'2050' ('MML') will be a
common year starting on Saturday of the
Gregorian calendar.
Predicted and scheduled events
★
Anniversaries
★ 100th anniversary of
Formula One World Championship
2050 in fiction
Literature
★ ''
Nineteen Eighty-Four'' by
George Orwell (1949): The language
Newspeak becomes the official language of
Oceania.
★ Short story "The Weed of Time" by
Norman Spinrad: The first manned mission to
Tau Ceti returns to Earth on
September 8, bearing with it the timesense-expanding plant ''tempis ceti''.
★ The start of events in the UK situation comedy
Come Back Mrs Noah
Television
★ ''
Immortal Grand Prix'' (2005): The second season takes place during the middle of this year.
External links
★
U.S. Census Bureau: Population Prediction
★
Guardian article on Spains shrinking coastline