Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Finland's Posiva began drilling the first deposition hole at the Onkalo repository, a step toward becoming the world's first facility to permanently bury spent nuclear fuel.

On 27 October 2026 Kalshi priced each of five big banks at about 4.5% to 5% to serve as a lead underwriter for a Kraken US IPO before 1 January 2027. Bids of 1 to 2 cents sit against asks of 8 cents, so the quotes are wide and carry little signal about timing; it is a bet on who leads the deal, not a listing date.

Kalshi settles its year-end ranking market on which lab holds the top AI model on December 31, 2026 — the exchange’s biggest AI book at 11.5M contracts. On 20 September 2026 Claude led at 71.5%, ahead of ChatGPT at 13.6%, Gemini at 8.9% and Grok at 4.1%.

The 35th Las Vegas Bowl puts an SEC team against a Big Ten, Big 12, ACC or Oregon State/Washington State opponent at 12:45 p.m. on 31 December, live on ESPN.

Polymarket traders price a 39.5% chance that xAI will release Grok 5 by December 31, 2026, following the release of Grok 4.7 in September.

Boston’s free First Night celebration welcomes 2027 on December 31, 2026, with Copley Square as its announced hub. The new edition’s performer schedule is still pending.

The State Water Resources Control Board approved the final water right permit for Sites Reservoir, a proposed 1.5 million acre-foot offstream reservoir in Glenn and Colusa counties. The Sites Project Authority schedules construction to begin in 2026 and the reservoir to be operational at the end of 2033.

A College Football Playoff-era New Year's bowl game at State Farm Stadium, with a parade and fan events beforehand.

The Prudential Regulation Authority's Basel 3.1 final rules take effect in the UK on 1 January 2027, a year later than first planned, with the market-risk internal model approach following on 1 January 2028.

From 1 January 2027 plug-in hybrids, range extenders and electric commercial vehicles in China lose the annual vehicle and vessel tax exemption they have had since 2012; battery-electric passenger cars stay untaxed.

Nestlé stops making hollow chocolate figures at its 220-worker Diósgyőr plant in Miskolc at the end of 2026, and Hungarian food wholesaler Vimpex takes the factory over from 1 January 2027, keeping at least a third of the staff.

Dakar 2027, the 49th edition and the eighth in Saudi Arabia, runs 1-15 January 2027 as a loop starting and finishing in King Abdullah Economic City, with 5,320 km of timed special stages, the most of the Saudi era.

The winner of the 3 November election takes office on 1 January 2027, the day the state constitution starts the political year, for a four-year term. Governor Kathy Hochul is seeking re-election against Bruce Blakeman.

President Trump has said US tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel from Canada will rise to 50% on 1 January 2027, doubling the 25% now charged on Canadian autos, after trade talks collapsed in August.

A new four-kilometre rail crossing over the Strait of Johor aims to cut the commute between Johor Bahru and Singapore from up to four hours to about six minutes.

Valley Water awarded the $1.88 billion construction contract for the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project on July 24, 2026. Crews begin work at the dam in early 2027 and expect about seven years of construction. The total cost is about $2.8 billion.