2028 (MMXXVIII) will be a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2028th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 28th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2020s decade.
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Predicted and scheduled events
edit- May 7 – If not triggered earlier, the 2028 Turkish presidential election and the next Turkish parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
- May 8 – The 2028 Philippine presidential election will be held.[1]
- July 5 - July 25 – NASAs Dragonfly mission, or New Frontiers 4 will launch to Saturns moon, Titan, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.[2]
- July 14–30 – The 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles, California, US.[3]
- August 15–27 – The 2028 Summer Paralympics will be held in Los Angeles, California, US.[3]
- October 20 – The 2028 Moldovan presidential election will be held no later than this date.
- November 7 – The 2028 United States presidential election will be held.[4]
Date unknown
edit- The Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL), led by the UK, will study the atmospheres of exoplanets.[5]
- The lease on the Moldauhafen port lot in Hamburg, Germany, to the Czech Republic is set to expire.[6]
- The 54th International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Sydney, Australia.[7]
- The 2028 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in Australia and New Zealand.
- The Euro 2028 tournament will be hosted in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and Ireland.[8]
- Colossal Biosciences will birth the first generation of woolly mammoths and reintroduce them to the artic (Alaska, Yukon, and Pleistocene Park) in semi-captivity 4,000 years after the species went extinct.[9]
References
edit- ^ de Leon, Dwight (June 12, 2023). "SWS survey puts Sara Duterte, Raffy Tulfo as 2028 presidential front-runners". Rappler. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "NASA Awards Launch Services Contract For Dragonfly Mission". NASA. NASA. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ a b Wharton, David (July 31, 2017). "Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "When is Election Day in 2028?". When-Is.com.
- ^ Amos, Jonathan (March 20, 2018). "UK will lead European exoplanet mission". BBC News. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ "What next for Czech port lot after Hamburg's rejection of Olympics?". Radio Prague International. December 2, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Sydney to host International Eucharistic Congress 2028". The Catholic Weekly. September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "UK and Ireland confirmed as Euro 2028 hosts, Italy and Turkey get 2032 edition". Inside the Games. October 10, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ LauraLorek@gmail.com (March 15, 2023). "Colossal Aims to Revive Woolly Mammoths by 2028, Says CEO Ben Lamm at SXSW Conference". SiliconHills. Retrieved November 20, 2024.