2040

Predicted events 

 January 

 January 1 – Books, movies, and other works published in 1944 will enter the public domain in the United States.

 February 
 February 6 – Early Macintosh computers cannot recognise dates after this day.

 May 
 May 2 – Partial solar eclipse

 September 
 September 8 – Major alignment of the planets

 November 

 November 4 – Partial solar eclipse

 Unknown Dates 
 2040 Summer Olympics will be held.
 Tuas Port in Singapore, the first fully automated container ship terminal in the world, will be completed and operational.
 If the United States had not returned land for bases on Bermuda in 2002, a ninety-nine year lease (signed in 1941) would have expired.

 Fictional events 
The anime series Macross Plus and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 are both set in this year.
 In the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the television becomes obsolete.
 A collection of Doctor Who short stories, Short Trips, is also set in that year.

 References 

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