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2026 (MMXXVI) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2020s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 – Books, films, and other works published in 1930 will enter the public domain.
- February 6–22 – The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- March 6–15 – The 2026 Winter Paralympics will be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- March 16 – If he is still living, Kenneth Kaunda will become the longest-living former head of state in Africa.
- April 21 – If still living, Queen Elizabeth II will become the first-ever British monarch to celebrate her one-hundredth birthday. Her late mother, the Queen Mother, celebrated this milestone on August 4, 2000.
- June–July – The 2026 FIFA World Cup is planned to be held in US, Canada, and Mexico.
- August 10 – Lunar Perigee on August 10, 2026.
- August 12 – A solar eclipse is predicted.
- December 22 – If still living, Walter Mondale will surpass John Nance Garner to become the longest-lived U.S. vice president.
Date unknown
- Onboard plutonium generators delivering heat and electricity to Mars Science Laboratory will run out.[1]
- Launch of PLATO, the third ESA Cosmic Vision M-class mission.
- If the population decline of the African penguin is not halted, the species is expected to go extinct in the wild by this year.[2]
In fiction
References
- ^ "Nasa's Curiosity rover on course for Mars landing - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ "African Penguin | Endangered | Cape Town". Globalpost.com. June 19, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2019.