2061
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This article is about the year 2061. For other uses, see 2061 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2030s 2040s 2050s – 2060s – 2070s 2080s 2090s |
| Years: | 2058 2059 2060 – 2061 – 2062 2063 2064 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2061 MMLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2814 |
| Armenian calendar | 1510 ԹՎ ՌՇԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6811 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 217–218 |
| Bengali calendar | 1468 |
| Berber calendar | 3011 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2605 |
| Burmese calendar | 1423 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7569–7570 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4757 or 4697 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4758 or 4698 |
| Coptic calendar | 1777–1778 |
| Discordian calendar | 3227 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2053–2054 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5821–5822 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2117–2118 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1983–1984 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5162–5163 |
| Holocene calendar | 12061 |
| Igbo calendar | 1061–1062 |
| Iranian calendar | 1439–1440 |
| Islamic calendar | 1483–1484 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 73 (平成７３年) |
| Juche calendar | 150 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4394 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 150 民國150年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2604 |
| Unix time | 2871763200–2903299199 |
2061 (MMLXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
Predicted and scheduled events
- April 20 – A total solar eclipse will occur.[1]
- July 28 – Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun—the last return reached its perihelion on February 9, 1986.[2]
- October 13 – An annular solar eclipse will occur.[3]
- December 31 – expiration of the Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement.
- December 31 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science completes an effort—begun in 1985—to "help all Americans become literate in science, mathematics, and technology," based on defined benchmarks.[4]
Speculations
- Commercial mining of the Moon's elements could be economically feasible.[2]
Fictional speculations
- May 21 – The Last Question is asked for the first time.
- Around June in "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" episode of The Twilight Zone, three of the four gold burglars awake from a century of being in a state of suspended animation.
- September 12 – The events of the Commodore 64 computer game Project Firestart begin.
- The novel 2061: Odyssey Three, by Arthur C. Clarke, takes place.
- Real Drive, a television show, takes place.
- Red Mars details the first Mars revolution and the Third World War on Earth, in the plot of Kim Stanley Robinson's novel.
- Heart of the Comet details an expedition to capture Halley's Comet
- Galilei Donna, an anime television series, is set in this year.[5]
References
- ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2061 April 20". NASA.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Moon mine 'could start in 50 years'". BBC News. January 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2061 April 20". NASA.
- ↑ "Programs: Education: Project 2061". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ↑ "Galilei Donna, Samurai Flamenco Anime's TV Ad Posted". Anime News Network. 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
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