2029

Predicted events

• Friday, April 13 - The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN₄) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth, very briefly appearing as bright as 3rd magnitude. A possibility exists that Apophis could go through a 400 m wide "keyhole" on this pass which would put Apophis on a collision course with the Earth in 2036 .
• Music by Buddy Holly will enter the public domain this year.
• The FBI will have permission to reveal to the public the Top Secret papers on John F. Kennedy's assassination.
• The second of two Metonic twin eclipses will happen on December 20. The first twin eclipse will occur on December 21, 2010. The twin eclipses are separated by 19 years.
• Raymond Kurzweil predicts machine intelligence will equal one human brain intelligence as stated in his work on Futurism The Singularity Is Near based on Moore's Law.
• The digital time capsule 'A Message From Earth' reaches its destination on the planet Gliese 581c.

2029 in fiction

Computer and video games

• Deus Ex (2000): JC Denton's "assigned birth date" is March 17.
• Shadow of the Ninja also known as Kage and Blue shadow the events unfold of Emperor Garuda taking over, and the ninjas overthrowing him.

Manga

• Ghost in the Shell: Public Security Section 9 is established.

Film

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): Two Terminators, a T-800 and a T-1000, are sent back in time to 1995 to, respectively, protect and kill John Connor as a ten year old child.

Television

• Six Feet Under ("Everyone's Waiting," 2005): Keith Charles is shot and killed by robbers seizing the contents of his armored truck.
• Race to Mars, a fictional show about a manned expedition to Mars, takes place between 2029 and 2030.

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