2036

2036 (MMXXXVI) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

* April - A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, Hip 4872 star.
* April 13 - close approach to Earth by asteroid 99942 Apophis. The 20-million-ton object has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting the Earth on Easter Sunday.
* The U.S. military's contract with the United Kingdom to use Diego Garcia as a military base would end, if the contract were extended in 2016.
* November 4 - United States Presidential election. Assuming the relevant Constitutional provisions are not changed before then it will be the first time that Americans born in the 21st century will be eligible for election to the Presidency.
* 2036 Summer Olympic Games to be held and Host City to be chosen in 2029

Fictional events

* The 1936 film "Things to Come" depicts 2036 as a time when humans live in underground cities and fire the first spacecraft to the Moon from a giant space gun.
* Most of the "Once Upon a Time Machine" episode of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series is set in the year 2036. It's an era of peace and without any crimes in New York City, when Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady travel in time from 1991 to 2036 in an attempt to rule the future.
* , of the Zenon books and films, is born this year.
* In the game for Nintendo DS, Dracula is set to be revived this year.
* The events of the film Android take place.
* The popular Epcot ride, Mission Space, takes place this year.
* John Titor supposedly time travels back to the winter of 1975 to retrieve an IBM 5100 computer which he claimed was needed to "debug" various legacy computer programs in 2036.