2013

Predicted and scheduled events

January

• January 1 - Czech Republic and Hungary will adopt the Euro.
• January 21 - Inauguration of the President of the United States. Provided that the 44th President's term has been served fully, this will either mark the beginning of the second term of the 44th President, or the first term of the 45th President.

February

• February 25 - 18th President of South Korea will be inaugurated.

May

• May 10 - Annular solar eclipse.
• May 14 - Elections will take place in British Columbia, Canada.

June

• June - The British & Irish Rugby Union team returns to Australia on tour for the first time in 12 years.
• June - The NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will be launched.

August

• August - The BepiColombo spacecraft will be launched to Mercury.

November

• November 3 - Hybrid solar eclipse.

Unknown dates

• The 17th edition of the Mediterranean Games will take place in Volos and Larisa, Greece.
• The European Union will introduce a common EU-wide driving licence.
• Identity cards become compulsory in the United Kingdom if the government ambitions of 2005 are adopted.
• The United States Open Championship golf tournament will be held in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
• The United Kingdom will complete its digital switchover with Channel Television in the Channel Islands being the last area to switch off analogue.
• Compulsory school leaving age in the UK to be increased from 16 to 18.
• ESA ExoMars rover mission to Mars.
• NASA's Venus In-Situ Explorer mission to Venus (part of the New Frontiers program).
• RFSA Venera-D, Venus orbiter.
• Solar power will be cost-competitive with fossil fuels by 2013, according to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil.
• The new fuel efficient, Airbus A350-900 is scheduled to enter airline service in the summer.

Major religious holidays

• February 1 - Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).
• March 20 - Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara.
• March 31 - Easter (Western Christianity)
• May 1 - Beltane, a Cross-quarter day.
• May 5 - Easter (Eastern Christianity)
• June 21 - Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha.
• August 1 - Lammas, a Cross-quarter day.
• September 22 - Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon.
• November 1 - Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year.
• December 21 - Winter solstice, also known as Yule.
• December 25 - Christmas
• January 7 - Christmas - Eastern Orthodox Churches

2013 in fiction and popular culture

Comic books

• X-Men: The X-Men try to overthrow the dystopian rule of the robot Sentinels in the Days of Future Past storyline (1980).
• In the comic book Legion of Super-Heroes (Number 6, July 2005, DC Comics), Cosmic Boy avers that the Bar Code on the cover of comic books is "destined to become outlawed in the Design Aesthetic Wars of 2013."

Computer and video games

• Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) is supposed to take place in 2013, according to fictional journal entries on its website.
• Shattered Union (2005): The District of Columbia is destroyed this year by a low-yield nuclear weapon.
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006) takes place in 2013.
• Gyakuten Saiban 3 Based around this year.
• Mega Man IV, Superadventure Rockman and Mega Man V are set in this year.

Film

• Escape From LA, starring Kurt Russell takes place in 2013.
• The Postman (1997).

Television

• In the BBC mockumentary Time Trumpet, British retail chain, Tesco launches an invasion of Denmark on January 21 of this year.
• The last few minutes of the Season 4 finale and Season 5 of Desperate Housewives is set in this year.
• BBC Drama Spooks: Code 9 is set in this year.
• The anime version of Death Note ends in this year, when the main character, Light Yagami, dies of a heart attack.

Mathematical interest

• This will be the first year since 1987 with four distinct digits.

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