2016

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2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents

1 Predicted events

1.1 April
1.2 May
1.3 June
1.4 July
1.5 November
1.6 December
1.7 Unknown dates

2 In fiction

Predicted events

April

April 4 - Square root day, first in over 7 years.

May

May 9 - Transit of Mercury
May 28 - The 100th Indianapolis 500 will take place.

June

2016 European Football Championship

July

July 9 - 200th anniversary of Argentina's independence.

November

November 8 - United States Presidential and Congressional elections

December

December 31 - RadioShack's 2005 deal with Sprint PCS terminates.

Unknown dates

2016 Summer Olympics - Host city to be chosen in 2009. Montreal, Canada will make a run at it, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the prior Olympics of 1976 that were held in the city. Chicago, Illinois is also expected to be the front-runner for the bid from the United States.
The final volume of the Complete Peanuts Collection will be released, probably in October, though no date has been set.
Super Bowl L
The right for the US forces to use Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands as a military base will end at this year, but there'll be a provision for an automatic extension for another 20 years for the US forces to remain stationed on the island.
Eligible for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
* Green Day

In fiction

The year in which the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid takes place.
January 7: Influenza subtype H17N22 outbreak infects 23,442 Canadians ([[Perfect Dark: Initial Vector]])

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