2013 Totally Explained

Everything about 2013 totally explained

2013 (MMXIII) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

Czech Republic and Hungary are scheduled to adopt the Euro as their official currency.

January

January 20 — Inauguration of the President of the United States. Provided that the 44th President's term has been served fully, this will either mark the beginning of the second term of the 44th President, or the first term of the 45th President.

February

February 25 - the 18th President of South Korea is inaugurated.

May

May 10 — Annular solar eclipse.

May 14 — Elections will take place in British Columbia, Canada.

June

June — The British & Irish Rugby Union team returns to Australia on tour for first time in 12 years.

June — The James Webb Space Telescope (NGST) is launched. It should replace Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

August

August - Launch of mission BepiColombo to Mercury.

November

November 3 — Hybrid solar eclipse.

Unknown dates

The 17th edition of the Mediterranean Games will take place in Volos and Larisa, Greece.

The European Union will introduce a common EU-wide driving licence.

Identity cards become compulsory in the United Kingdom if the government ambitions of 2005 are adopted.

The United Kingdom completes its digital switchover with Channel Television in the Channel Islands being the last area to switch off analogue. (External Link

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Compulsory school leaving age in the UK to be increased from 16 to 18. (External Link

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ESA ExoMars rover mission to Mars

NASA Venus In-Situ Explorer mission to Venus (part of the New Frontiers program)

RFSA Venera-D, Venus orbiter

Major religious holidays

February 1 — Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).

March 20 — Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara.

March 31 — Easter (Western Christianity)

May 1 — Beltane, a Cross-quarter day.

May 5 — Easter (Eastern Christianity)

June 21 — Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha.

August 1 — Lammas, a Cross-quarter day.

September 22 — Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon.

November 1 — Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year.

December 21 — Winter solstice, also known as Yule.

December 25 — Christmas

2013 in fiction and popular culture

Comic books

X-Men: The X-Men try to overthrow the dystopian rule of the robot Sentinels in the Days of Future Past storyline (1980).

In the comic book Legion of Super-Heroes (Number 6, July 2005, DC Comics), Cosmic Boy avers that the Bar Code on the cover of comic books is "destined to become outlawed in the Design Aesthetic Wars of 2013."

Computer and video games

Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) is supposed to take place in 2013, according to fictional journal entries on its website.

Shattered Union (2005): The District of Columbia is destroyed this year by a low-yield nuclear weapon.

(2006) takes place in 2013.

Gyakuten Saiban 3 Based around this year.

Mega Man IV, Superadventure Rockman and Mega Man V are set in this year.

Film

Escape From LA, starring Kurt Russell takes place in 2013.

The Postman (1997).

Shrek 5 will be released in 2013, on May 14.
Television

In the BBC mockumentary Time Trumpet, British retail chain, Tesco launches an invasion of Denmark on January 21 of this year.
Trivia
This will be the first year since 1987 in whose name no digit repeats. (For example, 1989 had two 9's; 1991 had two 9's and two 1's; 2004 had two 0's; and so on.)

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