2030 - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century

Decades: 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s - 2030s - 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s

Years: 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 - 2030 - 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035

Predirected events

• According to U.S. copyright law as of 2004, the song "Happy Birthday to You" will come out of copyright.
• 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."' [1] (http://dieoff.org/page224.htm)).

Predicted events

• Recent NASA predictions suggest a manned landing on Mars is possible by this year.

Fictional references

• In the science fiction series, Star Trek, the birth year of Zefram Cochrane, inventor of the warp drive

• US legal-drama, Century City is set starting in this year.

• In The Simpsons episode Bart to the Future, Bart is sent to 2030, where Lisa Simpson is president.