Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Predicted events January 20 - U.S. Presidential inauguration day (see U.S. presidential election, 2004). February 8 - Mardi Gras February 26 through March 5 - Special Olympics World Winter Games scheduled for Nagano, Japan. April 8 - Hybrid solar eclipse (south Pacific ocean) June 30 - Rail service scheduled to begin on the MBTA Greenbush Line in Massachusetts. August - Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Los Angeles scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a busway in the San Fernando Valley. October 3 - Annular solar eclipse (North Portugal, Spain, east Africa) [date to be announced] - Charlotte Bobcats scheduled to begin play in the Uptown Arena.