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2021 (MMXXI) will be a common year starting on a Friday in the Gregorian calendar. Predicted and scheduled events Unknown dates Brood X, the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas, will emerge. CVN-80, the United States Navy's proposed replacement for the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), to be commissioned. Costa Rica has pledged to become a completely carbon-neutral nation by this date. The target date has been set by President Oscar Arias.1 CityRail will commence phasing out its 1970–1977 V-Sets for newer, more modern cars. The new trains are currently unknown. In fiction Computer and video games Shadowrun: On April 30, ten percent of the world's population suddenly transform into new racial types, resulting in the ork and troll races. Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2: (2008) Film Moon Zero Two (1969) Johnny Mnemonic (1995) Click (2006): Michael Newman's father dies. Resiklo (2007) Literature In the Terminator novel "New John Connor Chronicles: Dark Futures", Skynet initiates Judgement Day. Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham (2004): On January 15, UNPROFLEET, the fleet sailing under the command of Admiral Phillip Kolhammer off the coast of East Timor, disappears, sent back in time to June 2, 1942. Set in 2021: The Children of Men by P.D. James (1992) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (earlier editions set in 1992) (1968) Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears by Eric Trautmann (2007) Perfect Dark: Second Front by Greg Rucka (2007) Television Cowboy Bebop (1999–2000) "The Gate Accident" occurs.2 Sealab 2021 (2000–2005) Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008–Present) References ^ National Geographic, February 2008 ^ http://animedubs.com/anime/cowboy_bebop/