The Monday, September 28, 2026 Edition
UK Airbase Arrests, Diesel Export Ban, and America's Candy Map
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The number of years since Apple buried Copland, its famously failed 1990s operating system, which enthusiasts have now resurrected to boot inside a web browser. It's a working glimpse of the future Apple abandoned when it chose NeXT instead.
Source: The Register
Tomorrow: All four MLB Wild Card Series begin, opening the 12-team postseason after teams got a single day of rest.
Oct. 31: The MLB postseason bracket runs through a potential World Series Game 7, slated for Oct. 31.
- 1066William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest
- 1928Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin in a moldy petri dish at his London lab
- 1960Ted Williams hits a home run in his final major league at-bat at Fenway Park
- 1972Paul Henderson's late goal wins the Summit Series for Canada over the Soviet Union
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