2060s
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2060
- Isaac Newton predicted that the world, according to his interpretation of The Bible, would end no sooner than this year.
2061
- Halley's Comet makes a return to the inner solar system — the last return was in 1986.
- Expected expiration of the Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement.
2065
- November 11 — Transit of Mercury
- November 22 — 12:45 UTC — Venus will occult Jupiter. This event will be the first occultation of a planet by another since January 3, 1818. It will be very difficult to observe from Earth, because the elongation of Venus and Jupiter from the Sun on November 22, 2065 will be only 7 degrees.
2067
- July 15 11:56 UTC — Mercury will occult Neptune. This rare event will be very difficult to observe from Earth.
- October — A METI message Cosmic Call 1 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, HD 178428 star.
2069
- November — A METI message Cosmic Call 1 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, 16 Cyg A star.
Metaphysical predictions
- According to Dane Rudhyar, a leading astrologer of the 1970s, the Age of Aquarius will begin in 2062.
Fictional references
2060
- September 14, 2060. The United Nations Starship Unity launches from the remnants of Earth to the Alpha Centauri System and the planet Chiron. (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri)
2061
- May 21, 2061. The Last Question is asked for the first time.
- Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2061: Odyssey Three takes place.
2062
2063
- In Star Trek chronology, Zefram Cochrane makes Earth's first warp-speed flight on Thursday, April 5, 2063. That night, Vulcan scientists, having discovered the warp signature from Cochrane's ship, make first contact with Earth.
- In Space: Above and Beyond chronology, interstellar Chig war begins following the destruction of the Earth Vesta and Tellus colonies in 2063.
- In the Futurama episode Crimes of the Hot, scientists dropped a massive block of ice in the ocean to combat global warming every now and then until 3002 when Earth was moved away from the sun.
2065
- Thunderbirds (TV series) takes place in 2065.
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within takes place in 2065.
2067
- Friendship One launches (Star Trek Voyager)
2068
- Captain Scarlet takes place in 2068.
- Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet takes place in 2068.
- Savage Planet takes place in the year 2068.
- The Titan War of the Cowboy Bebop series takes place in 2068
References
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