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.
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.