This article is about the year 2018. Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century 21st century 22nd century Decades: 1980s  1990s  2000s  2010s  2020s  2030s  2040s Years: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 by topic: News by month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Arts Architecture Art Comics Film Home video Literature (Poetry) Music (Country Metal UK) Radio Television Video gaming Politics Elections Int'l leaders Politics State leaders Sovereign states Science and technology Archaeology Aviation Birding/Ornithology Meteorology Palaeontology Rail transport Science Spaceflight Sports Sport Athletics (Track and Field) Australian Football League Baseball Football (soccer) Cricket Ice Hockey Motorsport Tennis Rugby league By place Algeria Argentina Australia Brazil Canada People's Republic of China Denmark El Salvador Egypt European Union France Germany Ghana India Iraq Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Norway Pakistan Palestinian territories Philippines Russia Singapore South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Other topics 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 Bah' calendar 174 175 Bengali calendar 1425 Berber calendar 2968 British Regnal year 66 Eliz. 2  67 Eliz. 2 Buddhist calendar 2562 Burmese calendar 1380 Byzantine calendar 7526 7527 Chinese calendar (4654/4714-11-15) to (4655/4715-11-25) Coptic calendar 1734 1735 Ethiopian calendar 2010 2011 Hebrew calendar 5778 5779 Hindu calendars  - Bikram Samwat 2074 2075  - Shaka Samvat 1940 1941  - Kali Yuga 5119 5120 Holocene calendar 12018 Iranian calendar 1396 1397 Islamic calendar 1439 1440 Japanese calendar Heisei 30 (30) Korean calendar 4351 Thai solar calendar 2561 Unix time 1514764800 1546300799 v d e Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2018

2018 (MMXVIII) will be a common year starting on a Monday in the Gregorian calendar. It is the 2018th year of Common Era (also called Anno Domini) the 18th of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century and the 9th of the 2010s. Predicted and scheduled events January 1 Estonia takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the United Kingdom. February 9February 25 2018 Winter Olympics. June 8July 8 2018 FIFA World Cup. 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. October 31 If adequate alternatives are developed cheques will be phased out in the UK.1 Date unknown The London Convention which prevents sea dumping expires. Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031.2 Aurora Programme Aerocapture and soft landing technology demonstrator for Mars. The International nuclear fusion project ITER is expected to be completed. The Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument is expected to be opened 50 years after the time capsule was locked in 1968. According to the National Hockey League Europe is expected to have teams play in the NHL by this year.3 They will most likely play in the Eastern Conference. According to futurist Ray Kurzweil by 2018 there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.4 Expected completion of the Copenhagen City Circle Line The Giant Magellan Telescope will be completed. The European Extremely Large Telescope is scheduled to be completed. Science 1000 petaflops 100 million core computer5 Driverless cars6 Exomars launch In fiction Computer and video games Krazy Ivan7 (1996) Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005) Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (starts in 2018 and ends in early 2019) (2007) Film Rollerball (1975) Terminator Salvation (2009) I Spit on Your Rave (2010) Iron Sky (2011) Literature Halting State (2007) by Charles Stross. Television series The storyline for the science fiction television series seaQuest DSV begins in 2018. The second season of Code Geass takes place in 2018. In The series finale of Smallville it's revealed that Lex Luthor is elected President. References "Cheques to be phased out in 2018". BBC News. December 16 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8414341.stm.  Boyle A: "Cosmic Log" MSNBC 10 October 2006 http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puckdaddy/post/NHL-official-predicts-European-expansion-within-urnnhl107346 Tierney John (2008-06-03). "The Future Is Now Pretty Soon at Least". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/03tier.html.  "100-Million-Core Supercomputers May Emerge by 2018". Softpedia. http://news.softpedia.com/news/100-Million-Core-Supercomputers-May-Emerge-By-2018-127152.shtml.  "Driverless cars road ready by 2018: General Motors". CBC News. January 7 2008. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/01/07/driverless-cars.html.  http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p10046.htm