12.30pm (AEST) – Author Abbas Nazari addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

The fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos, begins – California

International Literacy Day

Anniversary of:
• the unveiling of Michelangelo’s David statue in Florence (1504)
• 3M selling its first roll of Scotch tape (1930)
• the premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) and Star Trek (1966)
• the first national broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show in the US (1986)
• the release of Kylie Minogue’s biggest hit Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2001)