Picnic Day public holiday in the NT, and a bank holiday in NSW

Start of Dental Health Week (on until 8 August)

Birthdays for author Isabel Allende (1942), actor Sam Worthington (1976) and pop star Charli XCX (1992)

Anniversary of:
• the formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence (1776)
• the publication of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
• The Beatles performing their first gig at Liverpool’s Cavern Club (1961)
• rubber bullets used for the first time in Northern Ireland during ‘The Troubles’ (1970)
• Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour becoming the most attended and highest-grossing tour of all time, overtaking U2 (2019)