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05/22/1960

-66.3 years

四月廿七 National Buy a Musical Instrument Day

Disaster09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

The Strongest Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Valdivia

Offshore Valdivia, Los Rios, Chile

Starts 05/22/1960 7:11PMCONFIRMED 93% CONFIDENCEThe USGS^[2][3] catalogue gives 1960-05-22T19:11:20Z as the origin time of event official19600522191120_30; the source^[1] states "19:11:14 UTC, 15:11:14 local time", six seconds earlier, and the catalogue value is used here.

A magnitude 9.5 megathrust rupture off southern Chile shook for ten minutes — the strongest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded. Its tsunami crossed the Pacific and struck Hilo, Hawaii, with waves 10.7 m high.

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National Checkers Day

06/30/2028

1.8 years

闰五月初八 National Meteor Day

Science09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

Rubin Observatory Delivers Its First LSST Data Release

Vera C. Rubin ObservatoryVera C. Rubin Observatory, Cerro Pachón, Chile

Starts 06/30/2028ESTIMATED 68% CONFIDENCERubin's early-science plan gives the LSST^[1] start as 2026-06-29 and says processing one year of data "is estimated to require approximately one year", which "implies an expected DR1 delivery approximately two years after the effective start" - while warning the boundaries are set by "survey performance and scientific readiness rather than a fixed calendar date".

Rubin's Data Release 1, built from the first year of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, is expected about two years after the survey began on 29 June 2026.

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03/31/2029

2.5 years

二月十七 National Clams on the Half Shell Day

Science09/21/2026@ScienceDesk

The Extremely Large Telescope Reaches First Light

European Southern ObservatoryCerro Armazones, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Starts 03/31/2029ESTIMATED 68% CONFIDENCEESO^[1][2] states the ELT "is now set to make its first test observations at the beginning of 2029, with 'telescope first light' expected in March 2029". Only the month is given, so the pin takes its last day.

ESO's 39-metre Extremely Large Telescope takes its first test observations from Cerro Armazones in March 2029, with scientific first light following in December 2030.

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