2070

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Years:	2067 · 2068 · 2069 · 2070 · 2071 · 2072 · 2073

2070 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

2070 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2070 MMLXX
Ab urbe condita	2823
Armenian calendar	1519 ԹՎ ՌՇԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	6820
Bahá'í calendar	226–227
Bengali calendar	1477
Berber calendar	3020
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2614
Burmese calendar	1432
Byzantine calendar	7578–7579
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4766 or 4706     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4767 or 4707
Coptic calendar	1786–1787
Discordian calendar	3236
Ethiopian calendar	2062–2063
Hebrew calendar	5830–5831
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2126–2127
- Shaka Samvat	1991–1992
- Kali Yuga	5170–5171
Holocene calendar	12070
Igbo calendar	1070–1071
Iranian calendar	1448–1449
Islamic calendar	1492–1493
Japanese calendar	Heisei 82 (平成８２年)
Javanese calendar	2004–2005
Juche calendar	159
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4403
Minguo calendar	ROC 159 民國159年
Nanakshahi calendar	602
Thai solar calendar	2613
Unix time	3155760000–3187295999

2070 (MMLXX) will be a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2070th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 70th year of the 3rd millennium, the 70th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2070s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

• February – The Teen Age Message, an Active SETI message sent in 2001 from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar, arrives at its destination, the star HD 197076.

In fiction

Literature

• In Judge Dredd (in the comic 2000 AD) 2070 was the year President Robert L. Booth started the Atomic Wars. Booth, last president of the United States, was deposed. The following year the Battle of Armageddon took place, leading to the defeat of Booth's forces.^[1]
• The events that set the novel Ender's Game into motion take place in 2070.
• In the teen-fiction series TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow, an ELE engineered biological virus that kills off 99.9999% of humanity is released in 2070.

Television and Film

• The 1967 Doctor Who story The Moonbase is set in 2070 on the Moon.
• The animated film Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip has some scenes that take place in 2070.
• The television series Total Recall 2070 takes place in 2070.

Games

• The 2011 computer game Anno 2070 takes place in the year 2070, predicting that the sea level raised dangerously.
• In the Trinity role-playing game, 2070 marked the end of The Great Crash-a period of history that began in the year 2061. During this crash, millions of people died, half the world's arable land became infertile, the world's financial and ecological resources became drained, and the world economy collapsed. Conflict erupts after 2070 between nations, the Comm crunch hits, and the Urban schism occurs. Orbital expansion is attempted to revitalize the world.
• Red Faction takes place in 2070.

References

1. "Judge Dredd's Timeline". Dredd Zone. 2000AD Online. Retrieved 2006-11-25.