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* The events of the documentary [[Supervolcano (documentary)]] take place in Summer. |
* The events of the documentary [[Supervolcano (documentary)]] take place in Summer. |
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*The following former [[Major League Baseball]] players will become eligible for induction into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]], having fallen off the ballot of the [[Baseball Writers Association of America]] (BBWAA), twenty years having past from their retirement dates, and based upon voting by the [[Veterans Committee]]: [[Willie McGee]], [[Jim Abbott]], [[Darryl Strawberry]], [[Jack McDowell]], [[Chili Davis]], [[Tom Candiotti]], [[Jeff Montgomery]], [[Tony Phillips]], [[Terry Steinbach]], [[Mark Langston]], and [[Otis Nixon]]. |
*The following former [[Major League Baseball]] players will become eligible for induction into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]], having fallen off the ballot of the [[Baseball Writers Association of America]] (BBWAA), twenty years having past from their retirement dates, and based upon voting by the [[Veterans Committee]]: [[Willie McGee]], [[Jim Abbott]], [[Darryl Strawberry]], [[Jack McDowell]], [[Chili Davis]], [[Tom Candiotti]], [[Jeff Montgomery]], [[Tony Phillips]], [[Terry Steinbach]], [[Mark Langston]], and [[Otis Nixon]]. |
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* [[Russia]]'s space agency says that they plan to be mining helium-3 from the moon by this year. |
* [[Russia]]'s space agency says that they plan to be mining [[helium-3]] from the [[moon]] by this year. |
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==2020 in fiction== |
==2020 in fiction== |
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Revision as of 21:57, 1 February 2006
| Years: 2017 2018 2019 - 2020(MMXX) - 2021 2022 2023 | |
| Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s - 2020s - 2030s 2040s 2050s | |
| Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century | |
2020 (MMXX) will be a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponds to the years 5780-5781 in the Hebrew Calendar. It is expected to be pronounced in two-digit intervals, "twenty–twenty" (20/20) as per years prior to and including 1999, and opposed to the 21st century year pronunciation from 2000–present.
Predicted Events
November
Unknown Dates
- British newspaper The Guardian published a series of magazines in September 2004 predicting life in 2020
- George W. Bush stated on January 14, 2004 that humans should return to the moon no later than 2020, to prepare to eventually go on to Mars.
- Predicted proclamation of Malaysia as a developed country, under the Wawasan 2020 plan initiated by former Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad.
- India's 2020 Vision of becoming a developed, powerful, and influential nation-state is expected to be fullfilled.
- Summer Olympic Games to be held (Cities that are already bidding for the summer games include New York, Paris, Warsaw, Melbourne and Berlin.)
- Stipulated completion of restoration works to the Forbidden City in China
- Scheduled completion of the National Trunk Highway System in the People's Republic of China
- Earliest year that power aboard the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 is expected to terminate (though either probe may function past this date).
- November 3 - scheduled presidential and congressional elections in the United States (117th Congress will be elected).
- All nuclear power plants in Germany are scheduled to be shut down by this year.
- Schapelle Corby is to be released from prison for drug trafficking in Indonesia.
- The events of the documentary Supervolcano (documentary) take place in Summer.
- The following former Major League Baseball players will become eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, having fallen off the ballot of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), twenty years having past from their retirement dates, and based upon voting by the Veterans Committee: Willie McGee, Jim Abbott, Darryl Strawberry, Jack McDowell, Chili Davis, Tom Candiotti, Jeff Montgomery, Tony Phillips, Terry Steinbach, Mark Langston, and Otis Nixon.
- Russia's space agency says that they plan to be mining helium-3 from the moon by this year.
2020 in fiction
- The events of Perfect Dark Zero take place in this year.