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'''2044''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXLIV]]''') will be a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

==Predicted events==
*[[May 18]] — [[Near-Earth object]] [[2002 QF15]] will make a close approach to [[Earth]].
*[[May 19]] — The [[John F. Kennedy Library|Kennedy Library]] will release to the public a 500-page transcript of an oral history about [[John F. Kennedy]] given by [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]] (if her last child has died).
*[[August 23]] — Total Solar Eclipse from Montana to North Dakota.
*[[October 1]] — Occultation of [[Regulus]] by [[Venus (planet)|Venus]]. The last was on July 7th, 1959. After 2044 the next occultation of Regulus by Venus will occur on October 21st, 3187, although some sources claim it will occur on October 6th, 2271.
* [[November 8]] — [[United States]]: 65th [[President of the United States|presidential]] election and 129th [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections

==Anniversaries==
*[[May 19]] - 50th anniversary of the death of [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]
*[[June 6]] — 100th anniversary of the [[D-Day]] invasion of [[Normandy]]
*[[July 20]] — 75th anniversary of the first [[moon landing]]
*[[June]]  - 200 years of the death of [[Joseph Smith, Jr.|Joseph Smith]], founder of [[Mormonism]]

==Fictional events==
* A devastating nuclear war destroys most of the [[Northern Hemisphere]] in [[John Wyndham (writer)|John Wyndham]]'s ''[[The Outward Urge]]''.
* The [[Robotech Expeditionary Force]] will defeat the [[Invid]] at [[Reflex Point]], marking the end of the [[Third Robotech War]] ([[Robotech]] animation series).
* The events of "A.D. 2044," a 1998 point-and-click adventure game for Windows written by L.K. Avalon and published by Flair Software, take place.
*The events of the Polish film ''[[Sexmission]]'' take place.

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[[Category:2040s]]

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