2.00am (AEST) – Men’s Cricket – 2nd T20 – Australia v South Africa v Australia – Durban, South Africa

Vietnam’s National Day

Democracy Day in Tibet, marking the anniversary of Tibet’s first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (1960)

World Beard Day

International Bacon Day

Birthdays for Keanu Reeves (1964) and Salma Hayek (1966)

Anniversary of:
• the Great Fire of London, which destroyed 80% of the city (1666)
• the premiere of the first sci-fi film, A Trip To The Moon (1902)
• the deaths of Henry Lawson (1922), Ho Chi Minh (1969), JRR Tolkien (1973) and Bob Denver (2005)