2031

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2000s  2010s  2020s  – 2030s –  2040s  2050s  2060s
Years:	2028 2029 2030 – 2031 – 2032 2033 2034

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2031 (MMXXXI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. It will also be the first year since 2019 to have all four digits being different numbers.

January

• January - The International Space Station is scheduled to be deorbited into the pacific around this time

August

• August 1: 50th anniversary of the cable television channel MTV.

October

• October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.

December

• December 12 – Virgin of Guadalupe 500 year anniversary
• December 17 – Transit of Earth from Uranus

Date unknown

• Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031.

Books

• In Magic Tree House, Jack and Annie travel to the moon in the year 2031.

In The Hunger Games, The first Annual Hunger Games begins in this year

Comics

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

Computer and video games

• In Deus Ex, Utah announces its intent to secede from the U.S. in this year.
• The events of MindJack take place in this year.
• The events of Shadowrun take place in this year.

Movies

• In "Heavy Metal", The Harry Canyon segment is set in 2031, beginning on July 3.

Music

• In the song by Warrant, "April 2031" the band makes reference that nuclear war will have greatly altered the Earth.

Television

• Blue Gender (1999–2000)
• Time Trumpet (2006–2008)
• In Race to Mars, a 2007 miniseries on the first manned mission on Mars, the first humans arrive on the red planet in this year.