2031

2031 (MMXXXI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.  It will also be the first year since 2019 to have all four digits being different numbers.

 Predicted and scheduled events 

 January 

 January - The International Space Station is scheduled to be deorbited into the pacific around this time

 August 

 August 1: 50th anniversary of the cable television channel MTV.

 October 
 October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.

 December 
 December 12 – Virgin of Guadalupe 500 year anniversary 
 December 17 – Transit of Earth from Uranus

 Date unknown 
 Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031.

 In fiction 
Books
In Magic Tree House, Jack and Annie travel to the moon in the year 2031.
In The Hunger Games, The first Annual Hunger Games begins in this year

 Comics 
 In Judge Dredd, the  sprawling Mega-City One is founded.

 Computer and video games 
 In Deus Ex, Utah announces its intent to secede from the U.S. in this year.
 The events of MindJack take place in this year.
 The events of Shadowrun take place in this year.

 Movies 
 In "Heavy Metal", The Harry Canyon segment is set in 2031, beginning on July 3.

 Music 
 In the song by Warrant, "April 2031" the band makes reference that nuclear war will have greatly altered the Earth.

 Television 
 Blue Gender (1999–2000)
 Time Trumpet (2006–2008)
 In Race to Mars, a 2007 miniseries on the first manned mission on Mars, the first humans arrive on the red planet in this year.
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