2029

2029 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	2029; MMXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2782
Armenian calendar	1478; ԹՎ ՌՆՀԸ
Assyrian calendar	6779
Bahá'í calendar	185–186
Balinese saka calendar	1950–1951
Bengali calendar	1436
Berber calendar	2979
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2573
Burmese calendar	1391
Byzantine calendar	7537–7538
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 4725 or 4665; — to —; 己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 4726 or 4666
Coptic calendar	1745–1746
Discordian calendar	3195
Ethiopian calendar	2021–2022
Hebrew calendar	5789–5790
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2085–2086
- Shaka Samvat	1950–1951
- Kali Yuga	5129–5130
Holocene calendar	12029
Igbo calendar	1029–1030
Iranian calendar	1407–1408
Islamic calendar	1450–1451
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 11; (令和１１年)
Javanese calendar	1962–1963
Juche calendar	118
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4362
Minguo calendar	ROC 118; 民國118年
Nanakshahi calendar	561
Thai solar calendar	2572
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); 2155 or 1774 or 1002; — to —; 阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); 2156 or 1775 or 1003
Unix time	1861920000 – 1893455999

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s – 2020s – 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years:	2026 2027 2028 – 2029 – 2030 2031 2032

2029 (MMXXIX) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2029th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 29th year of the 3rd millennium, the 29th year of the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2020s decade.

Predicted events[change | change source]

Friday, April 13 — The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously also known by its provisional designation 2004 MN₄) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth.
Music by Buddy Holly will enter the public domain this year.
Ray Kurzweil and other futurists predict that computer intelligence will exceed biological intelligence.
The FBI will have permission to reveal to the public the Top Secret papers on John F. Kennedy's assassination.

The Terminator (1984): Kyle Reese and a Terminator are sent back in time to 1984.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): Two Terminators, a T-800 and a T-1000, are sent back in time to, respectively, protect and kill John Connor as a teenager.

Post-Grunge rock band Our Lady Peace's popular song "In Repair", among others, from their 2000 album Spiritual Machines, references the year 2029 in the opening, which states "The year is 2029. The machines will convince us that they are conscious...". The entire album was attributed and dedicated to futurist Ray Kurzweil.
Gothic Metal band Type O Negative speaks of the year 2029 (specifically April 13, 2029) in their song "The Profit of Doom", which is from the narrative of a doom prophet. The album with the song "The Profit of Doom", entitled Dead Again, was released on March 13, 2007.