Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

On 1 October 2026 the Navy placed a $197 million sole-source order with British-owned MSI Defence Systems for MK88 MOD4 30mm gun mounts and MK48 MOD2 sights, to fit warships against small drones and fast attack boats, with deliveries by January 2031.

The Pentagon plans the first tests of Golden Dome space-based interceptors before 31 December 2026, with orbital flight demonstrations in 2027, backed by $3.2 billion for prototypes from Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly.

Chen Sicheng's forensic crime drama Traces of Justice (神探之痕迹), with Zhang Yi, opened on 1 October 2026 and led the first day of the National Day holiday with ¥71 million, 39 percent of ticket sales. It is inspired by the trace-evidence expert Cui Daozhi.

The body-swap comedy Mr. & Mrs. Pardon (什么意思夫妇), directed by Shen Chunyang and starring Xiao Shenyang, opened on 1 October 2026 and took ¥48 million on day one, second only to Traces of Justice.

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.

Nike releases its first-quarter fiscal 2027 results after the market close on Thursday 1 October 2026, at about 1:15 pm Pacific, with a conference call at 2:00 pm Pacific.

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.

Bandai Namco's competitive miniature game built from 5 cm Gundam mobile suits launches in October 2026 with a $35 starter set and five items on day one, then monthly releases.

Costco opens a new warehouse at 10 SE Oldham Parkway by the Missouri 291 and US 50 interchange, giving the southeast side of the Kansas City metro its own club. It carries the full format: fuel station, tyre centre, food court, pharmacy, optical and hearing aids.

Portland rapper Aminé's first MADE in USA New Balance, a reddish-brown 992 inspired by Oregon's sixth-grade Outdoor School, with a “wood cookie” hangtag, charms and a tackle-box shoebox, for $220.

Google and the Justice Department must file one jointly proposed Final Judgment in the ad tech antitrust case by 2 October 2026, writing Judge Brinkema's behavioral remedies into an order that takes effect 60 days after she enters it.

Austin City Limits Music Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary over two weekends at Zilker Park, with nine stages and headliners Charli XCX, Rüfüs Du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, The xx, Skrillex and Kings of Leon.

Magic: The Gathering's Reality Fracture ends Jace Beleren's story arc in an alternate 'Echoverse' Multiverse, adding shattered mirror cards and Special Guests, with Play Boosters at $5.49.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes September 2026's Employment Situation at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on 2 October. August added 162,000 jobs with unemployment at 4.1%; Kalshi prices 70% on another gain above 60,000.

Tesla unveils the long-delayed second-generation Roadster at an invite-only event for reservation holders in Waco, Texas, with a teaser showing SpaceX-style cold-gas thrusters.

Metallica's first show at Sphere starts a 24-night run through 13 March 2027, played as 'No Repeat Weekends' with no song repeated between each Thursday and Saturday.

LIDENFILMS' next Tokyo Revengers arc follows Takemichi Hanagaki as he keeps time-leaping to save his friends from the Tokyo Manji Gang's violent future.

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks at the end of seven days, counted from the day after the US accepts terms taken from June's Islamabad memorandum. Washington has not accepted, so 3 October is the earliest the strait could open. Update, 2 October: Trump rejected the plan, so the strait will not open on that timetable.

ComplexCon's tenth-anniversary edition moves to Los Angeles with Playboi Carti and Hiroshi Fujiwara's Fragment Design as artistic directors, 300-plus brands and Carti closing the weekend at Crypto.com Arena.

MAPPA's remake of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ returns for a third season on Nippon TV, bringing in new faces such as the Furinkan headmaster voiced by Masako Nozawa.

A sold-out women's 21.1 km night race from the Monumento a la Revolución along Paseo de la Reforma, run at 2,258 m above sea level.

Brazil's presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, October 4, 2026. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket's winner market, which includes any second round, had Flavio Bolsonaro at 58% and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at 42%; a runoff, if no one clears 50%, falls on October 25.

The fifth race of the 2026 NASCAR Chase: 267 laps and 400.5 miles on Las Vegas Motor Speedway's 1.5-mile oval, green flag at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday 4 October.

Lima votes for its metropolitan mayor and 39 councillors on 4 October 2026, in Peru's regional and municipal elections. Rafael López Aliaga, Popular Renewal's first council candidate and de facto standard-bearer, leads the late polls at about 30%.

Formula 1 stages the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday 4 October 2026 at Sepang, its first race there since 2017, after the war in Iran cancelled the April date in Bahrain; Kimi Antonelli arrives leading George Russell by 66 points.

Bosnians elect the three-member Presidency, the state parliament, both entities' governments and the cantonal assemblies on 4 October 2026, the first general election since Milorad Dodik was removed from office in 2025.