2079


 * May 1 - A total solar eclipse is predicted for New York City in the United States, as well as Nova Scotia in Canada.[1]
 * June 6 - The smalldatetime fields in SQL-Server databases will wrap around to January 1, 1900. (179 years from 2079)
 * August 11 - Mercury occults Mars for the first time since 578. It is difficult to observe, but is the best observable occultation of a planet by another in the 21st century.