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2031 (MMXXXI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian Calendar.
Predicted and scheduled events
March
October
- October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.
December
Date unknown
- Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031.[1]
In fiction
Books
- In Magic Tree House, Jack and Annie travel to the moon in the year 2031.
Comics
- In Judge Dredd, the sprawling Mega-City One is founded.
Computer and video games
- In Deus Ex, Utah announces its intent to secede from the U.S. in this year.
- The events of MindJack take place in this year.
- The events of Shadowrun take place in this year.
Film
- In "Heavy Metal", The Harry Canyon segment is set in 2031, beginning on July 3.
Music
- In the song by Warrant, "April 2031" the band makes reference that nuclear war will have greatly altered the Earth.
Television
- Blue Gender (1999–2000)
- Time Trumpet (2006–2008)
- In Race to Mars, a 2007 miniseries on the first manned mission on Mars, the first humans arrive on the red planet in this year.