12.30pm (AEST) – CEO Regional Australia Institute, CEO Liz Ritchie addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

Independence Day in Eritrea

Four people face court charged with the murder of 15yo Cassius Turvey – Perth

Australian Financial Review’s Mining Summit – Perth

National Conservation Council Bushfire Conference (until 25 May) – Sydney

World Schizophrenia Day

National Coffee Day in Brazil

International Tiara Day

Birthdays for Bob Dylan (1941), Priscilla Presley (1945) and Roger Deakins (1949)

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686) and Queen Victoria (1819)
• Samuel Morse tapping out “What hath God wrought” in the world’s first telegraph message (1844)
• Amy Johnson becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (1930)
• American management consultant Marilyn Loden first coining the term “glass ceiling” to describe invisible career barriers for women (1978)
• the completion of the world’s largest cat-proof fence (44km) at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, in central Australia (2018)