How the future looks as of July 30, 2007
Brian Gongol
| Year | Years away | Event | Source | Date of projection |
| 2008 | 1 | Burj Dubai completed | Architectural Record | 2007.07.24 |
| 2009 | 2 | 50th anniversary of Communist control in Cuba | CBS News | 2007.07.26 |
| 2009 | 2 | First private commercial spaceflight of "SpaceShipTwo" | Space.com | 2007.07.03 |
| 2010 | 3 | Space Shuttle retired | USA Today | 2005.08.08 |
| 2010 | 3 | Biofuels production causes decline in gas prices | Dow Jones Newswires | 2007.07.30 |
| 2011 | 4 | 20th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm | National Security Archive | 2001.01.17 |
| 2013 | 6 | Medicare becomes insolvent | Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees | 2007.04.23 |
| 2019 | 12 | Medicare trust fund exhausted | Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees | 2007.04.23 |
| 2025 | 18 | India's population exceeds China's | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0.6% of adults in US infected with HIV/AIDS | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |
| 2027 | 20 | China's GDP exceeds US GDP | The Economist | 2007.06.28 |
| 2028 | 21 | Medicare expenditures exceed Social Security expenditures | Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees | 2007.04.23 |
| 2029 | 22 | Youngest Baby Boomers reach age 65 | US Census Bureau | 2006.01.03 |
| 2045 | 38 | Global life expectancy reaches 75 years | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |
| 2046 | 39 | Oldest Baby Boomers reach age 100 | US Census Bureau | 2006.01.03 |
| 2050 | 43 | India's GDP exceeds US GDP | The Economist | 2007.06.28 |
| 2050 | 43 | Russia's population falls below 100 million | Radio Free Europe | 2006.05.19 |
| 2050 | 43 | World population reaches 9.2 billion | United Nations Population Division | 2006 |