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10/16/2026

23 days

九月初七 National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day

TV09/20/2026@FilmDesk

Grey's Anatomy Season 23 Premieres

77 West 66 Street, New York City, New York, United States

ABC

Starts 10/16/2026 2:00AMSCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCETVmaze's^[1][2] forward schedule gives 2026-10-15 as the announced premiere on ABC.

The doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital deal with life-or-death consequences on a daily basis -- it's in one another that they find comfort, friendship and, at times, more than friendship. Together they're discovering that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey. Season 23 starts on ABC.

10/17/2026

24 days

九月初八 National Pasta Day

Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk

Shanghai Grand Opera House Opens on the Huangpu River

Expo Culture Park, Houtan, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Grand Theatre Arts Centre

Starts 10/17/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEPudong's^[1] English government news page says the "Shanghai Grand Opera House will open on Oct 17 on the east bank of the Huangpu River", a fixed announced date.

The 146,000-square-metre building in Expo Culture Park, designed by ECADI with Snohetta as a spiralling Chinese folding fan, holds the 2,000-seat Harmony Hall, the 1,200-seat Soar Theatre and the 1,000-seat Open Stage, 4,200 seats in all. The opening season runs 47 productions and 82 performances through 20 February 2027.

TV09/20/2026@FilmDesk

The Rainmaker Season 2 Premieres

30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, United States

USA Network

Starts 10/17/2026 2:00AMSCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCE10 episodes plannedTVmaze's^[1][2] forward schedule gives 2026-10-16 as the announced premiere on USA Network.

Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend. Rudy, along with his boss and her disheveled paralegal, uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client's son. Season 2 starts on USA Network.

10/19/2026

26 days

九月初十 National Seafood Bisque Day

TV09/20/2026@FilmDesk

Maigret Season 2 Premieres

Crystal City, Virginia, United States

PBS

Starts 10/19/2026 1:00AMSCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCE6 episodes plannedTVmaze's^[1][2] forward schedule gives 2026-10-18 as the announced premiere on PBS.

In Maigret, Chief Inspector Maigret and his team of maverick but loyal detectives, Les Maigrets, solve a series of complex crimes in Paris. Maigret's unconventional methods and unique sense of justice put him at odds with his superiors and the judicial system he is supposed to represent. Maigret must outwit some of Paris's most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past. Season 2 starts on PBS.

Space09/20/2026@BuildDesk

H3-24 launches Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

H3-24 launches Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

Starts 10/19/2026 7:41PMSCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCELaunch Library 2 lists this as the no-earlier-than launch time; launches slip.^[1]

MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Phobos. Lifts off from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan to Mars Orbit.

10/20/2026

27 days

九月十一 National Brandied Fruit Day

Gaming09/14/2026@GameDesk

Razer x Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection

Singapore

Razer

Starts 10/20/2026ESTIMATED 75% CONFIDENCENot yet released: pre-orders opened with the 25 August 2026 announcement (https://www.razer^[1][2].com/newsroom/product-news/xbox^[3]-25-anniversary-collection) and the collection is reported to launch on 20 October 2026, shipping that month. Razer has not stated the ship date itself, so the day is estimated.

Three limited-edition gaming peripherals in translucent green with an Xbox Game Pass bundle.

Conference09/23/2026@TechDesk

NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026

NVIDIA…STATION Berlin, Luckenwalder Straße 4-6, Kreuzberg, 10963 Berlin, Germany

10/20/2026 - 10/22/2026SCHEDULED 81% CONFIDENCENVIDIA's^{[1][2][3][4][6]} GTC Berlin page states "NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 October 20–22, 2026" ("Keynote October 21 | Workshops October 20"), and its FAQ breaks the programme out as "Training Workshops: Tuesday, October 20 ... Conference: Wednesday, October 21–Thursday, October 22".

NVIDIA's European GTC comes to Berlin on 20-22 October 2026, opening with Jensen Huang's keynote at the Tempodrom on 21 October and two days of sessions, labs and exhibits at STATION-Berlin.

Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Releases on Netflix

Musashino, Tokyo, Japan

Studio Trigger

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Releases on Netflix

Starts 10/20/2026SCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCE10 episodes plannedMyAnimeList's^[1] own listing gives an exact release date, "Oct 20, 2026 to ?", and the page lists Netflix as a streaming platform.

Studio Trigger's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is set to release on Netflix, a ten-episode sequel to the 2022 original set in CD Projekt Red's Night City.

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10/21/2026

28 days

九月十二 National Mezcal Day

TV09/20/2026@FilmDesk

The Terminal List Season 2 Premieres

410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, United States

Prime Video

Starts 10/21/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCE8 episodes plannedTVmaze's^[1][2] forward schedule gives 2026-10-21 as the announced premiere on Prime Video.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, The Terminal List follows James Reece after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life but the lives of those he loves. Season 2 starts on Prime Video.

Health09/23/2026@HealthDesk

Abbott Q3 2026 Earnings and Conference Call

Abbott Labs, 100, Abbott Park Road, Illinois, 60064, United States

Abbott Laboratories…

Abbott Q3 2026 Earnings and Conference Call

Starts 10/21/2026 1:00PMESTIMATED 70% CONFIDENCEAbbott has not yet posted its third-quarter call notice (last year's, on 24 September, said it "will announce its third-quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, Oct. 15, before the market opens" with the call "at 8 a.m. Central time"); Q3 came on Wednesday 16 October 2024 and 15 October 2025 and AlphaQuery^[2] says "The next expected annoucement date for quarterly earnings is 2026-10-21", so Wednesday 21 October at 8 a.m. CDT (13:00 UTC) is estimated; every 2026 report so far came on a Thursday (22 January, 16 April, 16 July), so Thursday 15 October is the other likely day, and the call notice due in late September will settle it.

Abbott is expected to report third-quarter 2026 results before the market opens and webcast its earnings call at 8 a.m. Central, most likely on Wednesday 21 October; it has guided to adjusted EPS of $1.38 to $1.46.

10/22/2026

29 days

九月十三 National Color Day

TV09/20/2026@FilmDesk

Nobody Wants This Season 3 Premieres

Los Gatos, United States

Netflix…

Starts 10/22/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCETVmaze's^[1][2] forward schedule gives 2026-10-22 as the announced premiere on Netflix.

An agnostic sex podcaster and a rabbi walk into a party. No, it's not the start of a joke — it's the beginning of a love story. And it's complicated. Season 3 starts on Netflix.

10/23/2026

30 days

九月十四 National Boston Cream Pie Day

Electronics09/13/2026@ThePinGang

iPhone Duo Release

Cupertino, California

Apple…

Starts 10/23/2026SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEGiven as scheduled, per macrumors.com^[1]: pre-orders begin October 16 with availability stated for October 23, over a month ahead of the article date.

Apple launches the foldable iPhone Duo at $1,999 for 256GB (up to 2TB available), after pre-orders opened October 16. It has a 7.6-inch inner display and 5.4-inch outer display, a custom hinge with over 100 precision components, nano-texture and micro-lens finishes to minimize the fold crease, dual 48MP Fusion and ultra-wide cameras plus an under-display FaceTime camera, the A20 Pro chip with a C2 modem, dual batteries rated for up to 24 hours of mixed-screen use, IP68 water resistance, a titanium frame, and Ceramic Shield.

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Sports09/20/2026@OddsDesk

The 2026 World Series Opens on 23 October

Major League Baseball, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA

10/23/2026 - 10/31/2026SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEMLB.com^[2]'s own postseason schedule release fixes World Series Game 1 on Friday 23 October 2026 and a possible Game 7 on 31 October, so the pin runs across the scheduled window.

Kalshi

Major League Baseball's published postseason schedule puts World Series Game 1 on Friday 23 October 2026, with Game 7 on Saturday 31 October if the series goes the distance. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi's champion market had no runaway favourite: the Dodgers sat at 29%, Milwaukee at 16% and the Yankees at 10%.

Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery Releases in Japanese Theaters

Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Kinema Citrus

Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery Releases in Japanese Theaters

Starts 10/23/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEMyAnimeList's^[1] own listing gives an exact theatrical release date, "Oct 23, 2026 - Oct 2026", confirmed by Anime News Network's report of Kadokawa's October 23 opening announcement.

Kinema Citrus's Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery, the first film in a new trilogy continuing the story past Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou, opens in Japanese theaters.

AI09/20/2026@TechDesk

OpenAI Retires 17 Legacy GPT Model Snapshots

OpenAISan Francisco, California, United States

Starts 10/23/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEOpenAI's^[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-04-22, gives the shutdown date as 23 October 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.

OpenAI switches off 17 models and endpoints on 23 October 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-3.5-turbo-0125, gpt-4-0613, gpt-4-1106-preview, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-4.1-nano, gpt-4o-2024-05-13, gpt-image-1, o1-2024-12-17, o1-pro-2025-03-19, o3-mini-2025-01-31, ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16, o4-mini-2025-04-16 and 5 more.

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10/24/2026

31 days

九月十五 National Bologna Day

Elections09/23/2026@PoliticsDesk

British Columbia Votes in a Snap Provincial Election

Elections BCBritish Columbia Parliament Buildings, 501 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9W2, Canada

Starts 10/24/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEScheduled, per elections.bc.ca^[1][2]: "A provincial general election has been called. Final Voting Day is October 24, 2026." and the Ways to Vote page: "October 24 | 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Pacific time)".

British Columbians vote on Saturday 24 October 2026 for all 93 seats in the legislature, with polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific. Premier David Eby called the snap election two years early, citing the Trump trade war.

10/25/2026

32 days

九月十六 National Cartoonists Against Crime Day

Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

Western Sydney International Airport Opens

Badgerys Creek, New South WalesWestern Sydney Airport

Starts 10/25/2026SCHEDULED 86% CONFIDENCEGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…July 2026,[6] with passenger operations scheduled to commence on 25 October 2026.[7][8][9] Operated…"

Sydney's second international gateway at Badgerys Creek begins commercial flights, built with a 24-hour curfew-free runway. Estimated date.

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Anime09/19/2026@AnimeDesk

My Happy Marriage Special Episodes Premiere

Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Kinema Citrus

My Happy Marriage Special Episodes Premiere

Starts 10/25/2026SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCE3 episodes plannedThe October 25, 2026 premiere comes from the special's MyAnimeList^[1] listing and is corroborated by Wikipedia^[2].

My Happy Marriage returns with a three-episode special from Kinema Citrus, following Miyo and Kiyoka in the run-up to their wedding, streaming worldwide on Netflix.

10/26/2026

33 days

九月十七 National Day of the Deployed

Sports09/20/2026@OddsDesk

The 2026 Ballon d'Or Is Awarded in London

London Palladium, 8 Argyll Street, London W1F 7TF, United Kingdom

Starts 10/26/2026SCHEDULED 71% CONFIDENCEYahoo^[3] Sports and Athlon both give Monday 26 October 2026 for the ceremony, and Polymarket's^[2] Ballon d'Or market ends 26 October, so the date is firm even though organisers had not formally confirmed the venue.

Kalshi

Polymarket

For the first time the Ballon d'Or leaves Paris: the 2026 ceremony is on Monday 26 October 2026 in London, marking 70 years since the first award. On 20 September 2026 Harry Kane was a clear favourite on both exchanges at 55-56%, with Lamine Yamal at 22% and Kylian Mbappé at 8%.

10/27/2026

34 days

九月十八 National Civics Day

Elections09/20/2026@OddsDesk

Israelis Elect the Next Knesset

Knesset, Kiryat Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem

Starts 10/27/2026SCHEDULED 72% CONFIDENCEPolymarket's^[1][3] rules state "Legislative elections are schedule to be held in Israel on October 27, 2026", a Tuesday, the weekday Israeli elections are always held on.

Polymarket

Kalshi

Israel's legislative election is set for Tuesday, October 27, 2026. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket's market on who is sworn in as prime minister afterwards had Gadi Eizenkot at 52%, Benjamin Netanyahu at 30% and Naftali Bennett at 10%; Kalshi put a new government winning a Knesset confidence vote by February 3, 2027 at 89%.

10/28/2026

35 days

九月十九 National Chocolate Day

Retail09/21/2026@RetailDesk

Costco Opens Its Amherst Warehouse

Amherst, New York, United States

Costco

Starts 10/28/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCECostco's^[1] own new-opening page for the site carries the date, reported as opening "on October 28, 2026".

The long-awaited Amherst warehouse opens in suburban Buffalo, the newest of the ten US clubs Costco is opening this autumn. It is one of five October openings spread across Missouri, Texas, New York, Kansas and California.

Finance09/23/2026@TechDesk

Alphabet Q3 2026 Results and Earnings Call

Alphabet…Googleplex, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Starts 10/28/2026 8:30PMESTIMATED 71% CONFIDENCEAlphabet has not announced the Q3 date (it gave two weeks' notice for Q2: 'Wednesday, July 22, at 1:30pm Pacific Time'); Wall Street Horizon^[2] lists Q3 2026 as 'UNCONFIRMED for Wednesday 10/28/2026 After Market' and Alphabet's last four reports were all Wednesdays, so Wednesday 28 October at 1:30 p.m. PDT (20:30 UTC) is estimated. A search summary citing TipRanks says 27 October (a Tuesday); Zacks/Nasdaq's algorithm says 4 November.

Alphabet is expected to report third-quarter 2026 results after the close and hold its earnings call at 1:30 p.m. PT, most likely on Wednesday 28 October; Alphabet has not yet announced the date. Analysts expect about $126.9 billion in revenue.

Economy09/19/2026@OddsDesk

Fed Decides Whether to Hike Rates Again at October 2026 FOMC Meeting

Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, 20th St & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC

Federal Reserve

Fed Decides Whether to Hike Rates Again at October 2026 FOMC Meeting

Starts 10/28/2026 6:00PMSCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCEThe Federal Reserve's^[2][5] published 2026 FOMC calendar lists the October 27-28 meeting, and the policy statement is released at 2:00 p.m. ET on the second day; Kalshi's^[1] market strikes on October 28, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

Kalshi

The Federal Open Market Committee announces its October 2026 rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET on October 28, six weeks after raising the federal funds target range a quarter point to 3.75%-4.00% on September 16, its first hike since 2023. On 19 September 2026 Kalshi traders were split between holding the rate and a second 25bp hike, with cuts priced near zero.

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