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  Shanghai, ChinaCMA CGM

  

  Starts 09/22/2020CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoShipbuilding trade press dates the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé's delivery in Shanghai to 22 September 2020.^[1]

  CSSC's Hudong-Zhonghua yard in Shanghai delivered the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, the first of nine 23,000-TEU ships and the world's first ultra-large container vessel powered mainly by liquefied natural gas. At 400 meters long, it became CMA CGM's new flagship.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Le Commandant Charcot Becomes First LNG-Powered Ship to Reach the North Pole

  Geographic North Pole, Arctic OceanPonant

  

  Starts 09/06/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.0 years agoConfirmed by Cruise Industry News^[4] and Seatrade Cruise^[2], which both report Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021.

  Ponant's hybrid-electric icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021, the first French vessel and the first LNG-propelled ship ever to do so.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The de Havilland Comet Opens the World’s First Jet Airliner Service

  London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdomde Havilland

  

  Starts 05/02/1952CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE74.4 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On 2 May 1952, as part of BOAC’s route-proving trials, G-ALYP took off on the world’s first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers and inaugurated scheduled service from London to Johannesburg."

  BOAC’s G-ALYP took off from London for Johannesburg with fare-paying passengers, the first scheduled jetliner service in the world. Comet flights were about twice as fast as advanced piston airliners and cut London–Johannesburg to 21 hours 20 minutes.

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• Infrastructure09/14/2026@ThePinGang

  Egypt Opens the Mubarak Pumping Station on the Toshka Project

  Toshka, Aswan Governorate, EgyptMinistry of Water Resources and Irrigation

  

  Starts 03/01/2005CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE21.6 years agoSources agree the Mubarak Pumping Station "was inaugurated in March 2005"; no source gives the exact day, so this pin is dated to the start of that month.^[1]

  The world's largest pumping station begins lifting water from Lake Nasser into the Sheikh Zayed Canal, launching Egypt's attempt to grow a second Nile valley 310 km into the Sahara.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Vistula Spit Canal Opens, Bypassing Russian Waters

  Elbląg, Poland

  

  Starts 09/17/2022CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE4.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the canal was officially inaugurated on 17 September 2022."

  Poland opened the Vistula Spit Canal, a new $450M channel letting ships reach the port of Elbląg without passing through Russian-controlled waters near Kaliningrad.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  LNG Canada Ships First LNG From Kitimat Terminal

  LNG CanadaLNG Canada, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada

  Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe first cargo, loaded aboard the GasLog Glasgow, left Kitimat for Asia on 1 July 2025 (Shell's^[2] 'First cargo leaves LNG Canada' release, with CBC^[3] and The Globe and Mail reporting the departure the same day). The previous date of 23 June 2025 was the announcement of first production, with cargo loading still ahead of it.

  Canada's first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal, built by a Shell-led joint venture in Kitimat, British Columbia, produced and shipped its first LNG cargo in 2025.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight

  Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 09/24/2026ESTIMATED76% CONFIDENCEin 1 dayA reported target rather than a fixed date, per aircargonews.net^[1][4] quoting Reuters: the airframer "is hopeful the first flight will take place on around 24 September, although there is always the chance that technical issues or inclement weather could push that date back into October"; Airbus^[2][5] itself would say only that "the maiden flight is expected later in 2026".

  Airbus’ first clean-sheet large freighter is expected to fly from Toulouse around 24 September, opening a roughly 400-hour, nine-month certification campaign flown by MSN700 and MSN701 ahead of a first delivery in the second half of 2027.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Maersk Peregrino FPSO Begins Producing Oil at Brazil's Peregrino Field

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  Starts 04/01/2011ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCE15.5 years agoOffshore Technology^[2] and Offshore magazine both report first oil from the Peregrino field was achieved in April 2011, but neither publishes the exact day.

  Keppel Shipyard converted the VLCC Maersk Nova into the Maersk Peregrino FPSO, and the converted supertanker began pumping oil at the Peregrino field 85km off Rio de Janeiro in April 2011.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  The First 412,000 Barrels Go Underground at West Hackberry

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  Starts 07/21/1977CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE49.2 years agoDOE's own 40th-anniversary piece gives the day: "On July 21, 1977, the SPR received its first oil delivery."^[1]

  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve took its first delivery on 21 July 1977: about 412,000 barrels of Saudi Arabian light crude, pumped into salt caverns near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Construction had started that April, when the government bought up existing caverns along the Gulf Coast rather than wait to dig its own.

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• Sports09/20/2026@SportDesk

  The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Opens in Southern Africa

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  10/04/2027 - 11/21/2027SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 1.0 yearsWikipedia's^[1] tournament article says it "is scheduled to be played in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia from 4 October to 21 November 2027".

  The 14th Cricket World Cup is played across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the second time South Africa and Zimbabwe have co-hosted after 2003 and the first time Namibia has hosted. Cricket South Africa confirmed eight grounds including the Wanderers, Kingsmead and Newlands.

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• Climate09/21/2026@ClimateDesk

  COP32 Brings the Climate Talks to Addis Ababa

  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeAddis Ababa, Ethiopia

  Starts 11/30/2027ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsEthiopia's hosting was endorsed by the African Group on the second day of COP30 and the conference is set for November 2027, but UNFCCC^[1] has not yet published the exact days - so the pin takes the last day of the stated month.

  The 32nd UN climate conference is held in Addis Ababa in November 2027, the first COP in sub-Saharan Africa in sixteen years, with the African Group holding the presidency.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Mumbai Coastal Road Phase One Opens

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  Starts 03/11/2024CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE2.5 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "inaugurated on 11 March 2024".

  Mumbai opened the first phase of its Coastal Road, an eight-lane highway built on reclaimed land and sea-facing tunnels along the Arabian Sea.

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