Madhouse's adaptation of Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite begins airing, a historical drama following generations of scholars risking their lives to prove heliocentrism in a fictionalized 15th-century Europe hostile to the idea.
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEThe announcement day comes from MyAnimeList's[1][2] news report and Wikipedia[3], both dating it to the Mahoako fan event on October 5, 2024.
A second TV season of Gushing over Magical Girls, the anime of Akihiro Ononaka's comedy manga about a girl who is drafted as a villain and discovers she enjoys tormenting the heroines she idolises, was announced at a fan event.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict premieres, the third cour of Studio Pierrot's Bleach adaptation, as Ichigo Kurosaki races to stop Yhwach from destroying the Soul King and the three worlds.
McLaren Technology Centre, Durnford Farm, Woking, Surrey, England, GU21 4YH, United KingdomMcLaren Automotive
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCECoverage of the reveal gives 6 October 2024 at 13:00 BST, marking the 50th anniversary of McLaren's first Formula 1 constructors' and drivers' titles.[1]
McLaren unveiled the W1 at its Woking headquarters, a twin-turbo V8 hybrid hypercar producing 1,258 hp, doing 0-100 km/h in 2.7 seconds and reaching 350 km/h, limited to 399 units at about $2.1 million each.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEAviTrader[2] and AeroWeb-fr.net reported that Tarmac Aerosave inaugurated its fourth Teruel hangar (its seventh overall) on 8 October 2024.
Aircraft-maintenance and storage specialist Tarmac Aerosave opened its fourth Airbus A380-capable hangar at Teruel Airport, Europe's largest aircraft boneyard. The 15 million euro building, the world's largest metal-textile hangar, can house one A380 or four narrow-body jets at once.
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 begins broadcast, continuing Studio Shuka's adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa's supernatural slice-of-life manga about a boy who can see spirits and works to return the names his grandmother once collected.
9830, Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, 90212, United StatesAlo Yoga
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEWWD[1][4] (17 October 2024) reports Alo "has announced Jin of BTS as its new global ambassador"; its follow-up says "Alo Yoga announced BTS' Jin as its global ambassador on Oct. 17".
Alo Yoga signed BTS singer Jin as a global ambassador ahead of its first South Korean flagship in Seoul's Dosan Park; his announcement post was valued at $3.6 million in media exposure within a day.
One Piece Fan Letter premieres, a one-off Toei Animation special adapting a chapter of the One Piece novel Mugiwara Stories to mark the 25th anniversary of the One Piece anime, set as the Straw Hats reunite on the Sabaody Archipelago.
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEAP's report, dated Oct 21, 2024, says the union "has decided to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement" and quotes WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike "said Monday".[1]
The WNBA players' union used its option to end the 2020 labor deal two years early, so the contract would expire after the 2025 season and force talks on higher salaries and revenue sharing.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500, Pearl Street, Five Points, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10007, United StatesFederal Trade Commission
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEThe Fashion Law[1][3] reports the ruling was issued 'Thursday' 24 October 2024 by Judge Jennifer Rochon of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, granting the FTC's motion for a preliminary injunction.
US District Judge Jennifer Rochon granted the FTC a preliminary injunction halting Tapestry's proposed acquisition of Capri Holdings, ruling that the accessible-luxury handbag rivals were close competitors whose merger would hurt consumers.
Uptown Park, 13, Švitrigailos g., Naujamiestis, Naujamiesčio seniūnija, Vilnius, Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė, Vilniaus apskritis, 03228, LietuvaVinted
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCETechCrunch's[1] October 24, 2024 report says Vinted 'has completed a $367 million ($340 million) secondary share sale' that values the company 'at $5.4 billion ($5 billion)', led by TPG.
Vinted completed a €340 million secondary share sale led by private-equity firm TPG, valuing the Lithuanian resale marketplace at €5 billion and letting employees and early investors cash out stock.
Sparkly Key Animation's Mu Shen Ji begins streaming, a Chinese donghua following Qin Mu, a young man raised by nine mysterious elders in the remote village of Can Lao, as he uncovers the dangers of the forsaken land of Da Xu.
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the groundbreaking event was held at Pitch 25 in East Downtown Houston near the start of the project's first phase."
Texas kicked off construction on its $13 billion North Houston Highway Improvement Project, a decades-long rebuild of one of America's deadliest interstates.
Breuer Building, 945, Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10021, United StatesSotheby's
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEThe Art Newspaper's[1] story carries an update stating 'On 30 October 2024, Sotheby's confirmed that this deal had successfully closed', after having reported the transaction as 'expected to close before the end of the year' when announced on 9 August 2024.
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ completed a deal to buy newly issued Sotheby's shares alongside fresh capital from majority owner Patrick Drahi, together about $1 billion, mostly used to cut the auction house's debt.
ESTIMATED62% CONFIDENCEThe pin's event is the topping out, which New York YIMBY[3] and Connect CRE both reported on 24-25 October 2024 and which Wikipedia[2] gives as October 2024. The previous date of 1 June 2026 was Wikipedia's estimated completion date, not the topping out. No source gives the exact day, so this is dated to the last day of that month as an estimate.
A 1,001-foot Kohn Pedersen Fox supertall at 520 Fifth Avenue, one of the first new Manhattan skyscrapers in decades built with a masonry-style terracotta facade instead of glass.
Regent Street, St. James's, East Marylebone, Mayfair, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, W1B 4EE, United KingdomVuori
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEDrapers (30 Oct 2024): "Tomorrow (31 October), the brand will officially open the doors to its second UK store and new central London flagship"; WWD[5] and TheIndustry[4] report it open on 31 October.
Vuori's first international flagship, a two-floor store of just under 4,000 sq ft at 83-85 Regent Street, opened on 31 October 2024 in the former Fabletics space.
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCETxDOT's[1] own newsroom item, dated Oct. 31, 2024, announces that it "breaks ground on transformational I-35 Capital Express Central project".
TxDOT started the rebuild of eight miles of I-35 through central Austin, which lowers the mainlanes, removes the 1970s upper decks and adds two non-tolled high-occupancy-vehicle managed lanes in each direction from US 290 East to SH 71/Ben White Boulevard. First work was the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard bridge; the corridor is not finished until 2033.
Nevada State Capitol, East King Street, Carson City, Nevada, 89703, United States
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEBallotpedia[1]: Question 6 "was on the ballot in Nevada as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024"; NRS 293.273 says "the polls must open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m."
Nevadans approved Question 6 with 64.36% of the vote, the first of two votes needed to write a right to abortion until fetal viability into the state constitution.
Missouri State Capitol, 201, West Capitol Avenue, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, 65101, United States
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEThe Secretary of State's official results are for the "General Election - November 5, 2024", and its election-day page says "Polling places open at 6:00 a.m. and remain open until 7:00 p.m."[1]
Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 by 1,538,659 votes to 1,443,022, writing a right to reproductive freedom, including abortion up to fetal viability, into the state constitution and overturning the state's near-total ban.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCERelease date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing (this recent release isn't indexed by AniList's MAL-id lookup yet, so Jikan/MAL were used directly).
MAPPA recuts the Final Chapters specials into a single theatrical feature, Attack on Titan: The Last Attack, adding new footage to close out the anime adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga on the big screen.
5600, Avenida Encinas, Farr, Carlsbad Ranch, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, 92008, United StatesVuori
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe release is datelined 'ENCINITAS, Calif. – November 8, 2024 – ... Vuori today announced an $825 million investment'.[1]
An $825 million secondary tender offer led by General Atlantic and Stripes valued Vuori at $5.5 billion, up from $4 billion in 2021, with General Atlantic's Andrew Ferrer joining the board.
10 Hudson Yards, West 30th Street, Chelsea District, Manhattan Community Board 4, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10199, United StatesTapestry
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCETapestry's SEC[1] filing states 'On November 13, 2024, the Parties entered into a Termination Agreement ... pursuant to which the Parties agreed that the Merger Agreement ... was terminated ... effective immediately.'
Tapestry and Capri Holdings scrapped their planned merger after the FTC's court win, with Tapestry agreeing to reimburse Capri $45.1 million in expenses rather than keep fighting past the deal's outside date.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The Danube Valley Bridge and this phase of the A26 opened to the public in November 2024".
Austria's motorway operator ASFINAG opened the new Danube Valley Bridge and its connecting tunnels in Linz, the world's longest earth-anchored suspension bridge, completing the first phase of the A26 Westring motorway.