2042
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s |
| Years: | 2039 · 2040 · 2041 · 2042 · 2043 · 2044 · 2045 |
| 2042 by topic: |
| Arts |
| Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming |
| Politics |
| Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Association football (soccer) – Athletics (track and field) – Baseball – Basketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling – Rugby league – Rugby union – Tennis |
| By place |
| Afghanistan – Algeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – Belgium – Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Thailand – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Vietnam |
| Other topics |
| Awards – Law – Religious leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
| Gregorian calendar | 2042 MMXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2795 |
| Armenian calendar | 1491 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6792 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 198–199 |
| Bengali calendar | 1449 |
| Berber calendar | 2992 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2586 |
| Burmese calendar | 1404 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7550–7551 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4738 or 4678 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4739 or 4679 |
| Coptic calendar | 1758–1759 |
| Discordian calendar | 3208 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2034–2035 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5802–5803 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2098–2099 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1963–1964 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5142–5143 |
| Holocene calendar | 12042 |
| Igbo calendar | 1042–1043 |
| Iranian calendar | 1420–1421 |
| Islamic calendar | 1464–1465 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 54 (平成５４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1975–1976 |
| Juche calendar | 131 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4375 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 131 民國131年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 574 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2585 |
| Unix time | 2272147200–2303683199 |
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2042 (MMXLII) will be a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2042nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 42nd year of the 3rd millennium, the 42nd year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2040s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- April 30 – A Nickelodeon time capsule, sealed in April 1992, will be opened.[1]
- September 17 – A common computing representation of date and time on IBM mainframe systems will overflow with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.
Date unknown
- The Trident D5 submarine-launched nuclear missile will be phased out.[2]
- According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. residents who identify themselves as being Hispanic or Latino, African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native American will collectively outnumber those who identify as being white of non-Hispanic origin.[3]
In fiction
- On the ABC series Defying Gravity, the mission to Mars took place in this year, ten years before the Antares Mission in 2052.
- The Japanese version of Snatcher, a graphic adventure game originally released in 1988, is set in December 2042. The English localization of Snatcher moved the setting to 2047.
- Under a Killing Moon, a graphic adventure game released in 1994 is set in December 2042.
- Paul Levinson's The Plot to Save Socrates starts in 2042, from which the novel's time traveling characters embark on what the title says.
- Moscow 2042, novel by Vladimir Voinovich.
In popular culture
- Waiting for 2042, a 2014 debut comedy album by Hari Kondabolu[4]
References
- ↑ Crezo, Adrienne (June 25, 2012). "Every item inside time capsule Nickelodeon buried in 1992". Mental Floss. Mental Floss, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ↑ "U.S. Nuclear Modernization Programs". Arms Control Association. August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Ortman, Jennifer M.; Guarneri, Christine E. (2009), "United States Population Projections: 2000 to 2050" (PDF), 2009 National Population Projections (PDF), United States of America: United States Census Bureau, retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Comedy Listings for March 14-20". The New York Times. March 13, 2014.
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