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2020 (MMXX) will be a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. It is the 2020th year of Common Era (also called Anno Domini), the 20th of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century. It also will be the first year of the 2020s decade. Predicted and scheduled events Date unknown The Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link is expected to be completed. The main segment of track extending from San Francisco to Anaheim of the California High Speed Rail system is expected to be completed. 2020 Summer Olympics - The host city will be announced in mid 2013 ISRO plans to send a manned space mission to moon. This is the year that the Hong Kong MTR South Island Line east section is expected to be completed. The Russian Federal Space Agency says that they plan to be mining helium-3 from the moon by this year.1 Earliest year that power aboard the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 is expected to terminate (though either probe may function past this date). Several underdeveloped countries have plans to become developed countries by 2020: Trinidad and Tobago becomes a developed country under the Vision 2020 development plan initiated by Former Prime Minister Patrick Manning. (Current Prime Minister, as of May 24th, 2010: The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar) [1]. Malaysia becomes a developed country, under the Wawasan 2020 plan initiated by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Chile becomes a developed country. India becomes a developed country as pledged by President A P J Abdul Kalam. Oman becomes a developed country under 2020 long term development plan. Pakistan becomes a developed country under 2020 long term development plan. Philippines becomes a developed country as pledged by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Volvo hopes to use radar, sonar and other advanced technologies to create a crash-proof car by 2020.2 The IBM Institute for Business Value concluded from their study "Automotive 2020: Clarity Beyond the Chaos" that all automobiles will have some level of hybridization by 2020.3 Toyota's vice president in charge of powertrain development also believes that all Toyota cars produced will be hybrid vehicles by the year 2020.4 Cars that drive themselves on smart highways, 3-D video conferencing, artificial brain cells, artificial lungs, artificial kidneys, identification of the genetic links of all diseases - all these have been predicted for 2020.5 In fiction Comics Comics set in 2020: 2020 Visions (1997–1998) Iron Man 2020 Superman 2020 Novels Perfect Dark: Initial Vector by Greg Rucka (2005) Computer and video games Games set in 2020: Raid 2020 (1989) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991): The Level "Neon Night Riders" Takes place in 2020. Super Baseball 2020 (1991) Keitai Denjū Telefang (2000) Command and Conquer: Generals (2003) Perfect Dark Zero (2005) Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception (2006) Crysis (2007) Tom Clancy's EndWar (2008) Supreme Ruler 2020 (2008) MAG: Massive Action Game (2010) The second war of the S.V.E.R starts off in 2020 Film Films set in 2020: Roujin Z (1991) Mission to Mars (2000) Yesterday (2002) Reign of Fire (2002) Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) Thunderbirds (2004) V for Vendetta (2006) Television Television programs set in 2020: Sealab 2020 (1972) Terrahawks (1983–1984) Knights of God (1987) C.O.P.S. (1988–1989) Dark Angel (2000–2002), second half of Season One and first half of Season Two Supervolcano 6 (2005) Dollhouse (2009-2010), The events of the series finale takes place. Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood (2010) Music Songs about 2020, or including 2020 Ace Enders and a Million Different People has a song on their debut CD, The Secret Wars called "Bring Back Love (Year 2020)" It is about helping the financially unstable and bringing back a general love among humans. In Head Automatica's song, "Graduation Day", the music video foretold that in the year 2020, the goth girl who is graduating will become the President of the United States. In Eminem's song, "We Made You", from his 2009 album Relapse, the rapper mentions the year 2020 in the outro of the song, in the line "Dr. Dre, 2020, Yeah!". See also 2020 Vision References ^ "Moon". http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/17-03-2006/77404-moon-0.  ^ "Volvo". http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/volvo-promises.html.  ^ "Hybridization the Norm". http://www.hybridcars.com/carmakers/hybridization-be-norm-2020-0819.html.  ^ "Toyota". http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/toyota/toyota-cutting-hybrid-costs/.  ^ Eyewitness Future, by Michael Tambini (2004), ISBN 0-7566-0684-5 ^ "TV programs worth watching". http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve05/1223worth.html.