2026

OTHER DATES:
 * April 21 – If still living, Queen Elizabeth II will become the first-ever British monarch to celebrate her one-hundredth birthday (Born in 1926 April 21st). Her late mother, the Queen Mother (1900-2002) celebrated this milestone on 4 August 2000.
 * August 12 – A solar eclipse is predicted.


 * Having begun in 1882, construction of La Sagrada Família in Barcelona is scheduled to be completed. (Largest Spanish Church In Barcelona)[1]
 * Onboard plutonium generators delivering heat and electricity to Mars Science Laboratory will run out.[2]
 * Launch of PLATO, the third ESA Cosmic Vision M-class mission.
 * The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in North America (the United States, Canada and Mexico).
 * The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held at a yet-to-be determined location.
 * If the population decline of the African penguin is not halted, the species is expected to go extinct by 2026.