8.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Soccer – Matildas v Brazil – CommBank Stadium, Sydney

Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Casino report to be tabled

38th ASEAN Summit kicks off – Brunei (until 28 October)

Japan’s Princess Mako marries her long-term commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro

Austria’s National Day

ABS Data Release – Jobs in Australia (2014-2019)

Birthdays for former US First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (1947), singer Keith Urban (1967), comedian Seth MacFarlane (1973) and singer Guy Sebastian (1981)

Anniversary of:
• the first use of a lead (graphite) pencil (1492)
• the release of the film The Terminator (1984)
• Jacinda Ardern being sworn in as PM of New Zealand, becoming the world’s youngest female head of government (2017)
• the death of ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria by US Special Forces (2019)
• the Uluru climb ban coming into force (2019)