6.00am (AEDT) – F1 – United States Grand Prix – Texas

9.05am (AEDT) – RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent delivers a speech at the Commonwealth Bank Global Markets Conference – Sydney

The 2022 Property Congress begins (until 26 October) – Gold Coast

Dilwali – Hindu, Sikh, and Jain faiths celebrate the Festival of Lights and the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance

World Polio Day

United Nations Day

Global Media and Information Literacy Week – what a great time to launch a media literacy course for kids, right?

Birthdays for former PM Malcolm Turnbull (1954), rapper Drake (1986) and YouTuber PewDiePie (1989)

Anniversary of:
• the founding of the world’s first soccer club, Sheffield FC (1857)
• the first photograph of Earth from outer space by a camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket (1946)
• the deaths of civil rights activist Rosa Parks (2005) and rock n’ roll pioneer Fats Domino (2017)