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'''2026''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXXVI]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

==Predicted events==
* If still alive [[Queen Elizabeth II]] of the [[United Kingdom]] will celebrate her 100th birthday and 64th year of being Queen.
* [[November 13]] – [[Heinz von Foerster]]'s predicted [[technological singularity|technological (or rather demographic) singularity]] occurs.
* Automatic mission to [[Mars]] as proposed in the [[Aurora Programme]]
* The 23rd [[FIFA]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] will take place. China, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Malaysia, and Indonesia<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2010/07/23/2038848/indonesia-mau-jadi-tuan-rumah-piala-dunia-2026| title = Indonesia to host FIFA 2026 (indonesian)| accessdate = 30th of july 2010}}</ref> have applied to host it.
* 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.<ref>http://barcelona.vivelaciudad.es/2007/03/23-la-sagrada-familia</ref>

==In fiction==
===Computer and video games===
* ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'' (2007)
===Film===
* Set in 2026: ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]'' ([[1927]])
===Literature===
* "[[There Will Come Soft Rains (short story)|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.
* ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "[[In a Mirror, Darkly (Enterprise episode)|In a Mirror, Darkly]]" (2005): [[World War III]] begins, continuing through [[2053]].

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