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2018 by topic:

News by month

Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Arts

Architecture - Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video

Politics

Countries - Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - Meteorology - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight

Sports

Sport - Athletics (Track and Field) - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motorsport - Tennis - National Rugby League

By place

Argentina - Australia - Canada - China -France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Japan - Kenya - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Norway - Pakistan - Singapore - South Africa - United Kingdom - United States - Zimbabwe

Other topics

Deaths - Awards - Games - Law - Religious leaders - Video gaming

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works - Introductions v • d • e

2018 in other calendars

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
Byzantine calendar	7526 – 7527
Chinese calendar	丁酉年十一月十五日 (4654/4714-11-15) — to — 戊戌年十一月廿五日 (4655/4715-11-25)
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
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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^[1]

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.

September

• 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.^[2]
• 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).

In Fiction

• In Futurama, this is the year that "Project Satan" would be completed.

Fiction Flim

• • The upcoming Terminator 4 will take place in 2018

References