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* 2070: According to an announcement made by Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]] in 2021, India will be carbon neutral.<ref>{{cite news |title=India pledges net-zero emissions by 2070 — but also wants to expand coal mining |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 |work=NPR |date=3 November 2021 |access-date=14 November 2021 |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114145317/https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* 2073: On January 1, assuming no further extensions to the term of copyrights become law in the interim, all media published before 1978 (including the [[Star Wars (film)|first]] ''[[Star Wars]]'' film) will have fallen into the [[public domain]] in the United States. This year, in particular, is significant because this is the last year when the terms of the [[Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act]] will apply; works published after 1977 will generally fall into the public domain after 70 years [[post mortem auctoris]].{{example needed|date=August 2021}}

* 2076: On July 4, the United States, founded in 1776, will turn 300 years old.

* [[Time formatting and storage bugs#Year 2079|2079]]: For computer software using unsigned 16-bit binary day counts and an epoch of 1 January 1900, the counts will overflow after 65,536 (2<sup>16</sup>) days, which will occur on 6 June 2079.