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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.
This year will mark a quarter of a century into the 3rd millennium and the 21st century.
Predicted and scheduled events[]
- January 1 – In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1930 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
- Soup to Nuts, the first on-screen film of The Three Stooges, will enter the public domain. The film featured Shemp Howard as the original third Stooge.
- January 6 – The 5th anniversary of the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
- February 6–22 – The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- March 6–15 – The 2026 Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- May 7 – Local elections are scheduled to take place in the United Kingdom with elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Senedd, the London Assembly due to be held along with local and mayoral elections.
- June –July – The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in US, Canada, and Mexico.
- July 4 – The 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- August 10 – Lunar perigee.
- August 12 – A solar eclipse is predicted.
- September 11 – The 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
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- Onboard plutonium generators delivering heat and electricity to Mars Science Laboratory are expected to run out.[1]
- Anticipated launch of PLATO, the third ESA Cosmic Vision M-class mission.[2]
- Around mid-2026 – The high-speed railway connection from Tallinn to the Lithuanian–Polish border is expected to be completed.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Nasa's Curiosity rover on course for Mars landing". BBC News. August 3, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ PLATO spacecraft to find new Earth-like exoplanets. June 21, 2017, Max Planck Society.
- ^ David Burroughs (June 18, 2020). "Finnish regional council delays Finland – Estonia undersea rail tunnel". International Railway Journal. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
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