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[[Science fiction]] and other related fields of [[fiction]] are often set in the future, or at least involve events in times that have not yet occurred. This list is a chronological collection of significant events from various works of such fiction. It includes some events that were set in the future when the fiction containing them was first written but which have now been overtaken by real [[history]], becoming a form of [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] or [[failed prediction]] in the pr(contracted; show full)
**After three decades of global war, a great plague wipes out most of the people on Earth. (''[[Things to Come]]'')
*[[1967]]
**A computer malfunction sends a group of American nuclear bombers on an attack course toward Moscow. (The novel version of ''[[Fail-Safe]])''
*[[1970s]]
**A possible setting of ''[[Doctor Who
|Doctor Who's]]'''s "[[UNIT dating controversy|UNIT Era]]". It is also possible that it takes place during the 1980s.
*[[1970]]
**An older John Cabal, a member of the global 'Wings Over the World', lands his flying wing [[aeroplane]] in world-war torn Everytown. He advises that peace has arrived, but the town's head, 'The Boss', does not approve.  (''[[Things to Come]]'' film, 1936)
*[[1972]]
**February - Astronaut George Taylor and three other volunteers (John Landon, Dodge and Stewart) depart Earth from Cape Kennedy on a mission that will take them 2,000 years into the future. (''[[Planet of the Apes]]'')
*[[1973]]
**Designed by Adm [[Harriman Nelson]] (USN-Ret), the nuclear supersub [[USOS Seaview]], with its transparent hull-plating 'window' nose section, undergoes radio silence & deep-diving trials in the [[Arctic Ocean]].
*[[1974]]
** ''[[Seven Days in May]]'': Attempted military coup against the President of the United States.
*[[1980s]]
**A possible setting of ''[[Doctor Who|Doctor Who's]]'''s "[[UNIT dating controversy|UNIT Era]]".
**A manmade superflu breaks out and kills 99.4 percent of the population of the planet (''[[The Stand]]'' by [[Stephen King]]).
*[[1984]]
**April - Winston Smith, a secretly rebellious file clerk in the Ministry of Truth, is arrested and tortured by [[Big Brother (1984)|Big Brother]] (''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell]] and its two film versions).
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*[[1987]]
**November: Civilization on Earth is devastated by a [[nuclear war]], cause unknown. (''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' television series)
*[[1988]]
**A flying saucer carrying enslaved aliens ("Newcomers") crashlands in the Mojave desert. (''[[Alien Nation (film)|Alien Nation]]'' movie)
**A wall is built around Manhatt
ean Island, creating the one maximum security penitentiary for the entire country. (''[[Escape From New York]]'')
*[[1992]]
** [[January 12]] - [[HAL 9000]] becomes operational (''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]] movie'')
**[[Khan Noonien Singh]] rises to power, assuming dictatorial control from South Asia to the Middle East. (''[[Star Trek]]'' episode "[[Space Seed]]")
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** Dr. Sam Beckett begins to [[time travel]] through his lifetime (''[[Quantum Leap]]'')
*199X
**All Year - The world is saved from the alien menace known as [[Giygas]] by 4 young children, led by [[Onett]] native, [[Ness]], with [[PSI]] powers and friendship. (''[[EarthBound]]'')
*[[2000]]
** Efficient international flight has been achieved by fleets of [[airship|dirigible
s]]s, controlled by the [[Aerial Board of Control]] (''With the Night Mail'' and ''As Easy as A.B.C.'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]])
**Massive [[overpopulation]] has occurred (''Make Room, Make Room'' by [[Harry Harrison]] and film ''[[Soylent Green]]'')

==[[21st century]]==

*[[2001]]
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==External links==
*[http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were]
* [http://moa.dracandros.com/ Fictional encyclopedia wiki with a section for fictional history]
* [http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg1.html Man Conquers Space]

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