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Encyclopedia > 5th millennium
Millennia: 4th millennium - 5th millennium - 6th millennium

The fifth millennium is a period of time which will begin on 1 January 4001 and will end on 31 December 5000. These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... The fourth millennium is a period of time which will begin on 1 January 3001 and will end on 31 December 4000. ... The sixth millennium is a period of time which will begin on January 1 5001 and will end on December 31 6000. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Function The NOR gate is a digital logic gate that behaves according to the truth table to the right. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Five thousand (5000) is the natural number following 4999 and preceding 5001. ...

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Astronomical events

is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... In this July, 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation. ... Regulus (α Leo / α Leonis / Alpha Leonis) is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Maya calendar is a system of distinct calendars and almanacs used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and by some modern Maya communities in highland Guatemala. ... Comet Hale-Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) was probably the most widely observed comet of the twentieth century, and one of the brightest seen for many decades. ... This article is about the Solar System. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The Great Comet of 1811 (formally designated C/1811 F1) was a comet that was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days. ...

Astrological Events

Sometime during the first eight centuries of the 5th millennium (calculations vary among different astrologers), the 2,158 year long Age of Aquarius will end and the Age of Capricorn will begin. An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. ... The Age of Aquarius (starting around the 27th century) is one of the twelve astrological ages. ... Position of vernal equinox occurring in Pisces after leaving Aries constellation (through the precession of the equinoxes backward motion). ...


Fictional events

  • In the Zager and Evans song, In The Year 2525 — "In the year 4545. Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes. You won't find a thing to chew. Nobody's gonna look at you."
  • A majority of the events of David Weber's Honor Harrington novels and short stories take place during the early years of the fifth millennium.
  • In the film A. I., a sequence said to take place in 4001 features the extinction of mankind after the ocean freezes over, but other intelligent life, the descendants of mankind's early intelligent robots, return to earth and excavate to discover their origins.
  • The events of David Macaulay's Motel of the Mysteries take place in 4022.
  • A scene in SB-129 from the animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants takes place on March 6, 4017.
  • 49th century: Susan from the television programme Doctor Who is born.
  • The events of the Doctor Who episode 42 will take place in the 42nd century.
  • A would-be period of time shown in the episode The Cryonic Woman in the Futurama series, when Michelle, Fry's girlfriend from the 20th century, comes to the 31st century, and not liking it, she freezes both her and Fry for another 1000 years. Later on they found they were not in the year 4000, they were only frozen for a few days.
  • The novel series Fifth Millennium by Stirling, Wehrstein and Meier is set in this time, chronicling the lives and travels of several connected characters in a 'low magic' fantasy world that emerged after a nuclear war destroyed almost all former civilization on earth.
  • In several stories written by H.P. Lovecraft, the beginning of "the cruel Tsan-Chan Empire" will take place in the year 5000.

Zager and Evans were a Lincoln, Nebraska rock-pop duo of the late 1960s and early 1970s named after the its two name-sake members, Denny Zager and Rick Evans. ... In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) is the title of a hit song from 1969 by the Lincoln, Nebraska duo Zager and Evans, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, commencing July 12. ... The Andromeda Ascendant is a fictional starship in the television series Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The High Guard are a military organization from the TV series Andromeda. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda is an American science fiction television series, based on unused material by Gene Roddenberry developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced posthumously by his widow, Majel Roddenberry. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Colony Wars is a trilogy of video games developed and produced by Psygnosis for the Sony PlayStation. ... A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (actual on-screen title: Artificial Intelligence: A.I.) (2001) was the last project that filmmaker Stanley Kubrick worked on. ... Neo Contra ) is a video game that is part of the Contra series by Konami. ... The Caves of Steel is a book by Isaac Asimov. ... The Naked Sun is the second novel in Isaac Asimovs Robot series. ... The Robots of Dawn is a whodunit science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1983. ... Robots and Empire is a 1985 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov. ... Production Order SB-129 is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the television series. ... 42 is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... This article is about the television series. ... The word fry may mean: To cook in a pan (frying pan) with the optional use of fat, butter, or cooking oil by heating over a flame; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry chicken; to fry doughnuts. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 31st century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 3001–3100 of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephen Michael Stirling is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... This article is about the comic book company. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ... The Algebraist, a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first appeared in print in 2004. ...

References

  • Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets (in German)

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