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2026
I will be 30 years old this year. I’m getting so old staying home doing nothing during coronavirus. Life sucks. I want to kill myself. Jesus Christ. Time is going by so fast and I’m staying home everyday at 25 years old because of coronavirus caused by stupid Chinese people eating bats. ⏎
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'''2026''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXXVI]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

== Predicted and scheduled events ==
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=== November ===
* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Heinz von Foerster]]'s predicted [[technological singularity|technological (or rather demographic) singularity]] occurs.

=== Date unknown ===
* Automatic mission to [[Mars]] as proposed in the [[Aurora Programme]]
* Having begun in 1882, construction of the [[Sagrada Família]] in Barcelona is scheduled to finish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barcelona.vivelaciudad.es/2007/03/23-la-sagrada-familia|title=La Sagrada Familia – Vive la ciudad de Barcelona|website=barcelona.vivelaciudad.es}}</ref>
* Onboard plutonium generators delivering heat and electricity to [[Mars Science Laboratory]] will run out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19107577|title=Rover on course for Mars landing|first=Jonathan|last=Amos|date=3 August 2012|publisher=|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

== In fiction ==
=== Computer and video games ===
* ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'' (2007)

=== Movies ===
* ''[[Metropolis (movie)|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]].
* ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' episode "The Day We Died" (2011): Peter travels to this year when entering a machine. This is the year of Olivia Dunham's death.

== References ==
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[[Category:2020s]]
[[Category:Years in the future]]