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2031 (MMXXXI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. It will also be the first year since 2019 to have all four digits being different numbers.
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- January - The International Space Station is scheduled to be deorbited into the pacific around this time
August
October
- October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.
December
- December 12 – Virgin of Guadalupe 500 year anniversary
- December 17 – Transit of Earth from Uranus
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.
In The Hunger Games, The first Annual Hunger Games begins in this year
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.
Movies
- 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.
References
- ↑ "Boyle, A: "Cosmic Log" MSNBC: Space elevator faces reality, August 17, 2009". Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2012.