| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s – 2020s – 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| Years: | 2026 2027 2028 – 2029 – 2030 2031 2032 |
| 2029 by topic: |
| News by month |
| Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec |
| Arts |
| Architecture – Art – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television |
| Politics |
| Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – National Rugby League |
| By place |
| Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Canada – China – Denmark – European Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq – Ireland – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Philippines – Singapore – South Africa – Sri Lanka – United Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders – Video gaming |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions |
| Gregorian calendar | 2029 MMXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2782 |
| Armenian calendar | 1478 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 185 – 186 |
| Bengali calendar | 1436 |
| Berber calendar | 2979 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2573 |
| Burmese calendar | 1391 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7537 – 7538 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年十一月十七日 (4665/4725-11-17) — to —
己酉年十一月廿七日(4666/4726-11-27) |
| Coptic calendar | 1745 – 1746 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2021 – 2022 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5789 – 5790 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2084 – 2085 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1951 – 1952 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5130 – 5131 |
| Holocene calendar | 12029 |
| Iranian calendar | 1407 – 1408 |
| Islamic calendar | 1450 – 1451 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 41 (平成41年) |
| Korean calendar | 4362 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2572 |
| Unix time | 1861920000 – 1893455999 |
2029 (MMXXIX) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. It will be the last year of the 2020s decade
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Predicted events
- Friday, April 13 – The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth, very briefly appearing as bright as 3rd magnitude. A possibility exists that Apophis could go through a 400 m wide "keyhole" on this pass which would put Apophis on a collision course with the Earth in 2036 [1].
- The second of two Metonic twin eclipses will happen on December 20. The first twin eclipse will occur on December 21, 2010. The twin eclipses are separated by 19 years.
- Raymond Kurzweil predicts machine intelligence will equal one human brain intelligence as stated in his work on Futurism The Singularity Is Near based on Moore's Law.
- The digital time capsule 'A Message From Earth' reaches its destination on the planet Gliese 581c.
- Intel predicts the performance of supercomputers to reach zettaflops scale.[2]
- NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to leave the solar system.
In fiction
Computer and video games
- Shadow of the Ninja also known as Kage and Blue shadow the events unfold of Emperor Garuda taking over, and the ninjas overthrowing him.
Manga
- Ghost in the Shell: Public Security Section 9 is established.
Film
- The Terminator (1984): One terminator and a man, a T-800 and Kyle Reese, are sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill and protect a woman called Sarah Connor.
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): Two Terminators, a T-800 and a T-1000, are sent back in time from 2029 to 1995 to, respectively, protect and kill John Connor as a ten year old child.
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- In the 2001 remake of "Planet of the Apes", the main character is from 2029 on board a USAF spaceship orbiting near Saturn.
Television
- Six Feet Under ("Everyone's Waiting," 2005): Keith Charles is shot and killed by robbers seizing the contents of his armored truck.
- Race to Mars, a fictional show about a manned expedition to Mars, takes place between 2029 and 2030.
- Second Robotech War ,Robotech Masters attack Earth.
Books
- In The Exploration Generation by Spencer Murray, Stella Knowles comes from 24 September 2029 when she crash-lands on the 31 August 2009.
References
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