A few sites I found related to the 21st Century, links related to predictions and Y2K issues. This page was originally developed for Gala 2000 held January 22, 2000 by the MIT Club of Boston. The page is still maintained to see how many of the sites linked below survive the 100 years the Gala 2000 time capsule is sealed and also to see how many outside predictions are fulfilled during that same time.

CONTENTS: Astronomical Events / Predictions / World's Fairs / Y2K Links

• A Total Lunar Eclipse occurred on January 20-21, 2000 - just 2 days before MIT Club of Boston's Gala 2000.  Because of sunlight refracting through Earth's atmosphere during the lunar eclipse, and because of variations in the overall transparency of the Earth's atmosphere, the totally eclipsed Moon's color could range from a gray to a deep red to even orange.  Please note that gray and red are the school colors of MIT. It would be interesting to see if previous MIT Club of Boston Galas were timed near major astronomical events given that three of MIT's past presidents worked in astronomy-related fields.
• There could be a naked-eye comet this coming summer. We will learn during the summer of 2000 whether this is a failed prediction or not, recalling the hype about Comet Kahoutek back in 1973-74. According to this web site, Comet LINEAR could be brighter than previously expected. The comet broke apart during the summer of 2000. NEW: I just learned that LINEAR found another comet that could be naked eye by Christmas 2001 if it doesn't go non-LINEAR again!!:-) The comet was discovered by a robotic telescope operated by MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
• The year 2000 is a leap year unlike 1000, 1900, 2100 or 3000. Go here to learn more. There are additional outside links to calendar history, time scales in theoretical physics and on time travel on the page.
• There will be a grand conjunction of the five bright planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) on May 5, 2000. The conjunction itself will be a fulfilled prediction thanks to celestial mechanics, but this site refutes the wild apocalyptic predictions sometimes associated with this event.
• There is a transit of Venus coming in the year 2004. Click here for more.
• A listing of major astronomical events from 2000 to past 2010 is given here.

• Scrolling page of predictions from MIT Club of Boston's Gala 2000 held January 22, 2000 prepared and posted by the ProphecyMaster on Groundhog's Day 2000 less than an hour before the Groundhog made his prognostications for the winter of 2000.
• By the way, there will be six more weeks of winter 2000 according to the Official Groundhog.
• Predictions from MIT faculty about the 21st Century are found here.
• You know it is getting near the end of the Millennium if you see a site like this.
• Predictions and Prophesy
• The FutureVerse - wish I found this site late in 1999 when I was building this page for MIT Club of Boston's Gala 2000!!! It is very compehensive - probably has some predictions about 2000-2001 that one wish doesn't come to pass...
• A Nostradamus Site
• Another Nostradamus Site with lots of related links
• Yet More Nostradamus Links
• Some predictions about the home of 2001 made in a 1967 TV program called "At Home 2001"
• Some missed predictions about the 20th Century
• Predictions About the Year 2000 that was made on March 22, 1922 (Exactly 77 years, 10 months before the MIT Club of Boston Gala 2000).
• Some Old Predictions Related to Computers.  Find the prediction not missed.
• Missed Predictions about the Second Coming
• December 6, 1999 has come and gone. Jupiter still looks the same. Hence, this turns out to be a failed prediction. I am glad they were wrong - Arthur C. Clarke does not write about Jupiter turning into a star until his novel '2010' came out and my Master's thesis at MIT was related to Jupiter's Great Red Spot:=)
• Don't let this site scare you from making your predictions about the 21st Century
• Arthur C. Clarke's Predictions
• HAL 9000 Simulator Page. HAL can also search the Web for you as well.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• Fritz Lang's Metropolis - a movie about urban life set in the future.
• Computer Predictions
• Future of e-mail
• New Ways of Working
• Jetsons Links (The Jetsons was a cartoon set in the future): Unofficial Site / FAQ
• World Future Society (Greater Boston)
• 21st Century Online Magazine Page featuring predictions about the 21st Century by various experts.
• The Futurism Page
• Some Future Related Sites: one / two
• Automated Highways (NOTE: Non-Information-Related)

• Some 1939 New York World's Fair sites: Images / Revisited
• 1964 New York World's Fair Sites: Guide / Fair
• Another NY World's Fair Link
• Expo '67 - Montreal, Canada NOTE: Written in French.
• World's Fairs Links page - lots of links!!
• World's Fairs Held in the Americas

• Click here if you want to see if your favorite software program is Y2K compliant.
• There is now a song out about Y2K. Go here to listen (Real Player required) or to just read the lyrics.
• A celebration site to check out.  But please check this site before celebrating.
• It finally happened!! Someone wrote (or at least broadcasted) 'Twas the Night Before Y2K'!!
• Some Y2K-compliant (or compliance ?) cartoons found here.

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