ahead of reopening tomorrow – Sydney

The Australian Heritage Festival opens today, celebrating our natural, historic and Indigenous heritage (until 19 May) – at various sites around NSW

ABS Data Release – Labour Force, March

Independence Day – Zimbabwe

World Heritage Day 

International Jugglers Day

National High Five Day ✋

Birthdays for James Woods (1947), Conan O’Brien (1963), David Tennant (1971), Kourtney Kardashian (1979)

Anniversary of:

• the publication of the world’s first crossword puzzle book, by Simon & Schuster (1924)
• the death of Albert Einstein (1955)
• the marriage of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco (1956)
• Wham! becoming the first western pop act to release an album in China (1985)