2028
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2028 (MMXXVIII) will be a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian Calendar.

Predicted events

• May 8 - The Philippines will have presidential elections.
• October 26 - Asteroid (35396) 1997 XF₁₁ is predicted to make a close approach to Earth — nominal miss distance from Earth is 930 Mm (580,000 miles).
• November 7 - Presidential election slated in the United States.

Unknown dates

• The world population will reach 8 billion people.^{citation needed}
• 2028 Summer Olympics – Host city to be chosen in 2021. Expected applicant cities are Nairobi, Amsterdam, Milwaukee and Seattle-Vancouver, among others.
• End of replacement of A-10 Thunderbolt and F-16 Fighting Falcon fleets with F-35 Lightning II.
• Institution of the Afro as the official currency of the African Union.
• Melbourne will surpass Sydney as Australia's most populated city.
• By this time, according to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, all our energy will come from clean sources, such as solar power.¹
• Lease on Moldauhafen port lot in Hamburg, Germany to the Czech Republic is set to expire.

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