6.00am (AEDT) – Men’s Rugby World Cup Bronze Match – England v Argentina – Paris

4.00pm (AEDT) – Mens Cricket World Cup Group Stage – Australia v New Zealand – Dharamsala, India

5.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Rugby Union – WXV Game 2 – Australia v France – Dunedin, New Zealand

6.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Rugby League – Pacific Championship – Australia v New Zealand – Melbourne

8.10pm (AEDT) – Men’s Rugby League – Pacific Cup – Australia v New Zealand – Melbourne

Australian Greens national conference – Perth (until 29 October)

Independence Day in the Czech Republic

Day of the Liberation of Ukraine

Drug laws in the ACT significantly relaxed to decriminalise the possession of a small amount of drugs including for heroin, meth, cocaine and LSD – nearly everything except fentanyl

International Animation Day

Birthdays for Caitlyn Jenner (1949), Bill Gates (1955), Julia Roberts (1967), Joaquin Phoenix (1974), Matt Smith (1982), and Frank Ocean (1987)

Anniversary of:
• the release of Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726)
• Italian fascists conducting the March on Rome, leading to the assumption of power by Benito Mussolini (1922)
• Elvis’s groundbreaking contribution to getting American teens vaccinated for polio (1956)