ANDREAS PRANGE ★ MORE ★ Predictions

Nobody can actually predict the future, but it might be interesting to see if some of the following statements come true:

Date	Prediction	Result

September 2nd, 2007	The population of Spain will reach 50 million before March 1st, 2010.
September 2nd, 2007	An Airbus A380 will crash with human casualities before June 2010.
September 2nd, 2007	England will win the world championship of football in South Africa in 2010.
September 2nd, 2007	China will have the world's largest GDP by 2020.
September 2nd, 2007	Vesuvius will erupt with casualities of 10,000+ before January 2012.
September 2nd, 2007	Catalunya will become independent on or before January 2nd, 2017.
January 25th, 2006	By the end of 2007, the first leader of a rogue nation will come to death under mysterious circumstances.
January 22nd, 2006	eMagin's revenue, if not acquired before, will surpass 1 billion US Dollars prior to the end of 2009.
January 22nd, 2006	Terrorists will sink a large cruise ships in international waters with more than 600 casualities before the end of year 2007.
January 21st, 2006	The ECB will rise key interest rates to at least 4% by the end of 2007.	TRUE
January 20th, 2006	Iran will complete its first nuclear bomb prior to June 2007.	???
November 7th, 2005	By the end of 2007 Google will have surpassed a market capitalization of 500 billion US Dollars.
June 6th, 2005	NASDAQ will surpass the 3.333 points mark by the end of 2006.	FALSE
June 6th, 2005	Nokia's global marketshare of mobile phones will drop to less than 25% by the end 2006.	FALSE
June 5th, 2005	A second referendum on the European Constitution will be held in France prior to 2007 with a marginal victory of voters saying "yes".	FALSE
June 3rd, 2005	Germany's national soccer team will reach at least the quarterfinals in 2006's world championship.	TRUE
June 1st, 2005	Mr Zapatero will win general elections in Spain in 2008.
May 31st, 2005	Airbus will fail to deliver the A380 to customers on schedule and sub-sequently pay compensation in excess of 300 million Euros by 2010	TRUE
May 30th, 2005	Earthquakes of an amplitude of 7.0 or more will hit each of the regions of Turkey and Indonesia prior to December 31st 2006.	FALSE
May 27th, 2005	On, or prior to January 1st, 2007, Germany's VAT rate will rise to at least 18% from the current rate of 16%.	TRUE
May 24th, 2005	Worldwide air traffic (in terms of passenger figures) will at least three-fold from 2005 to 2025.
May 18th, 2005	Digital SLRs with a resolution greater than 20 megapixels will be available for less than 1.000 US$ by the beginning of 2008.
May 12th, 2005	Oil prices will pass the 100 US$ mark no later than March 31st, 2008.
April 28th, 2005	A new commerical supersonic aircraft will go into service by 2018.
April 7th, 2005	A least one of the countries that are members of the European Union will leave the Union prior to 2020.
April 15th, 2005	US biotech companies will provide a vaccine for cancer by 2012.
April 26th, 2005	Mankind won't make it to Mars before the year 2015.

All statements above, are predictions only. The author has neither knowledge of nor control over the statements posted.