3.00pm (AEDT) – Cricket – 2nd Ashes Test – Australia v England – Adelaide

Qatar’s National Day

Republic Day in Niger

International Migrants Day

World Arabic Language Day

A birthday for rocker Keith Richards (1943), director Steven Spielberg (1946), actor Brad Pitt (1963) and pop megastar Billie Eilish turns 20 (2001)

Anniversary of:
• the premiere of Peter Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite in St. Petersburg, Russia (1892)
• the premiere of Avatar (2009)
• the US House of Representatives voting to impeach President Donald Trump (2019)

And it’s 7 days until Christmas…