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* Production from the new twin-platform [[Clair oilfield|Clair Ridge project]] to the north of the existing platform is expected to begin.<ref>http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/10/13/goverment-approves-4-5-billion-investment-in-clair-field-west-of-shetland</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15292651 | work=BBC News | title=BP's Clair oil field production 'to last beyond 2050' | date=October 13, 2011}}</ref> |
* Production from the new twin-platform [[Clair oilfield|Clair Ridge project]] to the north of the existing platform is expected to begin.<ref>http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/10/13/goverment-approves-4-5-billion-investment-in-clair-field-west-of-shetland</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15292651 | work=BBC News | title=BP's Clair oil field production 'to last beyond 2050' | date=October 13, 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Indian human spaceflight program|Indian human spaceflight]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8483787.stm |title=India announces first manned space mission|author=Habib Beary |date=2010-01-27|accessdate= 2011-11-06|work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> |
* [[Indian human spaceflight program|Indian human spaceflight]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8483787.stm |title=India announces first manned space mission|author=Habib Beary |date=2010-01-27|accessdate= 2011-11-06|work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> |
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* The long running television series, ''[[South Park]]'', will finish its current contract, and possibly will end. First aired in [[1997]], ''South Park'', already cable's longest running animated series,<ref name="reuters.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-southpark-idUSTRE7AF21V20111116 | work=Reuters | title="South Park" renewed through |
* The long running television series, ''[[South Park]]'', will finish its current contract, and possibly will end. First aired in [[1997]], ''South Park'', already cable's longest running animated series,<ref name="reuters.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-southpark-idUSTRE7AF21V20111116 | work=Reuters | title="South Park" renewed through 2017, will hit 20 seasons | date=November 16, 2011}}</ref> if the contract is not breached, will have lasted 10 years by then, making it one of the longest running sitcoms in television history.<ref name="reuters.com"/> |
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* Estimated completion date for the [[Kingdom Tower]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] which is expected to become the [[List of tallest buildings in the world|tallest building in the world]] and the first to reach 1 kilometer in height.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.emirates247.com/property/why-saudi-arabia-should-brace-for-2016-2012-01-16-1.437826|title=Why Saudi Arabia should brace for 2016|author=Parag Deulgaonkar|date=2012-1-16|accessdate= 2012-1-29|work=Emirates 24/7}}</ref> |
* Estimated completion date for the [[Kingdom Tower]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] which is expected to become the [[List of tallest buildings in the world|tallest building in the world]] and the first to reach 1 kilometer in height.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.emirates247.com/property/why-saudi-arabia-should-brace-for-2016-2012-01-16-1.437826|title=Why Saudi Arabia should brace for 2016|author=Parag Deulgaonkar|date=2012-1-16|accessdate= 2012-1-29|work=Emirates 24/7}}</ref> |
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2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on a Friday in the Gregorian calendar. It will be the 2016th year of Common Era (or Anno Domini), the 16th of the 3rd millennium and 21st century, and the 7th of the 2010s.
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- Launch of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.
February
- February 26 - March 6 – The II Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in Lillehammer, Norway.[1]
May
August
- NASA's Juno spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter.[2]
- August 5 - August 21 – 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
September
- September 7 - September 18 – 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date unknown
- The right for the U.S. forces to use Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands as a military base will end at this year, but there will be a provision for an automatic extension for another 20 years for the US forces to remain stationed on the island.
- Falling costs mean that the average onshore wind farm will be competitive with natural gas-fired power generation.[3]
- Orbital Technologies, a Russian company, will launch a space hotel for wealthy tourists.[4]
- Completion of the 5000 Insect and Other Arthropod Genome Initiative.[5]
- The world's largest suspension bridge – the Strait of Messina Bridge – will be completed, connecting Sicily and mainland Italy.
- Production from the new twin-platform Clair Ridge project to the north of the existing platform is expected to begin.[6][7]
- Indian human spaceflight.[8]
- The long running television series, South Park, will finish its current contract, and possibly will end. First aired in 1997, South Park, already cable's longest running animated series,[9] if the contract is not breached, will have lasted 10 years by then, making it one of the longest running sitcoms in television history.[9]
- Estimated completion date for the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia which is expected to become the tallest building in the world and the first to reach 1 kilometer in height.[10]
In fiction
Film
- Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14.
Television series
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The controversial completion of the top-secret Human Instrumentality Project brings about the apocalyptic Third Impact, merging all human individuals into a single consummate being.
- In an episode of Phil of the Future, Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016.
- Day 8 of the TV series 24 takes place in the year 2016.
- In the FlashForward episode, "The Garden of Forking Paths", Mark Benford discovers on Dyson Frost's chalkboard that December 12, 2016 was ambiguously labeled, "The End".
Computer and video games
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney The story begins in 2016, but ends in 2017.
References
- ^ Lillehammer named Winter Youth Olympic Games host for 2016
- ^ "Juno Mission to Jupiter" NASA. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- ^ http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/2111
- ^ "'Space hotel' plan unveiled in Russia". BBC. September 30, 2010.
- ^ "Scientists to sequence thousands of insect genomes". BBC News. June 17, 2011.
- ^ http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/10/13/goverment-approves-4-5-billion-investment-in-clair-field-west-of-shetland
- ^ "BP's Clair oil field production 'to last beyond 2050'". BBC News. October 13, 2011.
- ^ Habib Beary (January 27, 2010). "India announces first manned space mission". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ a b ""South Park" renewed through 2017, will hit 20 seasons". Reuters. November 16, 2011.
- ^ Parag Deulgaonkar (2012-1-16). "Why Saudi Arabia should brace for 2016". Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 2012-1-29.
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