/ 28 June 2021

Squiz the Day – 28 June 2021

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg releases the Intergenerational Report

Shayna Jack’s swimming ban appeal to be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Tennis – Wimbledon Championships begin – London (until 11 July)

SHOUT AWAY ITS CAPS LOCK DAY

Birthdays for Mel Brooks (1926), Kathy Bates (1948), John Cusack (1966) and Elon Musk (1971)

Anniversary of:
• Catherine the Great declaring herself sovereign ruler of Russia (1762)
• the coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey (1838)
• the patenting of the saxophone by Antoine-Joseph “Adolfe” Sax (1846)
• the last stand of the Kelly Gang at Glenrowan (1880)
• the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (1914)
• the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations (1919)
• the start of the Stonewall Riots (lasting three days) in Greenwich Village, New York (1969)

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