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== Predicted events ==
* Friday, [[April 13]] — The [[asteroid]] [[99942 Apophis]] (previously also known by its provisional designation 2004 MN<sub>4</sub>) will pass within 30,000&nbsp;km (18,600&nbsp;mi) of the Earth. 
* Music by [[Buddy Holly]] will enter the [[public domain]] this year.
* [[Ray Kurzweil]] and other [[Futurist|futurists]] predict that computer intelligence will exceed biological intelligence.
* The [[FBI]] will have permission to reveal the Top Secret papers on [[John F. Kennedy]]'s assassination to the public.

== 2029 in fiction ==
=== Computer and video games ===
* ''[[Deus Ex]]'' (2000): [[JC Denton]]'s "assigned birth date" is  [[March 17]].

=== Manga ===
* ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'':  [[Public Security Section 9]] is established.

=== Movies ===
* ''[[The Terminator]]'' (1984): [[Kyle Reese]] and a [[T-800|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.

=== Music ===
* 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.

=== Television ===
* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' ("[[Everyone's Waiting]]," 2005): [[Keith Charles]] is shot and killed by robbers seizing the contents of his armored truck.

=== Comics ===
* [[10 January]] — Comic book character Tintin, from ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' created by [[Herge]], turns 100 years old.
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