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The decade as a whole
This decade is expected to be called the "sixties" or the "twenty-sixties"
Notable predictions and known events
2060
★
Isaac Newton predicted that the world, according to his interpretation of
The Bible, would end no sooner than this year
[1][2].
2061
★
Halley's Comet makes a return to the inner solar system — the last return was in
1986.
★ Expected expiration of the
Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement.
2065
★
November 11 —
Transit of Mercury
★
November 22 12:45 UTC —
Venus will
occult Jupiter. This event will be the first occultation of a planet by another since
January 3,
1818. It will be very difficult to observe from
Earth, because the elongation of Venus and Jupiter from the Sun on November 22, 2065 will be only 7 degrees.
2067
★
July 15 11:56 UTC —
Mercury will occult
Neptune. This rare event will be very difficult to observe from Earth.
Metaphysical predictions
★ According to
Dane Rudhyar, a leading
astrologer of the
1970s, the
Age of Aquarius will begin in
2062.
Fictional references
2060
★ September 14, 2060. The United Nations Starship Unity launches from the remnants of Earth to the Alpha Centauri System and the planet Chiron. (
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri)
2061
★
May 21, 2061.
The Last Question is asked for the first time.
★
Arthur C. Clarke's novel '' takes place.
2062
★ The Red Star is banned together under the Solar Federation in
Rush's song, "
2112".
2063
★ In ''
Star Trek'' chronology,
Zefram Cochrane makes Earth's first
warp-speed flight on Thursday,
April 5,
2063. That night,
Vulcan scientists, having discovered the warp signature from Cochrane's ship, make
first contact with Earth.
★ In '' chronology,
interstellar Chig war begins following the destruction of the Earth ''Vesta'' and ''Tellus'' colonies in 2063.
2064
2065
★
Thunderbirds (TV series) takes place in 2065.
★ takes place in 2065.
2067
Friendship One launches (
Star Trek Voyager)
2068
★
Captain Scarlet takes place in 2068.
★
Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet takes place in 2068.
★
Savage Planet takes place in the year 2068.
★ The Titan War of the
Cowboy Bebop series takes place in 2068
References
1. http://www.isaac-newton.org/newton_2060.htm
2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/22/newt22.xml