- 2020
2020 (MMXX) will be a
leap year starting on Wednesday of theGregorian calendar .Pronunciation
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Year pronunciation "There is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century, including 2020, should be pronounced in English. Although the majority of English-speakers say "two thousand (and) X" for any specific year post–1999 , it is often suggested that the continuation of this type of pronunciation for the entire 21st century would be inappropriate or unnatural, given the alternative "twenty X" option.Many experts agree that majority usage of "two thousand (and) X" is a result of influences from the
Y2K hype, as well as the way "2001 " was pronounced in the influential1968 film, "". Experts also suggest that since former years such as1805 and1905 were commonly pronounced as "eighteen oh" or "nineteen oh" five, the year2005 should naturally have been pronounced as "twenty oh-five". [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article376957.ece Experts clash over millennium bugbear] — UK Times]Many people, ranging from
linguistic andacademic experts to Internetblog gers, predict that the "twenty X" pronunciation method will eventually prevail, but a time frame as to when this change will occur often differs. The year2010 is suggested by many [http://maxspeak.org/mt/archives/002457.html] [ [http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0026Sg The Naughty Noughties, or something ] ] , while2011 and2013 are popular as well. The latest time frame for change is usually placed at 2020 or2100 .David Crystal , author of the "Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language", has predicted that the change will occur in2011 , to "twenty eleven", explaining that the way people pronounce years depends onrhythm , rather thanlogic . Crystal claims that the rhythm or "flow" of "two thousand (and) ten", beats out that of "twenty ten", but the flow of "twenty eleven" beats out "two thousand (and) eleven". Alternatively, Ian Brookes, editor-in-chief of "Chambers Dictionary", suggests the change will occur in2013 . The UK Times has suggested 2020 as a final time frame for the change, saying "If people can have “twenty-twenty” vision, then surely they should also live in the year “twenty twenty”."In addition, the Vancouver Olympics, taking place in 2010, are being officially referred to by "Vancouver 2010" as "the "twenty-ten" Olympics", and the London Olympics, taking place in 2012, are also being officially referred to by "London 2012" as "the "twenty-twelve" Olympics". Chicago 2016, which operates the official Chicago bid for the 2016 games, refers to the "twenty-sixteen" games".
Predicted and scheduled events
March
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March 2 -Yahoo! Inc.'s 25th birthday; opening of theYahoo! Time Capsule .June
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June -European Football Championship November
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November 3 -United States Presidential election. Assuming the relevant Constitutional provisions are not changed before then it will be the first time that Americans born in the 21st century will be eligible to vote in a Presidential election.Unknown date
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2020 Summer Olympics
* Lastnuclear power plant inGermany will be shut down
*Britishnewspaper The Guardian published a series of magazines in September 2004 predicting life in 2020. These predictions include widespread use of artificially intelligent cars, "smart" clothing incorporating computer chips, and green energy sources.
* [http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2020_project.html "Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project"] was published in December 2004 with a long-term view of the future. The NIC is the center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking within the US Government.
*In Australia,Queensland is expected to overtake Victoria as the second most populous state of the nation.
*Mayans Predict Age of Transition.
*Global oil production is expected to peak.cite web|title=Timeline: The Frightening Future of Earth|url=http://www.livescience.com/environment/070419_earth_timeline.html]
*World population is expected to reach 7.6 billion people.cite web|title=World Population|url=http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.html]
* According to current plans and workings forProject Constellation ,NASA should be returning Humans to theMoon by 2020.
* TheRussian Federal Space Agency says that they plan to be mininghelium-3 from themoon by this year. cite web|title=Moon|url=http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/17-03-2006/77404-moon-0]
*China will probably also land astronauts on theMoon by 2020, according to "Scientific American ", March2008 .
* Earliest year that power aboard the space probesVoyager 1 andVoyager 2 is expected to terminate (though either probe may function past this date).
*NASA 'sNew Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly beyondPluto and Charon to theKuiper Belt Objects .
*NASA Venus Surface Explorer mission toVenus (part of theNew Frontiers program )
*Future Force Warrior to be phased into United States armed forces.
* ThePhilippines becomes adeveloped country .
*Trinidad and Tobago becomes adeveloped country under the Vision 2020 development plan initiated by Prime Minister Patrick Manning.
*Malaysia becomes a developed country, under theWawasan 2020 plan initiated by former Malaysian Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad .
*India 's 2020 Vision of becoming a developed state is fulfilled.
*Chile becomes adeveloped country .
* ThePeople's Republic of China has stated it intends to take backTaiwan under Chinese rule at latest by 2020.
* ThePeople's Republic of China becomes more economically powerful than the United States by 2020, according toMearsheimer 1991: 398.
* Phase 4 of New York City'sSecond Avenue Subway T-Line (Houston St. to Hanover Sqr.) is scheduled for completion (2017 earliest-2020 at the latest)
* If current trends continue, according to theUnited Nations , theAral Sea could disappear completely by this year. cite web|title=Aral Sea|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0804507.html]
*Volvo hopes to useradar ,sonar and other advanced technologies to create a crash-proof car by 2020. cite web|title=Volvo|url=http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/volvo-promises.html]
* TheIBM Institute for Business Value concluded from their study "Automotive 2020: Clarity Beyond the Chaos" that all automobiles will have some level of hybridization by 2020. cite web|title=Hybridization the Norm|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/carmakers/hybridization-be-norm-2020-0819.html] Toyota's vice president in charge of powertrain development also believes that allToyota cars produced will behybrid vehicle s by the year 2020. cite web|title=Toyota|url=http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/toyota/toyota-cutting-hybrid-costs/]2020 in fiction
Comics
* Comics set in 2020:
** "2020 Visions " (1997–1998)
** "Iron Man 2020 "
** "Superman 2020 "Computer and video games
* Games set in 2020:
** "Tom Clancy's EndWar " (2008)
** "" (2003)
** "Perfect Dark Zero " (2005)
** "Super Baseball 2020 " (1991)
** "TimeSplitters " (2000) (the Planet X mission)
** "" (2006)
** "" (1991)(The Level "Neon Night Riders" Takes place in 2020)
** "Keitai Denjū Telefang " (2000)
** "Crysis " (2007)
** "Raid 2020 " (1989)Film
* Films set in 2020:
** "Soylent Green " (1973)
** "Roujin Z " (1991)
** "Mission to Mars " (2000)
** "Reign of Fire" (2002)
** "" (2004)Television
* Television programs set in 2020:
** "Knights of God " (1987)
** "Sealab 2020 " (1972)
** "Terrahawks " (1983–1984)
** "Dark Angel" (2000-2002), second half of Season One and first half of Season Two
** "Supervolcano" (2005)Music
* Songs about 2020, or including 2020
**Ace Enders and a Million Different People has a song on their debut CD,The Secret Wars called "Bring Back Love (Year 2020)" It's about helping the financially unstable and bringing back a general love among humans.
**The Network has a song, CD, and single called "Money, Money, 2020" and is about like in the year 2020
**InHead Automatica 's song, "Graduation Day", the music video foretold that in the year 2020, the goth girl who is graduating will become thePresident of the United States .ee also
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Joint Vision 2020
*India 2020
*Australia 2020 Summit
* [http://www.2020people.com 2020 People]References
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