Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century Decades: 1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s Years: 2025 2026 2027 – 2028 – 2029 2030 2031 2028 by topic: News by month Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec Arts Architecture – Art – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television Politics Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states Science and technology Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight Sports Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – Rugby league By place Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Brazil – Canada – People's Republic of China – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – European Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe Other topics Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders – Video gaming Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments – Disestablishments Works and introductions categories Works – Introductions v · d · e v · d · e 2028 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 2028 MMXXVIII Ab urbe condita 2781 Armenian calendar 1477 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԷ Bahá'í calendar 184 – 185 Bengali calendar 1435 Berber calendar 2978 Buddhist calendar 2572 Burmese calendar 1390 Byzantine calendar 7536 – 7537 Chinese calendar 丁未年十二月初五日 (4664/4724-12-5) — to — 戊申年十一月十六日 (4665/4725-11-16) Coptic calendar 1744 – 1745 Ethiopian calendar 2020 – 2021 Hebrew calendar 5788 – 5789 Hindu calendars  - Bikram Samwat 2084 – 2085  - Shaka Samvat 1950 – 1951  - Kali Yuga 5129 – 5130 Holocene calendar 12028 Iranian calendar 1406 – 1407 Islamic calendar 1449 – 1450 Japanese calendar Heisei 40 (平成40年) Korean calendar 4361 Thai solar calendar 2571 Unix time 1830297600 – 1861919999 v · d · e

2028 (MMXXVIII) will be a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian Calendar. Predicted and scheduled events 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). Unknown dates End of replacement of A-10 Thunderbolt and F-16 Fighting Falcon fleets with F-35 Lightning II. Institution of African Monetary Union, bringing a common currency to members of the African Union. Lease on Moldauhafen port lot in Hamburg, Germany to the Czech Republic is set to expire. The United Nations believes the world population will cross the 8 billion mark in this year.1 In fiction Computer and video games Blood II: The Chosen (1998) Trauma Center: New Blood (2007) References ^ "The World at Six Billion". United Nations. http://www0.un.org/esa/population/publications/sixbillion/sixbilpart1.pdf. Retrieved January 6, 2010.