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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
- 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.
- March 17–29 – The 2026 Commonwealth Games were scheduled to be held in Victoria, Australia, until the Government of Victoria withdrew as host in July 2023.[1]
- May – The 2026 Eurovision song contest is scheduled; the location is typically determined by the previous year's winner.
- June–July 19 – The 2026 FIFA World Cup are scheduled to be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
- July 4 – The United States will celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- November 18 – Voyager 1 will become the first spacecraft to reach 1 light day from the Earth.[citation needed]