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Tuesday, 03 February 2026
Sep 29 NY Yankees Venezuelan 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres smashes a 2-run homer in 8-5 win v Boston at Fenway Park; Yankees MLB record 265th homer of the season; Giancarlo Stanton adds #266 in 7th. 
Sep 29 Rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye.
Sep 30 Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki's work "Juin-Octobre 1985" sells for $65 million in Hong Kong, in one of the most expensive art auctions ever in Asia.
Sep 30 In this year, Ryder Cup Golf, Le Golf National: Europe regains Cup with 17½–10½ win over the US; Italian Francesco Molinari claims all 5 matches; Sergio Garcia is recorded as becoming biggest point scorer in event history with 25½
Oct 01 French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, at the center of a Nobel prize sexual assault scandal, sentenced to two years in prison for rape
Oct 01 More than 80000 American died of the flu during 2017-2018 winter, highest in ten years, according to US heath officials
Oct 01 New trade deal announced between United States, Canada and Mexico (USMCA), replacing NAFTA.
Oct 01 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology awarded to James Allison and Tasuku Honjo for cancer treatment innovations
Oct 01 The United States, Mexico and Canada agree a new trade deal to replace NAFTA
Oct 02 Nobel prize in Physics awarded to Arthur Ashkin (optical tweezers), Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland ( both for laser beams)
Oct 02 Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen again prompting a diplomatic crisis
Oct 02 US inaugural Lady Melania Trump arrives in Ghana to begin a four-nation tour of Africa.
Oct 02 Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.
Oct 03 259 people have died taking selfies since 2011 according to study in "Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care".
Oct 03 Cervical Cancer could be eliminated in Australia within decades because of government vaccination program, according to report in "The Lancet Public Health".
Oct 03 inaugural exomoon, moon outside the solar system, discovered 8000 years away (size of Neptune) by astronomers at Columbia University
Oct 03 Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Frances Arnold, Gregory Winter and George Smith for their use of evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies
Oct 03 Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter for discoveries in enzyme research
Oct 03 Wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor arrested on corruption charges
Oct 04 New England's Tom Brady is recorded as becoming only 3rd NFL quarterback to record 500 career touchdown passes as he connects with Josh Gordon in Patriots' 38-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts at Foxborough.
Oct 05 Most expensive whisky ever sold at auction for $1.1 million, the Macallan Valerio Adami 1926, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Oct 05 Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad for "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war"
Oct 05 US unemployment figures hit lowest level since 1969 - 3.7% according to Department of Labor.
Oct 06 Australia records the biggest comeback in Rugby Championship history in beating Argentina 45-34 in Salta; Wallabies trial 31-7 at halftime but score 5 second half tries to none to overwhelm Pumas
Oct 06 Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed and sworn onto the US Supreme Court amid protests and after an FBI investigation
Oct 06 In this year, New Zealand claims 6th overall, and 3rd straight Rugby Championship with 32-20 win over South Africa in Pretoria; All Blacks outscore Springboks 4 tries to 3
Oct 06 Khabib Nurmagomedov of Dagestan beats Irishman Conor McGregor by 4th round submission in UFC lightweight title fight in Las Vegas; instantly marred by ugly post-fight brawling incident; belt withheld pending investigation
Oct 06 Oil tanker collision with a car leaves at least 50 people dead and one hundred with serious burns near Kisantu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Oct 07 China confirms it has detained Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who steps down from his position after being reported missing.
Oct 07 Jodie Whittaker debuts in her inaugural full episode as the 13th and inaugural female Doctor Who on BBC television
Oct 07 Limousine crash results in the deaths of 20 people, including two pedestrians in Schoharie, New York.
Oct 07 Romanian referendum to ban same sex marriage fails with only 20.4% voting
Oct 08 In this year, The IPCC releases its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC, warning that "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" are needed to ensure that global warming is kept below 1.5 °C.
Oct 08 Major climate report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results.
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