2030
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| Centuries: | 20th Century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s 2060s |
| Years: | 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 |
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| Birth and death categories |
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| Gregorian calendar | 2030 MMXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2783 |
| Armenian calendar | 1479 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 186 – 187 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2574 |
| Chinese calendar | 4666/4726-11-28 (己酉年十一月廿八日) — to —
4667/4727-12-7(庚戌年十二月初七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2022 – 2023 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5790 – 5791 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2085 – 2086 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1952 – 1953 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5131 – 5132 |
| Holocene calendar | 12030 |
| Iranian calendar | 1408 – 1409 |
| Islamic calendar | 1451 – 1452 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 42 (平成42年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2690 (皇紀2690年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 12030 |
| Julian calendar | 2075 |
| Korean calendar | 4363 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2573 |
2030 (MMXXX) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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[edit] Scheduled events
[edit] Notable bicentennials
(regarding events in 1830)
- April 6: Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
- May 13: Independence of Ecuador.
- July 18: First constitution of Uruguay.
- July 21: Independence of Belgium.
- December 10: 200th anniversary of Emily Dickinson's birth.
[edit] Other notable anniversaries
- December 8: 50th anniversary of John Lennon's death (1980).
[edit] Predicted events
- Latest date that NASA projects to land a human on Mars.
- Blended wing body aircraft might carry passengers. [1]
- The European Space Agency's Aurora Programme plans a manned mission to Mars.
- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to have a lunar space station complete by this time.
- According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Sun Belt will contain two thirds of the country's population by this date.
- The end of the "Olduvai cliff" will occur, marking the return to the dark ages, during or before this year according to "The Peak Of World Oil Production And The Road To The Olduvai Gorge" by Richard C. Duncan ('Briefly explained: "When the electricity goes out, you are back in the Dark Age. And the Stone Age is just around the corner."' [2]).
- "By 2030, the world will have only enough food to feed everyone at the level of an Indian peasant (on average)." This according to the Worldwatch Institute, as reported in Newsweek, September 12, 1994.
- Peak Natural Gas said to occur.
- According to Hans Moravec, the human brain is likely to be surpassed by computers in processing capability by this year
- The rise of artificial super intelligence made possible for commercial use, by the hardware cost of human-equivalent computerized brains dropping below 1 million dollars, According to Hans Moravec (Judging from Moore's law and the average neural density of the human brain). [3]
- FIFA's 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 but, so far, no countries have yet offered to host the tournament.
- Predicted by many religious groups as The Year of Satan because 20/30=.666, The Number of The Beast
[edit] References to 2030 in fiction
[edit] Computer and video games
- Set in 2030:
[edit] Film
- Back to the Future Part II (1989): In the first timeline of the future, Marty McFly Jr. is released from prison.
- The Time Machine (2002): Time traveller Alexander Hartdegen stops in this year 2030 where he talks to a holographic, artificial-intelligence librarian. Also in this year mining is occurring on the Moon for the development of lunar homes.
[edit] Television
- Set in 2030:
- Century City (2004)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2003)
- How I Met Your Mother (2005-present): Specifically, the framing sequences with the 52-year-old Ted.
- Bart to the Future
[edit] Media franchises
- Star Trek: Zefram Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive, is born.
| Preceded by 2029 |
Years 2030 |
Succeeded by 2031 |
