2060s

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Millennium:	2nd millennium - 3rd millennium - 4th millennium

Centuries:	20th Century - 21st century - 22nd century
Decades:	2030s 2040s 2050s - 2060s - 2070s 2080s 2090s
Years:	2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069

1 The decade as a whole
2 Predicted events
- 2.1 2060
- 2.2 2061
- 2.3 2064
- 2.4 2065
- 2.5 2067
- 2.6 2069
3 Fictional references

[edit] The decade as a whole

This decade is expected to be called the "twenty-sixties"

[edit] Predicted events

[edit] 2060

Sir Isaac Newton predicted the end of life on Earth in the year 2060.

[edit] 2061

Comet Halley makes a return to the inner solar system - the last return was in 1986.
Expected expiration of the Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement.

[edit] 2064

At the end of this year, all baby-boomers that remain alive will have reached 100 years old.

[edit] 2065

November 11 - Transit of Mercury
November 22 12:45 UTC- Venus will occult Jupiter. This event will be the first occultation of a planet by another since January 3, 1818. It will be very difficult to observe, because the elongation of Venus and Jupiter from the sun on November 22, 2065 will be only 7 degrees.

[edit] 2067

July 1 - Canada will celebrate its 200th year of Confederation.
July 15 11:56 UTC - Mercury will occult Neptune. This rare event will be very difficult to observe.

[edit] 2069

July 20 - 100th anniversary of man landing on the Moon.
August 15 - 100th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival in upstate New York.

[edit] Fictional references

May 14, 2061. The Earth becomes entirely powered by solar energy, making consumption of fossil fuels unnecessary. (This according to The Last Question by Isaac Asimov.)
May 21, 2061. The Last Question is asked for the first time.
Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2061: Odyssey Three takes place in 2061.
The events of The Jetsons take place in 2062.
In Star Trek chronology, first contact between humans and Vulcans is made on Thursday, April 5, 2063 (see Zefram Cochrane). It is also the year of the first successful Terran warp flight.
In Space: Above and Beyond chronology, interstellar Chig war begins following the destruction of the Earth Vesta and Tellus colonies in 2063.
In the Futurama episode entitled Crimes of the Hot 2063 was the year that the world decided to drop a big ice cube every now and then to combat Global Warming.
In the Futurama episode entitled I Dated a Robot it said that Lucy Liu was the only woman to ever win People Magazines Woman of the Year award twice, in 2003, and 2063
Susan Calvin, prominent Robopsychologist, passes away in 2064 in the Robot series of novels and stories by Isaac Asimov.
In the game XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association, the Extreme-G Racing Association is incorporated in 2065.
Thunderbirds (TV series) takes place in 2065.
The movie, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, takes place in 2065.
The game, Project: snowblind takes place in 2065.
Captain Scarlet takes place in 2068.
On an unspecified date, the Daleks will invade earth and, after a seven day conflict, enslave humanity.
The Nebuchadnezzar of The Matrix Trilogy has an inscription stating that it was made in 2069.cs:2061