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

==Predicted events==
*[[January 27]] - Celebrations in [[Salzburg]] and elsewhere for the 270th birthday of [[Wolfgang Mozart]].
* [[February 2]] - The sesquicentennial of the creation of the [[National League]] of Professional Baseball Clubs.
* On [[April 21]], if [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] of the [[United Kingdom]] is still alive, she will celebrate her 100th birthday, which is certainly plausible considering her [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|mother's]] life of 101 years.
* [[June 17]] marks the 50th anniversary of the demise of the [[American Basketball Association]] with its merger with the [[National Basketball Association]].
* [[July 4]] - 250th Anniversary of the signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]].
* [[November 13th]] - [[Heinz von Foerster]]'s [[technological singularity]] prediction occurs.
* The southern extension of [[BART]] to connect the [[Alameda County, California|East Bay]] with [[Silicon Valley]] in [[California]] is scheduled to open.
* Expected completion of the [[Sagrada Familia]]
*The 23rd [[FIFA]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] will take place. No countries have volunteered to host it yet.

==Fictional events==

*[[World War Three]] begins, as given in [[Star Trek: Enterprise]].  

*[[Fritz Lang]]'s [[1927]] [[film]] ''[[Metropolis (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.

*The economic summit that places hundreds of thousands of undeveloped basins back on the market take place in this year on ''[[seaQuest DSV]]''.



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