2040

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Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2010s  2020s  2030s  – 2040s –  2050s  2060s  2070s
Years:	2037 2038 2039 – 2040 – 2041 2042 2043

2040 (MMXL) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

February

• February 6 – Early Macintosh computers cannot recognise dates after this day.

May

• May 2 – Partial solar eclipse

September

• September 8 – Major alignment of the planets

November

• November 4 – Partial solar eclipse

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.

• Climatologists predict that sometime in 2040 the Arctic Ocean will be free of ice, at least during the autumn. (News reports, December 2006).

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.