21st Century (Betaverse)

The 21st Century is the first century of the 3rd millennium, beginning on January 1st, 2001 and ending on January 1st, 2101.
==Events==
===2018===
*ESPNOnline, an ESPN Streaming Service launches.
*The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
*Implementation of General Data Protection Regulation.
*Impeachment of Donald Trump.
*NASA's Solar Probe Plus orbits the Sun.
*Two space tourists fly around the Moon, the first time humans have gone beyond low-Earth orbit since 1972.
*Israel releases classified information regarding the first 20 years of its existence.
*NASA's InSight launched to Mars.
*2018 WInter Olympics opens in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
*BepiColombo spacecraft launched to Mercury.
*Polish US Missile Defense Complex begins operation.
*2018 FIFA World Cup opens in Russia.
===2019===
*DisneyNet, a streaming service revolving around Disney launches.
*The United Kingdom officially withdrawns from the European Union.
*Google acquires SoundCloud.
===2020===
*Launch of the Euclid spaceprobe
*2020 Summer Olympics opens in Tokyo, Japan.
*Launch of Super Nintendo World in Osaka, Japan
*2020 World Expo opens in Dubai, UAE.
*Liberia becomes first African nation to completely halt deforestation in return for aid; Norway pays the country $150 Million. 
*Mars2020 lands on Mars.
===2021===
*US Senator John McCain succumbs to Glioblastoma, dying at the age of 85.
*Fox sells the rights of Percy Jackson to Disney for $200 Million.
*India conducts its first human spaceflight.
*Costa Rica has become carbon-neutral and has banned non-reusable plastic bags.
*ESA's ExoMars rover makes landing on Mars.
===2022===
*Former President George HW Bush dies at the age of 98.
*Germany phases out its last nuclear power plants.
*The launch of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer.
*2022 Winter Olympics opens in Beijing, PRC.
*2022 FIFA Cup opens in Qatar.
*SpaceX sends the first manned spaceflight to Mars.
===2023===
*Former President Jimmy Carter dies at the age of 101.
*Kanal Instanbul is built.
*The super sewer of London finishes construction.
*OSIRIS-REx returns from the Asteroid Bennu.
===2024===
*2024 Summer Olympic opens in Paris, France.
*Britain's Lunar Mission One lands on the Moon.
*MarsOne establishes the first human establishment on Mars.
*SpaceX launches the Interplanetary Transport System to Mars.
===2025===
*FAA's NextGen is implemented.
*Giant Magellan Telescope is completed.
*Square Kilometre Array is completed.
*The US Navy's CVN-80 is commissioned.
*Japan's Shimizu Corp. begins construction of an underwater city.
*World Population reaches 8 Billion.
*First domestic 3D Printer released.
===2027===
*Former President Donald Trump dies at the age of 81.
*The autopsy report for Elvis Presley is unsealed.
*FBI archived records of MLK, Jr. is made available to the public.
*The second Gotthard road tunnel, in Switzerland, is completed.
===2028===
*The Bangladesh Earthquake of 2028 occurs, causing US$ Billion in damage and approximately 22,000 deaths. It was marked 8.4 on the Richer Scale
*Completion of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link.
===2029===
*New Horizons leaves the solar system.
===2030===
*First quantum computer developed.
*China's Christian population surpasses the US.
*Masdar City is completed.
*Commercial drones in American airspace reach 30,000.
*Robots have replaced a fifth of the total US Army.
===2033===
*On the weeking morning of March 5th, 2033,  the Great Hayward Earthquake occurs, causing US$  Billion in damage and 351 deaths. It was marked 6.9 on the Richter Scale.
*Completion of the final phase of the UK's HS2 rail link.
===2034===
*Last of Switzerland's nuclear power plants have been phased out.
*ESA's Laster Interferometer Space Antenna is launched.
===2035===
*Diesel cars are banned in the UK.
===2036===
*Former President Bill Clinton dies at the age of 89.
===2037===
*The Royal Archives releases documents relating to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's wishes for the British monarchy to stay in case of Nazi occupation.
*The FUSE space telescope burns up in the atmosphere.
*Diesel cars are banned in France.
===2038===
*Former First Lady Hillary Clinton dies at the age of 91.
*The last World War 2 veteran dies at the age of 111.
===2040===
*Former President Mike Pence dies at the age of 81.
*The Antarctic Treaty goes under review. 
*The last of Japanese Nuclear Power Plants are shut down.
*The Northeast Corridor high-speed rail route is completed.
===2041===
*Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is completed.
*The completion of  , a railroad connecting Moscow and New York.
===2042===
*The Nickelodeon Time Capsule is opened.
===2043===
*The Slovenian nuclear power planet is phased out.
===2045===
*Completion of a maglev route connecting Tokyo and Osaka.
===2047===
*Works published between 1978 and 2002 entered  public domain in the US.
===2050===
*World population reaches 9.7 Billion
*US Population reaches 400 Million.
===2051===
*First uses of cloning to help maintain population are seen in Japan.
===2060===
*The UK's total population reaches 90 Million.
===2065===
*Former President Barack Obama dies at the age of 104.
===2070===
*Islam surpasses Christianity as the world's largest religion.
===2075===
*Ozone layer has fully recovered.
==Developments==
===Society===
*Most clothing becomes less and less aligned with a specific gender.
*More acceptance of the LGBTQ community.
*People become more accepting of their bodies. Less body shaming.
**Death of fad diets.
===Health/Medicine===
*Death of the anti-vaccine movement
**As well as the bankruptcy of Autism Speaks in 2031.
*Creation of the artificial womb, which are used to hold clones, premies, and aborted babies.
*Rise of artificial skin.
*Growth of replacement body parts and heart muscle via stem cells.
*Creation of the Universal Flu Vaccine
*Reversible hearing loss, and Alzheimer's.
*Use of nanobots/nanotechnology in the body to fight diseases and edit cells.
*Widespread use of bionic eyes, ears, arms, and legs.
*Average life expectancy in first world countries reaches 125.
===Housing===
*More eco-friendly (solar/wind power, built-in recycling)
*Modular
*More space saving techniques, smaller houses
*Domestic Robots
*Stilt houses, house boats, and floating houses
*Domestic 3D Printers 
*Interactive television (AR, VR, MR)
*Massive parts - Walls, Roof (Cheaper, Stronger)
*Smart houses, home automation
*Anti-Earthquake Beds - When ground shakes enough, it drops the person sleeping and their mattress into a sealed box with needed supplies such as food and water
*Portable Apartments
===Transportation===
====Planes====
*Resurgence of supersonic planes, rise of hypersonic.
*Interchangeable cabins 
*Solar powered flights
*Planes are larger - being wider, taller, and longer
*Self-flying
====Cars/Trucks====
*More eco-friendly
*Flying
*Rise of self-driving cars/trucks
**40% of known cars still have human drivers
====Motorcycles====
*Flying
*More eco-friendly
====Trains====
*Popularization of Maglevs
*Self-driving
*Hyperloop
*Bullet trains
**Rail network connecting San Fransisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Diego.
====Buses====
*More eco-friendly
*Flying
*Popularization of Elevator Buses in cities
*Self-driving
====Ships====
*Run themselves
*Require less maintenance
*Lighter
*Self-driving
====Other====
*Hoverboards (replaces the skateboard)
*Jetpacks
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