2016

Predicted events

April

• April 4 - Square root day.

May

• May 9 - Transit of Mercury

June

• June 11 – July 3 - 2016 European Football Championship
• June 29 - Analog shut-off in Brazil

August

• August - 2016 Olympics

November

• November 8 - United States Presidential and Congressional elections.

Unknown dates

• European Capital Of Culture 2016 - European Union choose two European cities, from Poland and from Spain to become the European Capitals Of Culture in this year.
• 2016 Summer Olympics — Host city to be chosen in 2009. Candidate cities are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; and Chicago, United States.
• 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.
• Start of unmanned test flights of Altair for future U.S. lunar landings.
• ITER, an international scientific experiment (2nd largest worldwide ever) into developing nuclear fusion as an energy source is set to boot up for the first time.
• Files concerning Rudolf Hess made open to the public
• The Centralia, Pennsylvania time capsule will open
• NASA Juno, Jupiter orbiter

2016 in fiction

Computer and video games

• Games set in 2016:
• Metal Gear Acid (2004)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2005)
• Body Harvest (1998)
• ''Rockman 2: The Power Fighters, Rockman Battle & Chase and Rockman & Forte: Challenger From the Future

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.