2044
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s |
| Years: | 2041 · 2042 · 2043 · 2044 · 2045 · 2046 · 2047 |
| 2044 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2044 MMXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2797 |
| Armenian calendar | 1493 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6794 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 200–201 |
| Bengali calendar | 1451 |
| Berber calendar | 2994 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2588 |
| Burmese calendar | 1406 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7552–7553 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4740 or 4680 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4741 or 4681 |
| Coptic calendar | 1760–1761 |
| Discordian calendar | 3210 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2036–2037 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5804–5805 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2100–2101 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1965–1966 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5144–5145 |
| Holocene calendar | 12044 |
| Igbo calendar | 1044–1045 |
| Iranian calendar | 1422–1423 |
| Islamic calendar | 1466–1467 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 56 (平成５６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1977–1979 |
| Juche calendar | 133 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4377 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 133 民國133年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 576 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2587 |
| Unix time | 2335219200–2366841599 |
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2044 (MMXLIV) will be a leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2044th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 44th year of the 3rd millennium, the 44th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2040s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- May – A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, 55 Cancri star.
- May 18 – Near-Earth object 2002 QF15 will make a close approach to Earth.
- August 23 – Total solar eclipse from Greenland through Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana and ending at sunset in North Dakota.[1]
- September – A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, HD 10307 star.
- October 1 – Occultation of Regulus by Venus. The last was on July 7, 1959. The next occultation of Regulus by Venus will occur on October 21, 3187, although some sources claim it will occur on October 6, 2271.
In fiction
- A devastating nuclear war destroys most of the Northern Hemisphere in John Wyndham's The Outward Urge.
- The Robotech Expeditionary Force will defeat the Invid at Reflex Point, marking the end of the Third Robotech War (Robotech animation series).
- The events of "A.D. 2044", a 1998 point-and-click adventure game for Windows written by L.K. Avalon and published by Flair Software, take place.[2]
- The events of the Polish film Sexmission take place.
- The events of the Game Boy video game Alien Olympics 2044 AD take place.
- David Fisher, a character from HBO's Six Feet Under dies.
- The events of the American film Zenith take place.
- The Moment of Silence, an investigative thriller adventure game developed in 2004 by German video game developer House of Tales. The game is set in the year 2044 in downtown New York City.
- The Architects of History is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In 2044, The Selachians attack Earth’s Moonbase and the Galactic Reich is threatened.
- The events of the 2012 science fiction film "Looper" take place.
- The events of the episode, "Days of Future Future" (2014), from the animated series The Simpsons, is set in 2044.
References
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