2018
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| Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec |
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| Gregorian calendar | 2018 MMXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2771 |
| Armenian calendar | 1467 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 174 – 175 |
| Berber calendar | 2968 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2562 |
| Burmese calendar | 1380 |
| Chinese calendar | 4654/4714-11-15 (丁酉年十一月十五日) — to —
4655/4715-11-25(戊戌年十一月廿五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1734 – 1735 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2010 – 2011 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5778 – 5779 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2073 – 2074 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1940 – 1941 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5119 – 5120 |
| Holocene calendar | 12018 |
| Iranian calendar | 1396 – 1397 |
| Islamic calendar | 1439 – 1440 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 30 (平成30年) |
| Korean calendar | 4351 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2561 |
| Unix time | 1514764800 – 1546300799 |
2018 (MMXVIII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents |
[edit] Predicted events
[edit] July
- July 1 — Presidential elections in Mexico.
- July 1 - Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Estonia.
[edit] August
- August 11 — The final Drum Corps International World Championship to be held in the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, after an 11-year run.
[edit] September
- September 16 — Swedish general election for the Riksdag.
[edit] November
- November 6 — United States mid-term elections
[edit] Unknown dates
- 2018 Winter Olympics — Host city will be chosen in 2011.
- 2018 Commonwealth Games — Host city will be chosen in 2011.
- The London Convention, which prevents sea dumping, expires.
- FIFA World Cup 2018 (host country scheduled to be chosen in 2011)
- Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to fund, construct, and launch the first elevator by 2018[citation needed].
- NASA currently projects that its Vision for Space Exploration program will reach the Moon by 2018.
- USAF strategic bomber project to likely replace B-52 and even B-1 has been mandated to enter service sometime this year. [1]
- Aurora Programme aerocapture and soft landing technology demonstrator for Mars.
- Super Bowl LII
- The Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument is expected to be opened 50 years after the time capsule was locked in 1968.
- According to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, by 2018 "there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight." (New York Times, June 3, 2008).
[edit] In Fiction
- In Futurama, this is the year that "Project Satan" would be completed.
[edit] Fiction Flim
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- The upcoming Terminator 4 will take place in 2018
