12.30pm (AEDT) – Coalition Treasury spokesman Angus Taylor addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

ABS Data Release – Lending Indicators, September; Building Approvals, September

Day of the Dead – Mexico

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

World Ballet Day

David Schwimmer’s birthday (1966)

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of Marie Antionette (1755)
• the first publication of women’s fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar (1867)
• the start of cheerleading in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota (1898)
• Democrat Jimmy Carter elected President of the United States (1976)
• the start of ‘The Great Emu War’ when Aussie soldiers were engaged to cull crop-destroying emus in WA (1932)
• 50 years since the release of epic film The Godfather (1972)
• the release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller single (1983)