2028

2028 (MMXXVIII) will be a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian Calendar.

Predicted events

*May 8 – the Philippines will have presidential elections.
*October 26 – Asteroid mpl|(35396) 1997 XF|11 is predicted to make a close approach to Earth — nominal miss distance from Earth is 930 Mm (580,000 miles).
*November 7 – Presidential election slated in the United States.
*The world population will reach 8 billion people.fact|date=August 2008

Unspecified date

*2028 Summer Olympics – Host city to be chosen in 2021. Expected applicant cities are Nairobi, Amsterdam, Milwaukee and Seattle-Vancouver, among others.
*End of replacement of A-10 Thunderbolt and F-16 Fighting Falcon fleets with F-35 Lightning II.
*Institution of the Afro as the official currency of the African Union.
*Melbourne will surpass Sydney as Australia's most populated city.
*By this time, according to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, all our energy will come from clean sources, such as solar power. [cite news |first=John |last=Tierney |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/03tier.html |work=New York Times |publisher= |date=2008-06-03 |accessdate= ]
*Lease on Moldauhafen port lot in Hamburg, Germany to the Czech Republic is set to expire.

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