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 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 – India – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – 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 v · d · e 2018 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 2018 MMXVIII Ab urbe condita 2771 Armenian calendar 1467 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԷ Bahá'í calendar 174 – 175 Bengali calendar 1425 Berber calendar 2968 Buddhist calendar 2562 Burmese calendar 1380 Byzantine calendar 7526 – 7527 Chinese calendar 丁酉年十一月十五日 (4654/4714-11-15) — to — 戊戌年十一月廿五日 (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 (平成30年) Korean calendar 4351 Thai solar calendar 2561 Unix time 1514764800 – 1546300799 v · d · e

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 events January 1 – Estonia takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the United Kingdom. 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. Unknown dates China's One-child policy is expected to end.citation needed The London Convention, which prevents sea dumping, expires. 2018 FIFA World Cup – Host country will be Russia. Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031.1 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 futurist Ray Kurzweil, by 2018 “there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.”2 The Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link is expected to be completed. 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. The Food and Agriculture Organization projects that consumers will start to have cheaper food during this year.3 Science 1,000 petaflops 100 million core computer4 Driverless cars5 Exomars launch Sport The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia. In fiction Computer and video games Krazy Ivan6 (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 sci-fi television series seaQuest DSV begins in 2018. The second season of Code Geass takes place in 2018. References ^ Boyle, A: "Cosmic Log" MSNBC, 10 October, 2006 ^ 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.  ^ CNN "[Food prices rising across the world" 24 March 2008 ^ 100-Million-Core Supercomputers May Emerge by 2018 ^ Driverless cars road ready by 2018: General Motors ^ http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p10046.htm