Predicted events

• May 2 - Projected release of terrorist Hamid Hayat from U.S. prison.
• November 3 - Elections for the 120th United States Congress
• November 13 - Heinz von Foerster's predicted technological (or rather demographic) singularity occurs.
• Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme
• The southern extension of BART to connect the East Bay with Silicon Valley in California is scheduled to open.
• The 23rd FIFA World Cup will take place. No countries have applied to host it yet.
• Opening of the DLR extension to Charing Cross
• Opening of the DLR extension to Catford
• At current population growth rates, India will surpass China as the world's most populous country.
• Having begun in 1882 construction of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona will be finished
• 2026 Winter Olympics; The host city is to be chosen in 2019

2026 in fiction

Film

• Set in 2026: Metropolis (1927)

Literature

• "There Will Come Soft Rains," a short story by Ray Bradbury, is set on August 4.
• "Red Mars", the story begins on this date.

Television

• seaQuest DSV: An economic summit takes place that places hundreds of thousands of undeveloped basins back on the market.
• Star Trek: Enterprise (episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" (2005): World War III begins, continuing through 2053.