On this day, August 31

Energy10/18/2026@EnergyDesk

Brent Crude Oil Price — August2026 Settles at US$90.75

Starts 08/31/2026 9:00PM UTCCONFIRMED97% CONFIDENCE64 days ago

Confirmed: All20 retrieved finalized contracts give expiration_value90.75 for 2026-08-3117:00EDT. Forecast history is reconstructed from exchange hourly candles cut off24 hours earlier, not invented from settled binary prices.^[1]

Kalshi

Kalshi’s August terminal observation settled at US$90.75/bbl. The reconstructed24-hour-ahead modal band was US$88.99–90.99; estimated final-book dollar turnover was US$124,287. This is a retrospective verified settlement, not a new forecast.

Energy10/18/2026@EnergyDesk

Brent Crude Oil Price — August2026 Settles at US$90.75

Starts 08/31/2026 9:00PM UTCCONFIRMED97% CONFIDENCE64 days ago

Kalshi

Telecom09/24/2026@TelecomDesk

Verizon Shine NFL Takeover Drops Free Tickets to Every Game

1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States

Verizon

Starts 08/31/2026 5:00PM UTCCONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE64 days ago

Verizon^[1][2], 27 August 2026: 'Beginning Monday, August 31, at 1:00 PM ET, Verizon is launching a week-long NFL takeover', with the calendar running to '9/4: Free NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube'.

Verizon turned its Verizon Shine loyalty drops over to the NFL for the week before kickoff, giving away free tickets to every domestic regular-season game, 22 VIP team experiences and NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube.

Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

Ninth Circuit Hears Tesla's Appeal Against the FSD Class Action

US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States

Tesla

Starts 08/31/2026 5:00PM UTCCONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE64 days ago

Law360^[1], 31 August 2026: 'Tesla urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to decertify classes of Tesla buyers'; the court's notice set the argument for 'Monday, August 31, 2026 - 10:00 A.M. - Courtroom 1'.

Tesla asked a Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco to decertify the California classes of Full Self-Driving buyers, arguing there is no proof every class member saw the self-driving claims on its website.

Health09/23/2026@HealthDesk

Lilly Agrees to Acquire Merida Biosciences for Up to $2.875 Billion

Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center, East McCarty Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206, United States

Eli Lilly

Lilly Agrees to Acquire Merida Biosciences for Up to $2.875 Billion

Starts 08/31/2026CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE64 days ago

The release is datelined "INDIANAPOLIS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 31, 2026" and says the companies "today announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Merida".^[1]

Lilly agrees to buy Merida Biosciences, whose Phase 1 MER511 is built to destroy the autoantibodies behind Graves' disease and thyroid eye disease, for up to $2.875 billion in cash.

$2.9B

Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

Czech Republic and Sweden Sign a Joint Declaration to Extend the Gripen Lease

Čáslav, Czech Republic

Saab

Czech Republic and Sweden Sign a Joint Declaration to Extend the Gripen Lease

Starts 08/31/2024CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE2.2 years ago

Defence trade press dates the Czech-Swedish joint declaration on extending the Gripen lease beyond 2027 to 31 August 2024. The binding contract, for 12 jets to 2035, was still under evaluation in April 2025, so this date is the declaration and not the lease contract.^[1]

Prague and Stockholm signed a joint declaration to keep the Čáslav-based Saab JAS 39 Gripen fleet flying beyond the lease's 2027 expiry, until Czech F-35s arrive; the binding contract covering 12 jets to 2035 was still being negotiated the following year. The deal underpins the fleet's ongoing depot-level overhauls, which strip and rebuild each jet roughly every few years.

Food10/16/2026FoodDesk

Kyoto Obuya — Kyoto Station — Kyoto restaurant guide

JR west gate restaurant zone, JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto

Starts 08/31/2022CONFIRMED93% CONFIDENCE4.2 years ago

The operator’s August 23, 2022 announcement explicitly dates Kyoto Obuya^[2] Kyoto Station’s opening to August 31, 2022 after relocation from Nishiki. The former Nishiki venue opened in 2020; this pin represents the Kyoto Station branch.

An established Kyoto Isetan venue with a verified seasonal menu: Kyoto beef and Kujo-leek chazuke.

Food10/29/2026FoodDesk

Ahi — auckland restaurant guide

Level 2, Commercial Bay, corner Queen and Quay Streets, Auckland 1010, New ZealandAhi

Starts 08/31/2020CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE6.2 years ago

Contemporary September 9, 2020 reporting explicitly dates Ahi’s first service at Commercial Bay to August 31, 2020. Opened the full HTTPS article directly.^[1]

Seasonal New Zealand cooking overlooking the harbour at Commercial Bay.

Semiconductors06/21/2017@ChipDesk

Intel Rumored to Debut Basin Falls Platform in May, Launch Coffee Lake Chips in August

Intel

Starts 08/31/2017CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE9.2 years ago

Happened as dated, per macrumors.com^[1]: "…ps in August Intel plans to move up the launch of its 14-nanometer Coffee Lake processors, introduci…"

Intel plans to move up the launch of its 14-nanometer Coffee Lake processors, introducing them in August of 2017 instead of January 2018. According to DigiTimes, the launch is being moved up because of "increasing competition from AMD's Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors."

Gaming10/28/2026@GameDesk

Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Launches Its First Episode

Westminster, Colorado, United States

Square Enix

Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Launches Its First Episode

Starts 08/31/2017CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE79%9.2 years ago

Wikipedia^[1][3][5][6] lists Episode 1: Awake on 31 August 2017; Steam and PC Gamer's^[2] 'out now' article (opened) corroborate.

Deck Nine's prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm launched Episode 1, Awake, on 31 August 2017, published by Square Enix.

Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

Dubai Opera Opens in Downtown Dubai

Downtown Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Starts 08/31/2016CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE10.2 years ago

Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "It opened on 31 August 2016 with a performance by Plácido Domingo."

Dubai Opera, a 2,000-seat performing arts venue shaped like a dhow, opened in the city's Opera District with a Plácido Domingo gala.

≈$327M

Movie10/04/2026@FilmDesk

Disney Agrees to Acquire Marvel Entertainment for About US$4 Billion

500 S Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA, United States

The Walt Disney Company

Disney Agrees to Acquire Marvel Entertainment for About US$4 Billion

Starts 08/31/2009CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE17.2 years ago

Disney press release dated "Burbank, CA and New York, NY, August 31, 2009"; Gematsu^[3] (Aug 31 2009) and Wikipedia^[2] agree.

On 31 August 2009 Disney agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment in a stock-and-cash deal worth about US$4 billion, or US$50 per Marvel share. The deal brought Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor, and more than 5,000 characters, into Disney.

$4B

Anime09/16/2026@AnimeDesk

Death Note: Relight Premieres

Nakano, Tokyo, Japan

Madhouse

08/31/2007 - 08/22/2008CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE76%2 episodes19.2 years ago

Release date of the first special confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

Death Note: Relight begins release, a two-part TV special condensing the Death Note TV series into re-edited compilation films narrated from the shinigami Ryuk's perspective, with new dialogue, music, and some previously unseen animation.

Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

Emma Maersk Enters Service as the World's Largest Container Ship

Lindøalleen 150, DK-5330 Munkebo, Denmark

Maersk

Starts 08/31/2006CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE20.2 years ago

Wikipedia's^[3] Emma Mærsk article states she entered service on 31 August 2006 after delivery from Odense Steel Shipyard.

At 397 metres long and able to carry roughly 14,770 TEU, Emma Maersk was the largest container ship in the world when she entered service in 2006. Built by Odense Steel Shipyard, she led Maersk's E-class fleet with one of the largest diesel engines ever installed on a ship.

Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

London's Docklands Light Railway Opens

Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom

Starts 08/31/1987CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE39.2 years ago

Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "opened on 31 August 1987 with 11 trains servicing 15 stations".

The driverless Docklands Light Railway opens to passengers, giving London's redeveloping docklands a low-cost automated metro built largely on disused rail viaducts.

≈$98.7M

Aerospace10/23/2026@EconDesk

Eastern and British Airways Launch the Boeing 757

14, Northwest 18th Street, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 33126, United States

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Eastern and British Airways Launch the Boeing 757

Starts 08/31/1978CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE48.2 years ago

The Seattle Times^[1][6] series says 'In a series of announcements on Aug. 31, 1978, Boeing, Rolls Royce, British Airways and Eastern Airlines revealed that the 757 was going forward, with a total of 40 orders worth more than $1 billion.'

On 31 August 1978 Boeing, Rolls-Royce, British Airways and Eastern Air Lines announced that the 757 would go ahead, with 40 orders worth more than US$1 billion. The jet was sealed with a handshake between Eastern's Frank Borman and Boeing's Tex Boullioun during a car ride at Miami airport.