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'''2030''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXXX]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. |
'''2030''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXXX]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. |
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==Predicted and scheduled events== |
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*[[FIFA]]'s [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] will have its 24th edition, 100 years after the first one. [[Uruguay]] is often mentioned as a possible host for this edition, because it hosted the inaugural edition in [[1930]] and there is even a project called [[Uruguay 2030]] but, so far, no countries have yet officially offered to host the tournament. |
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*The Games of the XXVI Winter Olympics will be held. |
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*The European Space Agency hopes to land humans on [[Mars]] between 2030 and 2035. |
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*[[November 5]]: [[United States]] [[Congress of the United States|congressional]] elections. |
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*The [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency]] will construct a manned [[lunar base]].<ref>[http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Japan_Plans_Moon_Base_By_2030_999.html Japan Plans Moon Base By 2030<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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* All [[New Zealand]] cars will be [[Hybrid electric vehicle|hybrid]], bio-fuel, or electric. |
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*The [[joint venture]] partnership between [[Volkswagen Group China]] and [[Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation]] is due to end. |
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*By 2030, "advanced countries will be competing for immigrants," because of declining birthrates, according to [[George Friedman]]. <ref> George Friedman, ''The Next 100 Years'' (2009), p. 133. ISBN 9780385517058 </ref> |
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==Fictional references== |
==Fictional references== |
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2030 (MMXXX) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Fictional references
Books
- Set in 2030:
- 2030: A Day in The Life of Tomorrow's Kids (Amy Zuckerman and James Daly; Dutton Children's Books; 2009)
Computer and video games
- Set in 2030:
Film
- Back to the Future Part II (1989): In the first timeline of the future, Marty McFly Jr. is released from prison.
- Theodore Rex (1995)
- The Kid (2000): At the end of the movie where the main character finds his 70 year old self, but - differing to other movies - there were no changes in anything that was seen (planes, dinners and clothing).
- The Time Machine (2002): Time traveller Alexander Hartdegen stops in this year 2030 where he talks to a holographic, artificial-intelligence librarian called Vox. Also in this year mining is occurring on the Moon for the development of lunar homes.
- Click (2006): Michael arrives at his son's wedding.
- Death Racers (2008): The film begins in 2030 (with the outbreak of a second American civil war) and progresses into the year 2033
Television
- Set in 2030:
- The Simpsons episode "Bart to the Future" (2000)
- 2030 CE (2002-2003)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2003)
- Century City (2004)
- How I Met Your Mother (2005–present): Specifically, the framing sequences with the 52-year-old Ted.
- Phil of the Future episode: The Giggle — Keely is seen twice as a beautiful news reporter and then as an overweight woman who is obsessed with cats.
- Race to Mars (2007), a television miniseries postulating how the first human mission to Mars may unfold.