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

==Predicted events==
* Automatic mission to [[Mars]] as proposed in the [[Aurora Programme]]
* [[November 13]] — [[Heinz von Foerster]]'s predicted [[technological singularity|technological (or rather demographic) singularity]] occurs.
* The southern extension of [[BART]] to connect the [[Alameda County, California|East Bay]] with [[Silicon Valley]] in [[California]] is scheduled to open.
* The 23rd [[FIFA]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] will take place. No countries have applied to host it yet.
* Opening of the [[Docklands Light Railway|DLR]] extension to Charing Cross
* Opening of the [[Docklands Light Railway|DLR]] extension to Catford
* [[November 3]]: Elections for the 120th United States Congress
* At current population growth rates, [[India]] will surpass [[China]] as the world's most populous country.
* [[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]
* The church of the Holy Family (Sagrada familia in Spanish) in Barcelona will be finished, building work having started in 1882. {{Fact|date=March 2008}}
* 2026 Winter Olympics- Host city to be chosen in 2019

==2026 in fiction==
===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]].

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

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