2042
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2042 (MMXLII) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Predicted events
- April 30 – The Nickelodeon time capsule will be dug up.
- September 17 – A common computing representation of date and time on IBM mainframe systems will overflow with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.
- November 4 – Elections for the 128th United States Congress and several state governorships.
- According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, African American, Asian, Indian American, Native Hawaiʻian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites.[1][relevant?]
In fiction
- On the ABC series Defying Gravity, the mission to Mars took place in this year, ten years before the Antares Mission in 2052.
- The Japanese version of Snatcher, a graphic adventure game originally released in 1988, are set on December 2042. The English localization of Snatcher moved the setting to 2047.
References
- ^ Roberts, Sam (August 13, 2008), "In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority", New York Times.