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U.S. National Football League's 100 years of existence

100th anniversary of the publication of Agatha Christie's first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which introduced the character Hercule Poirot

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Bicentennial of the First Vision of Joseph Smith

2 - Centennial of the birth of Isaac Asimov

19 - 50th anniversary of the merger between the U.S. National Football League and rival American Football League

European Football Championship

Halloween, on a Full Moon

U.S. National Basketball Association's begin of its 75th season

400 years since the landing of the Pilgrims and the settling of Massachusetts by the English

3 - Presidential election and 117th Congressional election in the United States

16 - 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven

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XXXII summer Olympic Games to be held (bidding cities: Milan (Italy), New York City (U.S.), Paris (France), Warsaw (Poland), Melbourne (Australia), and Berlin (Germany))

Last nuclear power plant in Germany to be shut down

Schapelle Corby to be released from prison for drug trafficking in Indonesia

Former U.S. Major League Baseball players to become eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Willie McGee, Jim Abbott, Darryl Strawberry, Jack McDowell, Chili Davis, Tom Candiotti, Jeff Montgomery, Tony Phillips, Terry Steinbach, Mark Langston, and Otis Nixon.

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British newspaper The Guardian published a series of magazines in September 2004 predicting life in 2020 *.

''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.

According to current plans and workings for Project Constellation, NASA should be returning Humans to the Moon by 2020.

NASA plans to launch a manned mission to the Moon and Mars by 2020.

The Russian Federal Space Agency says that they plan to be mining helium-3 from the moon by this year.

Earliest year that power aboard the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 is expected to terminate (though either probe may function past this date).

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly beyond Pluto and Charon to the Kuiper Belt Objects.

Future Force Warrior to be phased into United States armed forces.

Predicted proclamation of Malaysia as a developed country, under the Wawasan 2020 plan initiated by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

India's 2020 Vision of becoming a developed, powerful, and influential nation-state is expected to be fulfilled.

People's Republic of China intention to take back Taiwan under Chinese rule by 2020

Completion of restoration works to the Forbidden City in the People's Republic of China

Completion of the National Trunk Highway System in the People's Republic of China

Completion of the construction of the Second Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.

Completion of the urban revitalization of downtown Lisbon, Portugal.

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The events of Perfect Dark Zero take place in this year.

The events of Command & Conquer: Generals start in this year.

Super Baseball 2020 takes place in this year.

The events of the comic book 2020 Visions take place in this year.

The events of the TV series Terrahawks begin this year.

The events of the TV series Knights of God.

The events of the documentary Supervolcano take place in Summer.

The story of Monster Force is most likely set in this year.

The Planet X mission from TimeSplitters takes place in this year.

The story of Sealab 2020, with a permanent manned underwater research center constructed in the Emperor Seamounts, takes place in this year.

The events of Katsuhiro Otomo's anime film Roujin Z take place in this year.

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Joint Vision 2020

India 2020

Wawasan 2020