3.00pm (AEDT) – Taylor Swift’s 10th album Midnights to be released

Findings of the inquest into the disappearance of Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez will be released – Byron Bay

Sculpture by the Sea begins (until 7 November) – Sydney

International Day of the Nacho

Back to the Future Day, celebrating the day Doc Brown and Marty McFly first go back in time in the famous film

Birthdays for Judge Judy (1942) and Kim Kardashian (1980)

Anniversary of:
• English scientist John Dalton unveils his atomic theory (1803)
• China’s occupation of Tibet (1950)
• the death of former PM Gough Whitlam (2014)
• Australian newspapers blanking out their front pages in protest against press restrictions on the reporting of legal proceedings against Cardinal George Pell (2019)