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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 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 11 ? The final Drum Corps International World Championship to be held in the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, after an 11-year run.

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. http://www.physorg.com/news73195391.html
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).
The International nuclear fusion project ITER is expected to be completed.

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