2024
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.
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| Arts |
| Animation (Anime) – Architecture – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea) – Radio – Photo – Television – Video games |
| Politics and government |
| Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight – Sustainable energy research |
| Environment and environmental sciences |
| Birding/Ornithology – Climate change – Weather |
| Transportation |
| Aviation – Rail transport – Transportation technology |
| Sports |
| American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball |
| By place |
| Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Antigua and Barbuda – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Belize – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Congo – D.R. Congo – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czech Republic – Denmark – Djibouti – Dominica – Dominican Republic – East Timor – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – Eswatini – Equatorial Guinea – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – The Gambia – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Grenada – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Jamaica – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Liechtenstein – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Maldives – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mauritius – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Monaco – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Samoa – San Marino – São Tomé and Príncipe – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – Somaliland – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Suriname – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Vatican City – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe |
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Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the Euro and become the 21st member state of the Eurozone.[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 scheduled to take place.
- March – 2024 South Asian Games in Pakistan.
- March 11 – The next Bitcoin halving is predicted to occur on this date.
- March 17 – The 2024 Russian presidential election is scheduled to take place.
- 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 – The 2024 Eurovision song contest is to be held. It is unknown where it will be.
- May 26 – Comet Tempel 1 will pass 0.55 AU from Jupiter and may break apart due to gravitational forces.[2]
- May 26 – The 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 will be held.[3]
- June 14 – July 13 – 2024 Copa América will be held in the United States.
- June 14 – July 14 – The UEFA Euro 2024 will be held in Germany.
- July 7 – The 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 17 – Nusantara will become the new capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta.[5]
- 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.
- Autumn 2024 – 2024 Moldovan presidential elections are scheduled to take place. Incumbent President Maia Sandu will be eligible for re-election.
- October 16 – October 19 - The TeamGym European Championship 2024 will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
- 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 will be eligible for re-election.
Date unknown
- January – 2024 Bangladeshi general election.
- mid-May 2024 – 2024 European Parliament election.
- mid-May 2024 – 2024 Indian general election.
- June – 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup will be held in the United States.
- September – 2024 Romanian local elections are scheduled to take place.
- November – 2024 Romanian presidential elections are scheduled to take place. Incumbent President Klaus Iohannis will not be eligible for re-election.
- late 2024 – Next Romanian legislative elections are scheduled to take place or before 21 March 2025.
- Notre-Dame de Paris will re-open to the public after repairs will be completed from its 2019 fire.[6]
- Taiwan Railways Administration is set to be incorporated.[7]
- The 53rd International Eucharistic Congress is scheduled to take place in Ecuador.
- The Caribbean guilder is to replace the Netherlands Antillean guilder as the currency for Curaçao and Sint Maarten.[8]
References
- "Bulgaria sticks to plan to adopt the euro in 2024 amid coalition squabbles". Reuters. May 27, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- "Past, Present, and Future Orbits by Kazuo Kinoshita". Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- "2024 Indianapolis 500 Tickets & Hospitality - Princeton Group Sports". Princeton Group. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- Wharton, David. "Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- Faris Mokhtar; Rieka Rahadiana (August 2, 2022). "Indonesia Breaks Ground on Nusantara as Jakarta Sinks". Bloomberg.
- "Notre-Dame de Paris finally ready for restoration". France 24. September 18, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- "Bill to turn railways agency into public company clears Legislature". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- "CBCS moves ahead with the Introduction of the Caribbean Guilder" (PDF). Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Press release). September 5, 2022.
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