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2024 (MMXXIV) will be a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
The United Nations has declared 2024 as the International Year of Camelids.[1]
Predicted and scheduled events[]
- January 1
- January 12 – January 28 – The 2024 European Men's Handball Championship will be held in Germany.
- January 19 – February 2 – The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics will be held in Gangwon, South Korea.
- February 1 – Finland's new president will take office if the election is decided in the first round.
- February 14 – The 2024 Indonesian general election is to be held in Indonesia.
- February 18 – The 2024 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- March 11 – The next Bitcoin halving is predicted to occur on this date.
- March 17 – The 2024 Russian presidential election is to be held in Russia.
- March 25 – March 2024 lunar eclipse.
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse will be visible in the Central Pacific Ocean, northern Mexico, eastern, southwestern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Atlantic Ocean.
- April – Indian general election will be held.
- May 2 – The next UK general election is scheduled to be held on this date in accordance with the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. It will elect the 59th Parliament of the UK and will be the first general election after Brexit and since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- May 26 – Comet 9P/Tempel 1 will pass 0.55 AU from Jupiter and may break apart due to gravitational forces.[3]
- May 27 – Elizabeth II, if still living and reigning, will surpass Louis XIV as the longest-reigning monarch in verified history.
- June 14 – July 14 – The UEFA Euro 2024 will be held in Germany.
- July 7 – General election for Mexico's president will be held.
- July 26 – August 11 – The 2024 Summer Olympics will be held in Paris, France.[4]
- August 28 – September 8 – The 2024 Summer Paralympics will be held also in Paris.
- September 18 – September 2024 lunar eclipse.
- October 2 – Solar eclipse on that day.
- October 27 – The 2024 Uruguayan general elections are scheduled to take place. Incumbent President Luis Lacalle Pou will not be eligible for re-election.
- November 5 – The 2024 United States presidential election is scheduled to take place. Incumbent President Joe Biden (then 81 years old) will be eligible for re-election.
Date unknown[]
- Notre-Dame de Paris will re-open to the public after repairs will be completed from its devastating 2019 fire.[5]
- SpaceX launches an uncrewed starship to Mars planned to arrive in 2025.
References[]
- ^ "International Year of Camelids". United Nations. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ Reuters Staff (June 30, 2021). "Bulgaria sticks to plans to adopt the euro from Jan 1, 2024". Reuters. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ "Past, Present, and Future Orbits by Kazuo Kinoshita". Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Wharton, David. "Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ "Notre-Dame de Paris finally ready for restoration". France 24. September 18, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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