2050
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| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2020s 2030s 2040s - 2050s - 2060s 2070s 2080s |
| Years: | 2047 2048 2049 - 2050 - 2051 2052 2053 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2050 MML |
| Ab urbe condita | 2803 |
| Armenian calendar | 1499 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 206 – 207 |
| Berber calendar | 3000 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2594 |
| Burmese calendar | 1412 |
| Chinese calendar | 4686/4746 (己巳年) — to —
4687/4747(庚午年) |
| Coptic calendar | 1766 – 1767 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2042 – 2043 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5810 – 5811 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2105 – 2106 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1972 – 1973 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5151 – 5152 |
| Holocene calendar | 12050 |
| Iranian calendar | 1428 – 1429 |
| Islamic calendar | 1472 – 1473 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 62 (平成62年) |
| Korean calendar | 4383 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2593 |
| Unix time | 2524608000 – 2556143999 |
2050 (MML) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
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[edit] Scientific forecasts
- Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, "warned of a global collapse by 2050 of all species being fished, if fishing continues at its current pace." New York Times, October 26, 2007.
[edit] 2050 in fiction
[edit] Literature
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949): The language Newspeak becomes the official language of Oceania.
- Short story "The Weed of Time" by Norman Spinrad: The first manned mission to Tau Ceti returns to Earth on September 8, bearing with it the timesense-expanding plant tempis ceti.
[edit] Television
- Immortal Grand Prix (2005): The second season takes place during the middle of this year.
- The start of events in the UK situation comedy Come Back Mrs Noah
