12.30pm (AEDT) – Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts Paul Fletcher addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

6.45pm (AEDT) – Nobel Prize for Chemistry announced

The NSW Nationals vote on a new leader after the resignation of John Barilaro

World Cerebral Palsy Day

Anniversary of:
• the opening of the Moulin Rogue in Paris (1889)
• inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture (1889)
• the High Court of Australia sitting for the first time (1903)
• the release of the first film with a soundtrack, The Jazz Singer. It signalled an end to the era of silent films (1927)
• the launch of Instagram (2010)