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2030 (MMXXX) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Bicentennials
Four major bicentennials will be celebrated in 2030:
- Independence of Belgium. (July 21, 1830 - July 21, 2030).
- Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (April 6, 1830 - April 6, 2030).
- Independence of Ecuador. (May 13, 1830 - May 13, 2030).
- Birth of Emily Dickinson. (December 10, 1830 - December 10, 2030).
Predicted events
- According to United States copyright law as of 2004, the song "Happy Birthday to You" will re-enter public domain.
- Recent NASA predictions suggest a manned landing on Mars is possible by this year by the USA.
- The European Space Agency's Aurora Programme plans a manned mission to Mars.
- According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Sunbelt 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."' [link]).
- 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).[link]
- 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.
Fiction
- The events of [[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]] transpire.
- * The events of the [[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (video game)|Ghost in the Shell]] video game also transpire this year.
- The events of [[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]] occur.
- The story told by the 52 year old Ted on How I Met Your Mother takes place in this year, with the flashbacks taking place in 2005.
- In the 2002 film The Time Machine, Alexander Hartdegen stops in the year 2030 where he talks to a holographic, artificially intelligent librarian. Also in this year mining is occurring on the Moon for the development of lunar homes.
- The short-lived CBS series Century City took place in this year.
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