2018
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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 - Music (Country, UK) - Film - Television - Home video |
| Politics |
| Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - Meteorology - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motor Racing - Tennis |
| By place |
| Africa - Argentina - Australia - Canada - Denmark - India - Iraq - Ireland - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Philippines - Singapore - South Africa - Switzerland - United Kingdom -Wales - Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Deaths - Awards - Gay rights - Games - Law - Religious leaders - Video gaming |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 2018 MMXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2771 |
| Armenian calendar | 1467 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԷ |
| Chinese calendar | 4654/4714-11-15 (丁酉年十一月十五日) — to — 4655/4715-11-25(戊戌年十一月廿五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2010 – 2011 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5778 – 5779 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2073 – 2074 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1940 – 1941 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5119 – 5120 |
| Iranian calendar | 1396 – 1397 |
| Islamic calendar | 1440 – 1441 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2561 |
2018 (MMXVIII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents |
Predicted events
July
- July 1 - Presidential Elections in Mexico
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 - Sweden general election, 2018: Sweden holds elections for the Riksdag.
November
- November 6 - United States mid-term elections
Unknown dates
- 2018 Winter Olympics - 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 2018.
- 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
2018 in fiction
Computer and video games
- Games set in 2018:
Television
- seaQuest DSV (1993): At the start of the series, it is 2018.
- Time Trumpet (2006): On June 12, the coronation of Prince Charles takes place (very few members of the public or even the army turn up).
| Preceded by: 2017 | Years 2018 | Succeeded by: 2019 |
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