2044
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| Gregorian calendar | 2044 MMXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2797 |
| Armenian calendar | 1493 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԳ |
| Chinese calendar | 4740 – 4741 癸亥 – 甲子 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2036 – 2037 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5804 – 5805 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2099 – 2100 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1966 – 1967 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5145 – 5146 |
| Iranian calendar | 1422 – 1423 |
| Islamic calendar | 1466 – 1467 |
2044 (MMXLIV) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
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[edit] Predicted events
[edit] May
- May 18 - Near-Earth object 2002 QF15 will make a close approach to Earth.
- May 19 - The Kennedy Library will release to the public a 500-page transcript of an oral history about John F. Kennedy given by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (if her last child has died).
[edit] June
- June 6 - Centenary of the D-Day landings
[edit] August
- August 23 - Total Solar Eclipse from Montana to North Dakota.
[edit] October
- October 1 - Occultation of Regulus by Venus. The last was on July 7th, 1959. After 2044 the next occultation of Regulus by Venus will occur on October 21st, 3187, although some sources claim it will occur on October 6th, 2271.
[edit] Fictional events
- A devastating nuclear war destroys most of the Northern Hemisphere in John Wyndham's The Outward Urge.
- The Robotech Expeditionary Force will defeat the Invid at Reflex Point, marking the end of the Third Robotech War (Robotech animation series).
- The events of "A.D. 2044," a 1998 point-and-click adventure game for Windows written by L.K. Avalon and published by Flair Software, take place.
| Preceded by: 2043 |
Years 2044 |
Succeeded by: 2045 |
