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2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

• May 9 — Transit of Mercury
• July 9 — Argentina will celebrate its 200th year of independence.
• June — 2016 European Football Championship
• September 15 — The 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which the Tank saw its first combat use.
• November 8 — United States Presidential and Congressional elections

Unknown dates

• 2016 Summer Olympics — Host city to be chosen in 2009. Applicant cities are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Prague, Czech Republic; Tokyo,Japan; Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; and Chicago, USA.
• 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 the Lunar Surface Access Module 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

Speculations

• Sinn Féin predict this is when a United Ireland will come about.
• A satellite signal from Pluto, containing pictures of the dwarf planet, is received.
• Former President Gerald Ford Presidential Dollar Coin Program coin becomes issued.
• "A global tipping point will be reached in 10 years [2016] if levels of greenhouse gases like methane and CO₂ are not reduced. Global warming at this point becomes unstoppable." — James Hansen

2016 in fiction

Computer and video games

• Games set in 2016:
  • Metal Gear Acid (2004)
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2005)

Film

• Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14.

Literature

• Perfect Dark: Initial Vector by Greg Rucka (2005): On January 7, an influenza subtype H17N22 outbreak infects 23,442 Canadians.
• Tarragona 2016 http://tarragona2016.blogspot.com/

Media franchises

• .hack: The World R:2 game is released.

Television series

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The Third Impact occurs, killing all humanity except two survivors.
• In an episode of Phil of the Future, Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016.

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