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

Predicted events

• May 2 — Partial solar eclipse
• September 8 — Major planetary alignment
• November 4 — Partial solar eclipse
• November 6 — United States: 64th presidential election and 127th congressional elections

Anniversaries

• February 6 — 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi.
• February 15 — 75th anniversary of the "maple leaf" Canadian Flag.
• April 9 — 100th anniversary of the start of the Norwegian campaign.
• April 9 - 175th anniversary of the surrender of Robert E. Lee and his army of Northern Virginia to the Ulysses S. Grant and his Union forces at Appomattox Court House, Virginia marking the end of the American Civil War.
• October 3 — 50th anniversary of German reunification.
• October 9 — 100th anniversary of John Lennon's birth.
• Summer — 100th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

Predictions

• Climatologists predict that sometime in 2040 the Arctic Ocean will be free of ice, at least during the autumn. (News reports, December 2006).
• NASA predicts that by this year it will cost only tens of dollars per pound to launch humans or cargo into space.^[1]

Fictional events

• The anime series Macross Plus, Masoukishin Cybuster, and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 are all set in this year.
• In the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the television becomes obsolete.
• The Doctor Who short story collection Short Trips: 2040 is set in the year 2040.
• Phantom 2040 television series and comic strips take place during this year.
• Edward de Bono's film 2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono presents an idea, in the form of a lecture, what 2040 might be like.
• The film Event Horizon (film) takes place in 2047.

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