The World Athletics Championships Return to Beijing

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  Starts 07/04/2027SCHEDULED85% CONFIDENCEin 284 daysFormula 1's^[2] own 2027 schedule gives this round's weekend as "02 - 04 Jul"; the Grand Prix is run on the Sunday, the last day of the weekend.

  The British Grand Prix returns to the old RAF airfield that held the first World Championship race in 1950.

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• Sports09/20/2026@SportDesk

  2027 Pan American Games Open

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  07/23/2027 - 08/08/2027SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 303 daysWikipedia's^[1][2] article dates it "from 23 July to 8 August".

  The 2027 Pan American Games, officially the XX Pan American Games and commonly known as Lima 2027, is an upcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization. It will be held from 23 July to 8 August in Lima, the capital of Peru, eight years after the city hosted the 2019 Pan American Games. The pin sits at National Stadium of Peru.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Montreal's Olympic Stadium Roof Targeted to Reopen in 2028

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  Starts 12/31/2028SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "expected to be completed by 2028".

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• Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk

  World Humanoid Robot Games Open in Beijing

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  The 2027 Turkish Grand Prix

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  Starts 10/03/2027SCHEDULED85% CONFIDENCEin 1.0 yearsFormula 1's^[2] own 2027 schedule gives this round's weekend as "01 - 03 Oct"; the Grand Prix is run on the Sunday, the last day of the weekend.

  Turkiye returns to the calendar for the first time since 2021, bringing back Turn 8 - a four-apex left taken at close to 300 km/h.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Japan Opens the Tokaido Shinkansen Bullet Train

  Tokyo Station, Tokyo, JapanJapanese National Railways

  

  Starts 10/01/1964CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE62.0 years agoWikipedia's^[3] Tokaido Shinkansen and Shinkansen articles, along with Japan House London's^[2] retrospective, state the line opened on October 1, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

  On October 1, 1964, just nine days before the Tokyo Olympics opened, Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen began carrying passengers between Tokyo and Osaka at over 200 km/h.

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  2030 Commonwealth Games Open

  Narendra Modi StadiumCommonwealth Sport

  

  10/01/2030 - 10/31/2030ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCEin 4.0 yearsWikipedia's^[1][2] article dates it "scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, in October 2030". Only the month is fixed so far, so the pin covers the whole of it.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Paris Air Show Returns to Le Bourget

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  06/14/2027 - 06/20/2027SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 264 daysStated as fixed, per siae.fr^[1]: the show’s own site gives its dates as "14•20 JUNE 2027".

  The largest aerospace exhibition in the world, held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget since 1953 and first staged in 1909, runs 14 to 20 June 2027 – four days for professionals, then three open to the public.

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  The US Open Men's Singles Final

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  Starts 09/12/2027ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 354 daysThe USTA has not published 2027 dates - usopen.org still serves the 2026 championships - so the day comes from the ATP's 2027 calendar, "August 29" to "September 12", with the men's final on the closing Sunday.^[1]

  The season's last major ends under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena in the world at roughly 23,000 seats. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the tournament running 29 August to 12 September, with the men's singles final on the closing Sunday.

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  Starts 09/12/2027SCHEDULED85% CONFIDENCEin 354 daysFormula 1's^[2] own 2027 schedule gives this round's weekend as "10 - 12 Sep"; the Grand Prix is run on the Sunday, the last day of the weekend.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Eiffel Tower's Rust-Fighting Repaint Unveiled for the Paris Olympics

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  Starts 06/07/2024CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Eiffel Tower is sporting a new set of rings — the five Olympic rings, to be exact".

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• Property09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  First Buildings Open at Tokyo's Tsukiji Redevelopment Site

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  Starts 04/01/2029ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 2.5 yearsMitsui Fudosan's^[1] release gives "Scheduled opening: First half of 2030s or later (advance opening of facility in fiscal 2029)", so the pin sits on 1 April 2029, the first day of that fiscal year.

  Mitsui Fudosan's consortium is rebuilding the 190,000 sq m former Tsukiji fish market site in Chuo City as nine buildings totalling about 1,170,000 sq m, including an all-weather multifunctional venue for roughly 50,000 people, a theatre hall, a culinary centre and a waterbus terminal. The whole scheme is costed at about 900 billion yen.

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