From 4.00am (AEST) – Commonwealth Games – Mens and Women’s Swimming Finals – Birmingham

From 7.30pm (AEST) – Commonwealth Games – Men’s and Women’s Swimming Heats – Birmingham

9.00pm (AEST) – Commonwealth Games – Netball – Australia v Scotland – Birmingham

11.00pm (AEST) – Commonwealth Games – Women’s Hockey – Australia v Kenya – Birmingham

Vanuatu’s Independence Day

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

International Day of Friendship

Birthdays for former bodybuilder/actor/politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), actors Terry Crews (1968) and Simon Baker (1969), and director Christopher Nolan (1970)

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of author Emily Brontë (1818) and businessman Henry Ford (1863)
• the first FIFA World Cup Final which saw Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 (1930)
• the publication of the first Penguin book, starting the paperback revolution (1935)
• the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the deaths of 880 crew. Many were attacked by sharks, inspiring the 1975 movie Jaws (1945)
• Chelsea Manning convicted of 17 espionage charges (2013)