/ 03 September 2023

3 September 2023

19 NOV - 2023-08-31T122403.738

5.30pm (AEST) – Men’s Basketball – FIBA World Cup – Australia v Georgia – Japan

10.00pm (AEST) – Men’s Cricket – 3rd T20 – Australia v South Africa – Durban, South Africa

Father’s Day

National Flag Day, marking the anniversary of the Aussie flag first being flown (1901)

Armed Forces Day in Taiwan

World Skyscraper Day

Anniversary of:

  • the British Empire adopting the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days, causing riots when people thought the government stole 11 days of their lives (1752)
  • Britain declaring war on Germany after its invasion of Poland (1939)
  • Chris the Sheep breaking the world record for biggest shorn fleece 40kg near Canberra (2015)

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