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2031

2031 (''' MMXXXI ''') will be a Common Year Starting On Wednesday of the Gregorian Calendar .

PREDICTED EVENTS

11th Rugby World Cup expected to take place

December 31 — last calendar date in the calendar feature on the Palm M130 .

ANNIVERSARIES

January

January 17 — 250th anniversary of the Battle Of Cowpens .

January 20 — 50th anniversary of Iran 's releasing of the 52 American Hostages .

February

February 3 — 100th anniversary of the Hawkes Bay ( Napier, New Zealand and Hastings, New Zealand ) Earthquake .

February 5 — 150th anniversary of the Incorporation of Phoenix, Arizona .

March

March 1 — 250th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress ' implementing of the Articles Of Confederation .

March 2 — 75th anniversary of Morocco 's Independence from France .

March 4 — 350th anniversary of Charles II Of England 's granting of a land Charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania .

March 13 — 250th anniversary of Sir William Herschel 's discovery of what is now known as the Planet Uranus .

March 16 — 300th anniversary of the Treaty Of Vienna .

March 20 — 75th anniversary of Tunisia 's independence from France .

March 30 — 50th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan being shot in the chest and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. .

April

April 7 — 75th anniversary of Morocco 's Independence from Spain .

April 12 — 50th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch.

May

May 1 — 100th anniversary of the opening of the Empire State Building in New York City .

May 12 — 150th anniversary of Tunisia formally becoming a French Protectorate .

June

June 5 — 50th anniversary of the first recognized case of AIDS .

July

July 2 — 150th anniversary of James A. Garfield 's assassination by Charles J. Guiteau .

August

August 1 — 50th anniversary of the launching of MTV .

August 21 — 200th anniversary of the start of Nat Turner 's Slave Rebellion

September

September 9 — 75th anniversary of Elvis Presley 's first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show .

September 17 — 400th anniversary of the Battle Of Breitenfeld .

September 18 — 100th anniversary of the start of the Mukden Incident .

September 19 — 150th anniversary of the Death of James A. Garfield .

October

October 19 — 250th anniversary of Charles Cornwallis ' Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia , thus paving the way for the end of the American Revolutionary War .

December

December 11 — 100th anniversary of The Statute Of Westminster , Act of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom which pronounced legislative equality between dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom . The first major step to independence of these nations and the break up of the British Empire .

FICTIONAL REFERENCES

In Deus Ex , Utah announces its intent to secede from the U.S. in this year.

The BBC comedy series '' Time Trumpet '' is set in this year — it looks back on earlier events in the 21st century.

In Judge Dredd , the sprawling Mega-City One is founded.

The events of Shadowrun take place in this year.