There is nothing special about Harry Potter - at least that's what his Aunt Petunia always says. On his 11th birthday, a letter of admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry opens up a hidden world for Harry: one of fun, friendship and magic. But with this new adventure comes great risk as Harry is forced to face a dangerous enemy from his past. Season 1 starts on HBO.
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Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, 1, New Beach Road, Darling Point, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, 2027, Australia
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's event page gives a start at 13:00 on Saturday 26 December 2026; the finish window of several days is an estimate.[1]
The 628-nautical-mile Rolex Sydney Hobart, run by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia since 1945, starts at 13:00 on Saturday 26 December 2026 on Sydney Harbour.
Snapdragon Stadium, 1, Stadium Way, Mission City, Serra Mesa, San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92182, United StatesHoliday Bowl
Scheduled: the Holiday Bowl's[1][4] site says "47th Annual Holiday Bowl Set For December 28 - December 28, 2026 • 2:00PM PT • Snapdragon Stadium" (PST, so 22:00Z).
San Diego's 47th Holiday Bowl is set for 2 p.m. on Monday 28 December 2026 at Snapdragon Stadium, back in December after last season's game became the first played in January.
California EDD’s current WARN workbook lists 159 permanent layoffs, notice/receipt October27,2026 and effective December29,2026 for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts US, Inc. at1401 Flower Street, Glendale.[1]
A California WARN filing lists 159 permanent job cuts at Disney’s Glendale site effective December 29, 2026. It does not identify specific roles or cancelled projects.
Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United States
Microsoft
Schneider[1] IM: "Effective December 31, 2026, Microsoft[2][6] will retire the mixed reality applications Dynamics 365 Guides and Dynamics 365 Remote Assist"; Microsoft Learn: "will no longer be available after December 31, 2026".
Microsoft will retire its Dynamics 365 Remote Assist and Guides mixed reality apps for HoloLens on 31 December 2026; renewals closed on 1 November 2025.
Verkhovna Rada, Hrushevskoho Street 5, Kyiv, Ukraine
No date is set for a ceasefire. The pin takes the highest-priced rung of Polymarket's[1][3] ladder, December 31, 2026 at 15%; the earlier October 31 rung is at 5%.
Polymarket
Polymarket
On 20 September 2026 Polymarket's ladder on a ceasefire that takes effect and holds for ten straight days gave December 31, 2026 a 15% chance, and October 31 only 5%. Ukraine signing any written peace instrument with Russia before 2027 was at 11%, and Kalshi put a first in-person Putin-Zelenskyy meeting before 2027 at 7%.
Presidential Office Building, 122 Chongqing South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Nothing is scheduled: the pin is dated to the market's own deadline, December 31, 2026, the last day the contract can resolve Yes, and the market page shows that only a 4% chance.[1]
Polymarket
Polymarket
Polymarket's contract on China commencing a military offensive against any inhabited territory Taiwan administers, on or before December 31, 2026, showed a 4% chance on 20 September 2026 — its own note put the implied probability of no invasion at 95.8%. A separate market on any direct China-Taiwan military clash over the same window showed 6%.
Given as scheduled, per the source[1]: "Phase 4, the encapsulation and burial of areas filled with spent fuel, will begin in 2026."
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.
Sony Pictures Studios, 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232, USA
The 2026 calendar year closes on 31 December, and Polymarket's[1] own rules tie settlement to Box Office Mojo's[2] 2026 calendar-gross table once that day's data is available.
Polymarket
Polymarket's $17m market on the year's biggest film was close to done on 20 September 2026: Spider-Man: Brand New Day was priced at 94%, with Avengers: Doomsday a distant 4% and everything else at a cent or less. It resolves on Box Office Mojo's 2026 domestic calendar gross once 31 December's numbers land.
Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Road, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire SL0 0NH, United Kingdom
No casting date has been announced. Polymarket's[1] market runs to 31 December 2026 and prices a one-in-five chance that no Bond is named by then, so the end of 2026 is a market-implied estimate rather than a scheduled event.
Polymarket
Kalshi
Amazon MGM's search for the seventh James Bond is one of the most heavily traded entertainment markets on either exchange. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket had Jack Lowden at 42% and Callum Turner at 20% - but also a 20% chance no Bond is named by 31 December 2026 at all; Kalshi's longer market had Lowden in the mid-40s and Turner in the high 30s.
Current operator page says Countdown to 2027, Copley Square, and entirely free and open to all. New Year’s Eve is December 31, 2026; the page’s separately labelled 2026 performers are not the 2027 lineup. Replaces an unsupported month-long placeholder.[1]
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.
Stated: Official Fiesta Bowl page gives December 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM Arizona time (MST), equivalent to December 31 at 00:30 UTC.[1]
A College Football Playoff-era New Year's bowl game at State Farm Stadium, with a parade and fan events beforehand.
Miraflores Palace, Caracas, Venezuela
Polymarket[1] resolves the market on who leads Venezuela at the end of 2026, with the end date set to December 31, 2026.
Polymarket
On December 31, 2026 Polymarket settles who officially holds Venezuela's head of state office. Acting president Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in on January 5 after U.S. troops captured Nicolás Maduro, and both still claim it: on 20 September 2026 the market's outcome row put Maduro at 47% and showed no percentage at all beside Rodríguez, only a 48¢ Buy Yes price.
The market is settled on the ranking as it stands on December 31, 2026 and expires that day at 15:00 UTC, so the date is fixed by the market’s own terms.[1]
Kalshi
Kalshi
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%.
A year-high market is decided when the year ends: Kalshi[1] expires the event at 05:00 UTC on January 1, 2027, which makes December 31, 2026 the last day it can be settled on. The date is fixed by the market’s own terms, not estimated.
Kalshi
Polymarket
Kalshi’s year-high ladder for Ethereum settles on the highest price ETH touches in 2026. On 20 September 2026, with ether near $2,600, traders gave $3,500 a 30% chance, $4,000 22% and $5,000 9%. Polymarket’s equivalent book was a little more optimistic, pricing a touch of $3,000 at 59.5%.
Las Vegas Bowl: "Las Vegas Bowl XXXV will be played Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026, at 12:45 p.m. PT (3:45 p.m. ET) at Allegiant Stadium[5] and televised by ESPN."
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.
Woodlands North, North Region, Singapore
The day is an announced one, not a year-end placeholder: Putrajaya has held to a 1 January 2027 start since Transport Minister Anthony Loke said it was "confident RTS Link will start on January 1, 2027", and English Wikipedia still carries "Planned opening: 1 January 2027". The latest check-in keeps it there - AsiaOne[2], 4 April 2026: the RTS Link "is on track for opening in January 2027 despite the ongoing global energy crisis" - after an earlier Singapore target of passenger service by December 2026.
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.
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New York State Capitol Building, State Street, Center Square, City of Albany, Albany County, New York, 12203, United States
Fixed by the state constitution, Article XIII section 4: "The political year and legislative term shall begin on the first day of January"; the term follows the 3 November 2026 election.[1]
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.
United Nations Headquarters, 405 East 42nd Street, New York, New York
UN Secretaries-General serve five-year terms that run from January 1; Guterres's second expires December 31, 2026, so his successor starts January 1, 2027. Kalshi's[1] contracts close on January 5, 2027.
Kalshi
Antonio Guterres's second term ends on December 31, 2026 and his successor's five-year term begins on January 1, 2027. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi's market on who is confirmed had Rebeca Grynspan at 37%, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett at 18% and Olara Otunnu at 10%.
White House, 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20500, United States
Executive Office of the President of the United States
Trump on Truth Social, 24 Aug 2026: "On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%"; no proclamation had been published as of 29 Sept, so the date rests on the President's announcement.[1]
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.
Visit Pasadena[1]: 'The 138th Rose Parade and 113th Rose Bowl Game will be held on January 1, 2027.'
Floral floats, marching bands and equestrian units follow the 5.5-mile route through Pasadena on New Year's Day under the 2027 theme, Welcome.
The CFP schedule lists 'Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential January 1, 2027 - TBD' among the 2026-27 quarterfinals; kick-off time not yet set.[1]
The Rose Bowl in Pasadena stages one of the four CFP quarterfinals on New Year's Day, with a top-four seed facing a first-round winner.
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Berlin, Germany
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
The Minimum Wage Commission's proposal of 27 June 2025 set two steps: €13.90 an hour from 1 January 2026 and €14.60 from 1 January 2027. The 2026 step has already taken effect.[1]
Germany's statutory minimum wage goes up to €14.60 an hour on 1 January 2027, the second step of the largest increase the Minimum Wage Commission has recommended.
Negyedik utca, Vasgyári újtelep, Újdiósgyőr, Miskolc, Miskolci járás, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, North Hungary, Great Plain and North, 3533, Hungary
Nestlé
Given as scheduled: Nestlé Hungária's release of 11 September 2026 says "2027. január 1-jétől a Vimpex cégcsoport ... folytatja tovább az édességgyártást a diósgyőri üzemben" (from 1 January 2027 the Vimpex group continues confectionery production at the Diósgyőr plant), Nestlé having said it ends production there in December 2026.[1]
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's[1] own route announcement says "the route of Dakar 2027, which will take place from January 1 to 15 next year" was unveiled in Paris on 5 May 2026, and its site shows 01/01 > 01/15/2027 (GMT +3).
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.