2026

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2026 (MMXXVI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

250th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
On April 22, if Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is still alive, she will celebrate her 100th birthday, which is certainly plausible considering her mother's life of 101 years.
November 13th - Heinz von Foerster's technological singularity prediction occurs.
The southern extension of BART to connect the East Bay with Silicon Valley in California is scheduled to open.
Expected completion of the Sagrada Familia
The 23rd FIFA World Cup will take place. No countries have volunteered to host it yet.

Fictional events

Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis is set in the year 2026.

There Will Come Soft Rains a short story by science fiction author Ray Bradbury is set to happen on August 4, 2026.

According to Carlos Mencia, the headlines on August 18, 2026 will read:
*George W. Bush celebrates 10 years as president of Iraq.
*No one is left in Mexico due to Immigration.
*The U.S. President is a latino.
*Global warming has taken effect, average temperature is 130 degrees.
*Shaquille O' Neal is news reporter.
*Paris Hilton is still a Slut.
*Whitney Houston is dead.

The economic summit that places hundreds of thousands of undeveloped basins back on the market take place in this year on seaQuest DSV.

World War III begins in the Star Trek universe.

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