Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Prediction-market traders expected Anthropic to ship the successor to Claude Opus 5 (released July 24, 2026) within days. On 19 September 2026 Polymarket's per-day market made September 21 the single likeliest day at 31%, ahead of September 22 at 25%, and its deadline market gave a release by September 30 an 83% chance and by October 31 98%. Anthropic had not announced the model; the “Opus 5.1” name comes from leaked early-access identifiers and early tester reports.

A qualification program for partner products that meet NVIDIA's DSX AI factory reference design, launching with battery storage from Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution and Tesla and coolant distribution units from LG Electronics, LiquidStack and Vertiv.

In Best Medicine a brilliant surgeon leaves Boston to become a small-town doctor where he spent childhood summers. Despite his medical skills, his rude manner alienates locals as he battles hidden phobias and struggles with personal connections. The premiere, "Be Careful What You Fish For": While Martin continues to struggle with his blood phobia, a mermaid washes ashore in Port Wenn to the amazement of everyone in town. Meanwhile, Judith, a well-meaning townsperson creates havoc while on prescribed oxygen, Louisa continues to see Martin's girlfriend Eden for medical guidance and Greg and George's success from the seas urchin boom take its toll on the both of them. Season 2 starts on FOX.

Johnson & Johnson reported positive topline results from Study 451: once-daily Caplyta (lumateperone) 42 mg cut manic symptoms in bipolar I disorder by 4.8 YMRS points more than placebo at week 3, with a significant effect from day 3.

A 236-acre plant that will make the active ingredient of Lilly's Foundayo weight-loss pill, with more than 600 permanent jobs and about 4,000 construction jobs. Lilly expects it running by 2030.

George Lucas's museum of narrative art opens to the public on 22 September 2026 in Exposition Park, after a build that ran years past its first target date. It is given over to storytelling as art - illustration, comics, film and the painted image side by side - rather than to a single medium, and it lands beside the Natural History Museum and the California Science Center in the city's museum quarter.

The ZET SCALE shipper alliance, backed by Microsoft and PepsiCo, picked Tesla as primary supplier for 2,500 battery-electric Class 8 trucks, the largest US electric truck order, nearly doubling the country's electric heavy-truck fleet.

High-performance desktop workstation aimed at filmmakers, AI researchers, and data scientists.

Alaska's final tally put the 2026 Bristol Bay sockeye run at 45.7 million fish and the catch at 30.1 million, the first run under 50 million since 2014, though the salmon were worth $264.0 million to fishermen.

The new North Concourse at George Bush Intercontinental replaces the 1969-era flight stations with about 765,000 square feet on three levels, 22 gates for United and a 54,000-square-foot United Club, the largest in the airline's network. It is the centrepiece of the $2.5 billion Terminal B Transformation, which closed the old Terminal B lobby in January 2025.

President Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed a pact at UN Headquarters letting the US add defense areas at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig and expand Pituffik Space Base. It bars non-NATO states from military installations in Greenland and has no end date.

World leaders address the UN General Assembly Hall in New York from 22 to 28 September 2026, as Assembly President Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh opens the 81st session's debate and António Guterres gives his final address as Secretary-General.

NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated ROS packages add AI agent skills, agent-ready documentation and ROS 2 Lyrical support, released at ROSCon in Toronto for a community of nearly 1.3 million ROS users.

The Monaco Yacht Show's 2026 edition, likely its 35th, opens at Port Hercule the week of 23 September.

Trump and Melania Trump met Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan at the foot of a 100-foot red carpet at Joint Base Andrews at 6:01pm on 23 September 2026, a welcome US presidents almost never give a visiting head of state. As Xi landed, Scott Bessent announced that the US-China trade truce was extended to January 10.

Sneaker Con called off its outdoor New York show at Maimonides Park, set for 26-27 September, as a nor'easter bore down, promising full refunds and a new date to come.

Medicom Toy's Coca-Cola BE@RBRICK pair, a translucent contour-bottle bear and a Coca-Cola red can bear, each in a 100% and 400% set for JPY 15,000, take orders until 10 October for January 2027 delivery.

Justice Curtis Farber sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision for the 2006 sexual assault of Miriam Haley, short of the 20 years the Manhattan DA sought.

For one week Nike SoHo gathers Nike Trade-In, repair, footwear cleaning, Creative Repair, a 500-piece vintage running collection and recycling in one in-store experience.

Bentley revealed the Torcal in London, its first fully electric car and fourth model line: an SUV with two motors, a 113 kWh battery, up to 888 PS and up to 375 miles of WLTP range, though Bentley did not announce a price or delivery date.

Moroccans voted from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday 23 September 2026 for all 395 seats in the House of Representatives, and turnout was 38.02%, down from 50.35% in 2021. It was the first national vote since the deadly youth-led Gen Z protests; results are due from 24 September.