5.00am (AEST) – Rugby: Argentina v Wallabies – Argentina

Tennis: US Open women’s singles final – New York, US and watch on 9Now

Bravery Trek begins to support Aussie veterans (until 12 October) 

World Physical Therapy Day

International Literacy Day 

Birthdays for Bernie Sanders (1941), James Packer (1967), Martin Freeman (1971) and Pink (1979)

Anniversary of:

• the unveiling of Michelangelo’s David statue in Florence (1504)
• the start of the Siege of Leningrad by German troops during WWII (1941)
• the first national broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show in the US (1986)
• the death of Queen Elizabeth II (2022)