2018

2018

2018 (MMXVIII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

*The month of February - will not experience a completely realized full moon this year [ [http://www.moon-phases.net/calendar/index.php?month=2&year=2018 Calendar for February 2018 showing phases of the moon, moon-phases.net] ]

July

*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

*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.

eptember

*September 16 - Swedish general election for the Riksdag.

November

*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 fund, construct, and launch the first elevator by 2031. [Boyle, A: "Cosmic Log" MSNBC, 10 October, 2006]
* 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. [http://www.physorg.com/news73195391.html]
* 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.” [cite news |first=John |last=Tierney |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/03tier.html |work=New York Times |publisher= |date=2008-06-03 |accessdate= ]
* The Fehmarn Belt bridge is expected to be completed.

2018 in fiction

*The upcoming "Terminator Salvation" takes place in 2018

References


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