5.30am (AEDT) – Men’s Rugby League World Cup – Australia v Italy – UK

2nd round of voting in the Brazilian presidential election

Mischief Night (as distinct from ‘every night’ if you’ve got kids…)

Grandparents Day in Oz

Anniversary of:
• the Communist Party of Australia’s foundation (1920)
• Italian dictator Benito Mussolini forming government (1933)
• the radio broadcast of HG Wells The War of the Worlds, narrated by Orson Welles. Legend has it the broadcast caused mass panic when listeners thought that Earth was being attacked by aliens from Mars (1938)
• Clarence Birdseye selling the first frozen peas (1952)
• Kashmir officially losing its autonomous status with India bringing it under federal control (2019)
• the birthday of explorer Christopher Columbus (1451)