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.

Years in the future

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