2022
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2022 (MMXXII) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
Scheduled events
Febraury
- February 6 — If she is still on the throne, Elizabeth II will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years on the British throne. At this point she would be 95 years old.
- February 28 — last day to return Portuguese escudo banknotes from the last issued series to central bank Banco de Portugal for conversion to euro.
November
- November 8 — United States mid-term elections.
London Olympics 2012 budget expected to be paid back to the national lottery
Unscheduled events
- 2022 Winter Olympics to be held this year.
- FIFA's World Cup will have its 22nd edition. No countries have volunteered to host it yet.
- 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann causes a meteor shower. [1]
2022 in fiction
Computer and video games
In the Japanese video game Gran Turismo 4, there is a car called the NikeOne 2022.
Films
Set in 2022:
- Soylent Green (1973)
Music
- Year Zero (2007): According to the information discovered from the viral marketing campaign for the concept album by Nine Inch Nails, its story takes place in 2022 A.D., which in America is referred to as 0000 B.A. (Born Again) after several cataclysmic events.
Television
- seaQuest DSV (1995): seaQuest is abducted from Earth.
- Tracy Barlow is eligible for parole.