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

==Predicted events==
* [[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. No countries have applied to host it yet.
* 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>
* [[2026 Winter Olympics]]; The host city is to be chosen in 2019

==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]].

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[[Category:Years in the future]]
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