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Years: 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 - - 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055
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2050
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2803
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4746&ndash4747
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''unknown''
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5810&ndash5811
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1972&ndash1973
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2105&ndash2106
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5151&ndash5152
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1428&ndash1429
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1472&ndash1473
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2300
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The year (MML) in the Gregorian Calendar corresponds to 5810-5811 in the Hebrew Calendar .
October 2, 2050, will mark 100 years since the first appearance of the classic comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz .
- U.S. Air Force expects to retire the B-52 Stratofortress .
- Projected population of the world: 9.084 billion (Source: US Census Bureau)
- U.S. Census Bureau predicts population percentage in the U.S. to be 50.1% non-Hispanic whites, 24.4% Hispanic of various racial groups, 14.6% of black origin, 8.0% Asian origin. The figures ignore mixed racial and cultural origin. Currently those who list mixed origins are counted twice for the purposes of statistics.
- Louisiana, which lost 1900 square miles of land between 1932 and 2000, is expected to lose an additional 700 square miles by 2050, unless effective measures are taken to prevent further erosion (see ''Chicago Tribune'', December 15, 2005, front page).
- The computer game '' Civilization '' ends at this year.
- According to the novel '' 1984 '', the language "Newspeak" becomes the official language of Oceania .
- According to the Fairly OddParents , Timmy's dad will "expire" in January of this year.
- According to Norman Spinrad's short story ''The Weed of Time,'' the first manned mission to Tau Ceti returns to Earth on September 8, bearing with it the timesense-expanding plant ''tempis ceti''.
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