This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2007) Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century Decades: 2030s 2040s 2050s – 2060s – 2070s 2080s 2090s Years: 2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 The 2060s decade will begin on January 1, 2060 and will end on December 31, 2069. Contents 1 Notable predictions and known events 1.1 2061 1.2 2065 1.3 2066 1.4 2067 1.5 2068 1.6 2069 2 Metaphysical speculation 3 Fictional references 3.1 2060 3.2 2061 3.3 2062 3.4 2063 3.5 2064 3.6 2065 3.7 2067 3.8 2068 3.9 2069 4 References Notable predictions and known events 2061 Expected expiration of the Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement. July 28 – Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun—the last return reached its perihelion on February 9, 1986. 2065 November 11 – Transit of Mercury November 22 – 12:45 UTC—Venus will occult Jupiter. This event will be the first occultation of a planet by another since January 3, 1818. It will be very difficult to observe from Earth, because the elongation of Venus and Jupiter from the Sun on November 22, 2065 will be only 7 degrees. 2066 December 25 - It will be 1000 years from the time that William the Conqueror was crowned the first king of England. This day will also mark the 1000th anniversary of England. 2067 July 15 – 11:56 UTC—Mercury will occult Neptune. This rare event will be very difficult to observe from Earth. October – A METI message Cosmic Call 1 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, HD 178428 star. 2068 The Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument is expected to be opened 100 years after the time capsule was locked in 1968. 2069 November – A METI message, Cosmic Call 1, sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar in 1999, arrives at its destination, 16 Cyg A star. Metaphysical speculation Isaac Newton predicted that the world, according to his interpretation of the Bible, would end no sooner than 2060.12 The astrologer Dane Rudhyar, who was influential in the New Age movement, predicted in 1972 that the Age of Aquarius would begin in AD 2062.3 Fictional references 2060 In The Planet of Doubt, the Young expedition explores Uranus. On September 14, according to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, the United Nations Starship Unity launches from the remnants of Earth to the Alpha Centauri System and the planet Chiron. BE, a concept album by Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation, tells that in this year the human population will be reduced to only 1.2 million. The storyline of the anime The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz, is set in the year 2060. 2061 On May 21, The Last Question is asked for the first time. Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2061: Odyssey Three takes place. The television show Real Drive takes place. Year of the first Mars revolution and the Third World War on Earth, according to the plot of Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Red Mars. In "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" episode of The Twilight Zone, three of the four gold burglars awake from a century of being in a state of suspended animation. The events of the Commodore 64 computer game Project Firestart begin on September 12 of this year. 2062 Fireball XL5 takes place in 2062. The Red Star is banned together under the Solar Federation in Rush's song "2112". The Jetsons is supposed to take place in the year 2062. On the upcoming game Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, Tiberium infestation on planet Earth has reach critical levels by 2062 and Kane, leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, approaches GDI command in order to contain the organism, in a diplomatic meeting taking place in the destroyed city of Manchester 2063 In Star Trek chronology, Zefram Cochrane makes Earth's first warp speed flight on April 5. That night, Vulcan scientists, having discovered the warp signature from Cochrane's ship, make first contact with Earth. Most of the film Star Trek: First Contact is set in 2063. In Space: Above and Beyond chronology, interstellar Chig war begins following the destruction of the Earth Vesta and Tellus colonies in 2063. In the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot", scientists dropped a massive block of ice in the ocean to combat global warming every now and then until 3002, when Earth's orbit was moved, thus cooling the atmosphere dramatically. 2064 Stingray takes place in 2064. 2065 Thunderbirds takes place in 2065. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within takes place in 2065. The timekeeping system used in Greg Egan's Diaspora starts on 1st January 2065 The book "The Giver" is set during this time period. 2067 Friendship One launches (Star Trek: Voyager) 2068 Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons takes place in 2068. Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet takes place in 2068. Savage Planet takes place in the year 2068. The Titan War of the Cowboy Bebop series takes place in 2068. The Lotus Caves, a novel by John Christopher, takes place in 2068. 2069 In Nebulous, Professor Nebulous accidentally destroyed the Isle of Wight on May 15, when he tried to move it 10 kilometers to the left in order to give it more sun. The Half-Life 2 mod "Dystopia" takes place in 2069. In the Torchwood audio play Asylum, Freda was born in the year 2069. In "Mass Effect" the Luna colony was established in 2069. References ^ The General Scholium ^ News - Telegraph ^ Rudhyar, Dane Astrological Timing: The Transition to the New Age New York: 1972 Harper & Row