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2022 (MMXXII) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It is the 2022nd year of the Anno Domini or Common Era designation; the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 3rd of the 2020s decade. Predicted and scheduled events Date unknown 2022 Winter Olympics to be held this year. The host city will be decided in the summer of 2015. FIFA's World Cup will be hosted by Qatar. Germany will phase out the last of its nuclear power plants. 1 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann possibly causes a meteor shower. 2 In fiction Films

Set in 2022: Soylent Green (1973) No Escape (1994) Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003) according to Ron Stoppable Shego is the dictator of the world known as The Supreme One at this point ("20 years from now."). 2022 Tsunami (2009) a Thai film about six earthquakes occurring simultaneously all over the world which causes the biggest tsunami in history. Music Year Zero (2007): According to the information discovered from the viral marketing campaign for the concept album by Nine Inch Nails its story takes place in 2022 A.D. which in America is referred to as 0000 B.A. (Born Again) after several cataclysmic events. Television In the fictional Cowboy Bebop universe an accident involving an experimental warp gateway destroys the Moon in 2022 devastating the Earth and resulting in the settlement of other planets in the Solar System. Robotech (1985) SDF-3 & Pioneer Expedition set out for Tirol seaQuest DSV (1995): seaQuest is abducted from Earth. Video games Gran Turismo 4 (2005) Shoe manufacturer Nike will be releasing the Nike ONE 2022 moon buggy which has eight gears and no top speed. Power is around 200 HP and the car has morse code symbols on it. Perfect Dark (Game Boy Color) (2000). References http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13592208 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060510cometspitzer.html