2026

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

Predicted events

* May 2 - Projected release of terrorist Hamid Hayat from U.S. prison. [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=hayat&Middle=&FirstName=hamid&Race=U&Sex=M&Age=&x=31&y=21]
* November 3 - Elections for the 120th United States Congress
* November 13 - Heinz von Foerster's predicted technological (or rather demographic) singularity occurs.
* Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme
* The southern extension of BART to connect the East Bay with Silicon Valley in California is scheduled to open.
* The 23rd FIFA World Cup will take place. No countries have applied to host it yet.
* Opening of the DLR extension to Charing Cross
* Opening of the DLR extension to Catford
* At current population growth rates, India will surpass China as the world's most populous country.
* Having begun in 1882 construction of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona will be finished Fact|date=March 2008
* 2026 Winter Olympics; The host city is to be chosen in 2019

2026 in fiction

Film

* Set in 2026: "Metropolis" (1927)

Literature

* "There Will Come Soft Rains," a short story by Ray Bradbury, is set on August 4.
* "Red Mars", the story begins on this date.

Television

* "seaQuest DSV": An economic summit takes place that places hundreds of thousands of undeveloped basins back on the market.
* "" (episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" (2005): World War III begins, continuing through 2053.