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

==Predicted events==
*May — A [[Message to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence|METI]] message [[Cosmic Call 2]] sent from the 70-meter [[Eupatoria]] Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, [[55 Cancri]] star.
*[[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). {{Fact|date=January 2008}}

*[[August 23]] — Total [[solar eclipse]] from [[Montana]] to [[North Dakota]].
*September — A [[Message to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence|METI]] message [[Cosmic Call 2]] sent from the 70-meter [[Eupatoria]] Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, [[HD 10307]] star.
*[[October 1]] — Occultation of [[Regulus]] by [[Venus (planet)|Venus]]. The last was on [[July 7]], [[1959]]. After 2044 the next occultation of Regulus by Venus will occur on [[October 21]], [[3187]], although some sources claim it will occur on [[October 6]], [[2271]].
* [[November 8]] — [[United States]]: 65th [[President of the United States|presidential]] election and 129th [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections
*Assuming no further changes to the [[United States copyright law]], [[George Orwell]]'s canonical novel [[Nineteen Eighty Four|1984]] enters the [[public domain]].

==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.
*[[David Fisher (Six Feet Under)|David Fisher]], a character from [[HBO]]'s [[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]] dies.

[[Category:Years in the future]]
[[Category:2040s]]

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