2026

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.
• 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.

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