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| Gregorian calendar | 2018 MMXVIII |
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| Unix time | 1514764800 – 1546300799 |
2018 (MMXVIII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Predicted events
- February will not experience a completely realized full moon this year1
- July 1 - Presidential elections in Mexico.
- July 1 - Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Estonia.
- July 27 - Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2003. It will not be as close as the 2003 opposition.
- 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.
- September 16 - Swedish general election for the Riksdag.
- November 6 - United States mid-term elections
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 start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031.2
- NASA currently projects that its Vision for Space Exploration program will reach the Moon by 2018.
- USAF 2018 Bomber project to likely replace B-52 and even B-1 has been mandated to enter service sometime this year.3
- Aurora Programme aerocapture and soft landing technology demonstrator for Mars.
- The International nuclear fusion project ITER is expected to be completed.
- 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.”4
- The Fehmarn Belt bridge is expected to be completed.
2018 in fiction
Computer and video games
Games set in 2018:
- Krazy Ivan (1996)
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005)
Film
- The 1975 Sci-fi film Rollerball is set in a dystopian 2018.
- The upcoming Terminator Salvation takes place in 2018
Literature
- Set in 2018: Halting State (2007) by Charles Stross.
Television series
- The Sci-fi television series Seaquest DSV storyline begins in 2018.
- In Looney Toons The Old Grey Hare Elmer Fudd is sent to the future to the year 2018
References
- ^ Calendar for February 2018 showing phases of the moon, moon-phases.net
- ^ Boyle, A: "Cosmic Log" MSNBC, 10 October, 2006
- ^ http://www.physorg.com/news73195391.html
- ^ Tierney, John (2008-06-03), "The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/03tier.html
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