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

== Predicted and scheduled 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). {{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}
* [[June 6]] – The [[time capsule]] at the [[Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial]] will be opened.
* [[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]]. The last was on July 7, 1959. The next occultation of Regulus by Venus will occur on October 21, 3187, although some sources claim it will occur on October 6, 2271.

== In fiction ==
* 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 (Robotech)|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 [[LK Avalon|L.K. Avalon]] and published by Flair Software, take place.
* The events of the Polish film ''[[Sexmission]]'' take place.
* The events of the Game Boy video game ''[[Alien Olympics 2044 AD]]'' take place.
* [[David Fisher (Six Feet Under)|David Fisher]], a character from [[HBO]]'s [[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]] dies.
* The events of the American film ''[[Zenith (film)|Zenith]]'' take place.
*''The Moment of Silence'', an investigative thriller [[adventure game]] developed in [[2004 in video gaming|2004]] by [[Germany|German]] [[video game developer]] [[House of Tales]]. The game is set in the year 2044 in downtown [[New York City]].
*''The Architects of History'' is a [[Big Finish Productions]] [[List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish|audio drama]] based on the long-running [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. In 2044, The Selachians attack Earth’s Moonbase and the [[Nazism|Galactic Reich]] is threatened.

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