9.30am (AEST) – A new coronial inquest into the disappearance of Sydney model Revelle Balmain in 1994 to begin – Sydney

10.15am (AEST) – Hearing to begin in racial discrimination case against One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson over “hateful tweet” – Sydney

ACT, SA, Tas, NSW School Term 2 starts

World Wish Day

International Dance Day 

Birthdays for Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Daniel Day Lewis (1957), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), and Uma Thurman (1970)

Anniversary of:

• the release of Aretha Franklin’s song Respect (1967)
• the death of Alfred Hitchcock (1980)
• the Chemical Weapons Convention coming into force, which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories (1997)
• the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011)