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September 2026

• Sep 20, 2026
  FORTRAN arrived without instructions
• Sep 19, 2026
  The first frown was not sad
• Sep 18, 2026
  The Moon was brightened for the family portrait
• Sep 17, 2026
  The vinegar killed the bacteria it could reach
• Sep 16, 2026
  The Montreal Protocol came with a ratchet
• Sep 15, 2026
  Greenpeace was the name of the boat first
• Sep 14, 2026
  The first thing on the Moon was meant to come apart
• Sep 13, 2026
  The first automobile fatality happened on the Dangerous Stretch
• Sep 12, 2026
  The first integrated circuit was wired by hand
• Sep 11, 2026
  The remote computer was already remote at home
• Sep 10, 2026
  The first DNA fingerprint was the last familiar family
• Sep 9, 2026
  The moth was a hardware bug
• Sep 8, 2026
  The tape recorder improved when its amplifier misbehaved
• Sep 7, 2026
  The first television picture had to turn
• Sep 6, 2026
  Self-service came with a compulsory tour
• Sep 5, 2026
  The gas pump was a kerosene measure
• Sep 4, 2026
  The first Kodak made round mistakes
• Sep 3, 2026
  Sweden changed sides; the buses changed walls
• Sep 2, 2026
  Parliament deleted eleven dates, not eleven days
• Sep 1, 2026
  The last passenger pigeon became specimens

August 2026

• Aug 31, 2026
  The solar car was parked at a diesel show
• Aug 30, 2026
  The hotline did not ring
• Aug 29, 2026
  The electric dinner was cooked at the tram shed
• Aug 28, 2026
  The United Kingdom has two country codes and uses the exception
• Aug 27, 2026
  Canada made the inch fit the millimetre
• Aug 26, 2026
  The typewriter separated writing from handwriting
• Aug 25, 2026
  The radio saw the flare first
• Aug 24, 2026
  The potato chip acquired a birthday
• Aug 23, 2026
  The balloon did not know it had been shot
• Aug 22, 2026
  The newspaper edited the insulin patent