2040
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Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s - 2040s - 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s 2090s
Years: 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 - 2040 - 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045
The year 2040 (MMXL) in the Gregorian calendar corresponds to 5800 and 5801 in the Hebrew calendar.
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[edit] Aniversaries
[edit] Predicted events
[edit] February
- February 6 - Early Macintosh computers cannot recognise dates after this day.
[edit] May
- May 2 - Partial solar eclipse
[edit] September
- September 8 - Major alignment of the planets
[edit] November
- November 4 - Partial solar eclipse
[edit] Unknown Dates
- If the United States had not returned land for bases on Bermuda in 2002, a ninety-nine year lease (signed in 1941) would have expired.
[edit] Fictional events
- The anime series Macross Plus and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 are both set in this year.
- In the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the television becomes obsolete.
- A collection of Doctor Who short stories, Short Trips, is also set in that year.