Chris Dawson to face trial over allegations he had a sexual relationship with an underage student in the 1980s – Sydney

Reconciliation Day public holiday in the ACT

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

World Digestive Health Day

The Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Festival begins – UK

Birthdays for Noel Gallagher (1967), Myf Warhurst (1974), Mel B (1975), and Laverne Cox (1984)

Anniversary of :
• the birthday of former US President John F Kennedy (1917)
• Bing Crosby recording White Christmas, which would become the world’s best-selling single with over 100 million copies sold (1942)
• Kiwi mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay becoming the first people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
• Space Shuttle Discovery completing the first docking with the International Space Station (1999)
• transgender health issues no longer being classified as mental and behavioural disorders by the World Health Organization (2017)