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2060 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Association football (soccer) – Athletics (track and field) – Baseball – Basketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling – Rugby league – Rugby union – Tennis

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – Belgium – Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Thailand – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2060 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2060 MMLX
Ab urbe condita	2813
Armenian calendar	1509 ԹՎ ՌՇԹ
Assyrian calendar	6810
Bahá'í calendar	216–217
Bengali calendar	1467
Berber calendar	3010
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2604
Burmese calendar	1422
Byzantine calendar	7568–7569
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4756 or 4696     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4757 or 4697
Coptic calendar	1776–1777
Discordian calendar	3226
Ethiopian calendar	2052–2053
Hebrew calendar	5820–5821
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2116–2117
- Shaka Samvat	1981–1982
- Kali Yuga	5160–5161
Holocene calendar	12060
Igbo calendar	1060–1061
Iranian calendar	1438–1439
Islamic calendar	1482–1483
Japanese calendar	Heisei 72 (平成７２年)
Javanese calendar	1994–1995
Juche calendar	149
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4393
Minguo calendar	ROC 149 民國149年
Nanakshahi calendar	592
Thai solar calendar	2603
Unix time	2840140800–2871763199

2060 (MMLX) will be a leap year starting on Thursday (dominical letter DC) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2060th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 60th year of the 3rd millennium, the 60th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2060s decade.

Predictions

• April 30 – A solar eclipse is predicted to occur.^[1]
• October 24 – A solar eclipse is predicted to occur.^[2]
• One third of the world's energy could be solar, according to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA).^[3]
• Temperatures could rise by 4°C.^[4][5]
• Sea levels will rise by 9-24 inches.^[6]
• China and India combined will be economically larger than the entire developed world.^[7]
• The Office for National Statistics has predicted that the United Kingdom's population will be 81 million.^[8]
• Japan estimates that 40% of its population will be of retirement age,^[9] whilst its population will have shrunk by 30% from its maximum.^[10]

Metaphysical speculation

• Isaac Newton predicted that the world, according to his interpretation of the Bible, would end no sooner than 2060.^[11]

In fiction

• In The Planet of Doubt, the Young expedition explores Uranus.
• The storyline of the anime The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz is set in the year 2060.
• On September 14, in the game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, the United Nations Starship Unity launches from the remnants of Earth to the Alpha Centauri System and the planet Chiron.
• BE, a concept album by Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation, tells that in this year the human population will be reduced to only 1.2 million.

References

1. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2060 Apr 30". Retrieved 2013-06-23.
2. "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2060 Oct 24". NASA. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
3. "One Third of World's Energy Could Be Solar by 2060, Predicts Historically Conservative IEA". World Future Energy Summit. December 2, 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
4. "Cancun climate change summit: temperatures could rise 4C by 2060". Telegraph. November 29, 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
5. "Could big bills from extreme weather drive climate action?". Thomson Reuters Foundation. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
6. "Sea level rise in South Florida: expect floods, sea wall woes". Sun Sentinel. 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
7. Walker, Andrew (2012-11-09). "OECD: 'Dramatic shift' in balance of economic power". BBC. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
8. Easton, Mark (2012-07-16). "England and Wales population up". BBC. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
9. "Japan's lower house passes sales tax bill". BBC. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
10. Lah, Kyung (2012-01-30). "Japan's population faces dramatic decline". CNN. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
11. "The world will end in 2060, according to Newton". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2013-06-23.