Squiz the Day / 04 August 2022
4 August 2022
6.00pm (AEST) – Commonwealth Games Netball – Australia v Jamaica
7.00pm (AEST) – Commonwealth Games Cycling – Women’s Individual Time Trial, followed by the men at 9.00pm
11.30pm (AEST) – Commonwealth Games Women’s Beach Volleyball – Australia v Cyprus
National Cabinet meets
ABS Data Release – International Trade in Goods and Services, June
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
Constitution Day – Cook Islands
Barack Obama Day in Illinois, where the former US prez launched his political career
Birthdays for author Tim Winton (1960), former US President Barack Obama (1961), and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex (1981)
Anniversary of:
• the invention of Champagne by Dom Pérignon (1693)
• the arrest of Anne Frank following a tip-off (1944)
• Prince’s Purple Rain album going to #1, where it would stay for 24 weeks (1984)
• the Beirut blast, which killed 207 people (2020)
Friday
5.35am (AEST) – Commonwealth Games Athletics – Men’s Discus Final
6.00am (AEST) – Commonwealth Games Men’s Hockey – Australia v Pakistan
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