2027 ( MMXXVII ) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2027th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 27th year of the 3rd millennium , the 27th year of the 21st century , and the 8th year of the 2020s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events [ change | change source ]

August [ change | change source ]

• August 7 – Asteroid (137108) 1999 AN 10 will pass within 388,960 km (0.0026 AU ) of the Earth. ^[1]

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• October - November – 2027 Cricket World Cup . ^[2]
• In Japan, JR Central will start operating the Ch?? Shinkansen between Shinagawa Station ( Tokyo ) and Nagoya Station ( Nagoya ) by Maglev system ( JR?Maglev ). ^[3]

In fiction [ change | change source ]

Video games [ change | change source ]

• Cyberia (1994)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011)
• Homefront (2011)

Movies [ change | change source ]

• Metropolis (1927)
• Children of Men (2006)
• V For Vendetta (2006)

Television [ change | change source ]

• A.D. Police Files (1990)
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2010)
• The Ghost Hunter (BBC Children's Drama) (2002)
• RahXephon (2002)
• Revolution (2012)
• Cameron Phillips of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is from this year. (2008)
• The Whitest Kids U' Know (2009)

Music [ change | change source ]

• Video set in 2027: Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit by Fedde Le Grande (2006)

Literature [ change | change source ]

• In Kim Stanley Robinson 's ' Mars Trilogy ', the first hundred Human colonists land on Mars this year.

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