Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Nike’s “Caitlin Blue” colorway of Caitlin Clark’s Caitlin 1 signature basketball shoe goes on sale October 1 for $140 in adult sizes.

Jordan Brand and Howard University team up again on a satin-and-suede Air Jordan 1 Low OG in the HBCU's College Navy and University Red, with the Bison on the heel, for $155.

LEGO's 6,130-piece Ultimate Collector Series model of Darth Vader's flagship, at over 53.5 inches the longest LEGO Star Wars brick-built model yet, goes on sale at $799.99 with all six Empire Strikes Back bounty hunters.

Uganda's Ministry of Health runs a nationwide measles-rubella booster campaign from 1 to 5 October 2026 for children under five regardless of past vaccination, aiming for about 7.47 million children after measles outbreaks in 18 districts this year.

From 1 October 2026 adults aged 65 and over can get the NHS flu jab, and the autumn COVID-19 programme for older adults, care home residents and the immunosuppressed opens, running to 31 January 2027.

Cold Stone Creamery's black Cake Batter ice cream, Boo Batter, is back nationwide from 1 to 31 October 2026 in a Creation, a shake and a waffle taco.

OpenAI switches off GPT-5.4-Cyber on 1 October 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-5.4-cyber.

Twenty gelato brands from Hong Kong, Macau, Portugal and Italy set up stalls at PMQ in Central on 1-4 and 9-11 October 2026, with more than 30 new or event-exclusive flavours.