2022

'2022' ('MMXXII') will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents

Scheduled events

Anniversaries

Unscheduled events

Possible events

2022 in fiction

Computer and video games

Films

Music

Television

Scheduled events

★ February 28 — last day to return Portuguese escudo banknotes from the last issued series to central bank Banco de Portugal for conversion to euro.

★ March 17 — The Republic of Ireland will celebrate its 100th anniversary on this day, even though its independence was recognized on December 6.

★ November 8 — United States mid-term elections

Anniversaries

★ March 4 — 100th anniversary of ''Nosferatu''

★ September 7 — 200th anniversary of the independence of Brazil

★ October 18 — 100th anniversary of The British Broadcasting Corporation

Unscheduled events

★ 2022 Winter Olympics to be held this year.

★ FIFA's World Cup will have its 22nd edition. No countries have volunteered to host it yet.

★ 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann causes a meteor shower. [1]

Possible events

★ February 6 — If she still reigns, Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the British throne. At this point she would be 95 years old.

2022 in fiction

Computer and video games

In the Japanese video game Gran Turismo 4, there is a car called the NikeOne 2022.

Films

Set in 2022:

★ ''Soylent Green'' (1973)

Music

★ ''Year Zero'' (2007): According to the information discovered from the viral marketing campaign for the concept album by Nine Inch Nails, its story takes place in 2022 A.D., which in America is referred to as 0000 B.A. (Born Again) after several cataclysmic events.

Television

★ ''seaQuest DSV'' (1995): ''seaQuest'' is abducted from Earth.

★ Tracy Barlow is eligible for parole.