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2010
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4706–4707
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Heisei 22<br>''unofficially''
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5770–5771
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1932&ndash1933
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5111–5112
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1388–1389
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1431–1432
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2260
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(''') It is the year of the Tiger in Chinese Astrology .
- July 11 - Total Solar Eclipse (visible only in the South Pacific (esp. Easter Island) and southern South America).
- September 16 - 200th aniversary of México 's independence.
- September 18 - 200th aniversary of Chile 's independence.
- September 22 - Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 53' south. Second conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
- NASA 's ''Dawn'' space probe scheduled to arrive at Vesta , the second largest Asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
- Sometime in April (unknown) - The International Space Station construction is expected to be completed.
- Sometime during Philippine summer ( April-June ), National Elections.
- Summer July BSA National Jamboree , Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the BSA.
- The Space Shuttle Discovery will retire.
- The first phase of the extension to the East London Line of the London Underground is scheduled for completion.
- General Motors is confident that it can produce a commercially viable model of its Concept Car , the Hy-wire , by this year.
- FIFA World Cup 2010 scheduled to be held in South Africa .
- A new bridge of the Robert Moses Causeway is set to be constructed next to the decomposing Fire Island Inlet span in Long Island, NY.
- Peak Oil said to occur.
- June is the latest possible month for the next United Kingdom General Election
- The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is due to begin replacing the A-10 Warthog and the F-16 Fighting Falcon .
- The Airbus A350 is planned to start service.
- A new casino/hotel called in Las Vegas, Nevada is scheduled to open.
- The Cityrail Rail Clearways project is expected to be completed.
- Israel by this year will have completed its Security Barrier and will use it as the basis for the definitive border between Israel and Palestine , according to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , as reported 03/10/2006 by the Wall Street Journal and many other newspapers and other news media. All Israeli settlements not protected by the barrier will have been evacuated.
- Experts predict the year 2010 will see major advances in Artificial Intelligence , Bionics , Cloning , Computers and Robotics .
- An episode of '' Stargate SG-1 '', entitled " 2010 ", takes place in this year. Provided the later episode "2001" did not in-fact preclude its existence.
- The '' Simpsons '' episode " Lisa's Wedding " takes place in 2010.
- '', is set in 2010. The film's depiction of a USSR and USA still fighting the Cold War is now considerably out of date. The novel, unlike the movie, offers a view of USA-USSR harmony and co-operation. However, it also shows Andrei Sakharov as leader of the USSR, which now can never be a reality. The scenarios (in both book and film) of human flights to Jupiter by 2010, and the detonation of Jupiter by an alien intelligence, seems extremely unlikely at present (2006).
- The computer game '' Uplink '' takes place in this year.
- The events of Knight Rider 2010 take place.
- War breaks out between Yuktobania and Osea in September 2010 in the video game '''', ending on New Year's Eve.
- In the television show '' Macross '', the Earth is decimated in 2010 by the Zentradi in a final attack that also ends in the defeat of the Zentradi fleet.
- The third season of '' Transformers G1 '' takes place in 2010.
- If it is still in production, the drama series '' Law & Order '' will match the record set by '' Gunsmoke '' as the longest-running American Prime Time dramatic series (20 years).
- In the 1990s Sit-com Roseanne , a future scene takes place in an episode in 2010 with Jackie reading a newspaper with the headline Chicago Cubs will win the World Series in this year and they say that DJ is promoted.
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