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

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.
• 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.
• 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.”
• The Fehmarn Belt bridge is expected to be completed.

2018 in fiction

• The upcoming Terminator Salvation takes place in 2018

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