2012 Images 2012 Photos
It s not over
Planeta Rojo
Visitors from Outer Space
2012 The Impact Collision of 2 drops of water
Global Warming Climate Change
At the Edge of the World
Loon san Tulpa monad Dzogchen
of things to come
Big Brother Speed Painting 20 minutes
Apocalypse Poa 2012
Lockett Meadow Flagstaff Arizona
Nagual pronounced nah wa hl tulpa monad
The day after 2012
Sunset at Gordion City of King Midas
Congratss Braziiilllll
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Walking towards disclosure
Reality 15
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2012''' ('''
MMXII ) will be a
leap year starting on a Sunday. In the
Gregorian calendar, it will be the 2012th year of the
Common Era, or of
Anno Domini; the 12th year of the
3rd millennium and of the
21st century; and the 3rd of the
2010s decade.
It has been designated
Alan Turing Year, commemorating the mathematician, computer pioneer, and code-breaker on the centennial of
Turing's birth.
There are a variety of popular
beliefs about the year 2012. These beliefs range from the
spiritually transformative to the
apocalyptic, and center upon various interpretations of the
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Contemporary
scientists have disputed the apocalyptic versions.
Predicted and scheduled events
January
January 13–
22 – The
first Winter Youth Olympics will be held in
Innsbruck,
Austria.
January 31 –
433 Eros, the second-largest
Near Earth Object on record (size 13×13×33 km) will pass Earth at .
NASA studied Eros with the
NEAR Shoemaker probe launched on February 17, 1996.
February
February 6 –
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marking the 60th anniversary of her accession to the Thrones of the
United Kingdom,
Canada,
Australia &
New Zealand (as well as the 60th anniversary of her becoming
Head of the Commonwealth).
April
April 1 - The
1940 United States Census will be available for public viewing.
April 17 – The United States will cede wartime control of the
military of the
Republic of Korea after 50 years and dissolve the
Combined Forces Command. Two distinct military commands (South Korea and the United States) will operate in Korea during wartime, rather than one unified command under the Combined Forces Command.
May
12 May –
12 August – The
2012 World Expo is to be held in
Yeosu,
South Korea.
May 20 -
Annular solar eclipse. Path of annularity runs through the
Pacific Ocean from northern
China to
California.
June
June 6 – The second and last
solar transit of Venus of the
century. The next pair is predicted to occur in
2117 and
2125.
June 18 –
June 23 – Turing Centenary Conference at the
University of Cambridge, in honor of the mathematician, computer scientist, and cryptographer
Alan Turing, the last day of the conference being the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
July
July 18–
21 – The
2012 World Rowing Championships will be held at
Plovdiv,
Bulgaria.
July 27 – Opening ceremony of the
2012 Summer Olympics begins in
London at 19:30
UTC, 20:30 BST.
August
August 12 – Closing ceremony of the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London.
August 29 – Opening ceremony of the
2012 Summer Paralympics begins in
London.
September
September 9 – Closing ceremony of the
2012 Summer Paralympics in
London.
November
November 13 -
Total solar eclipse (visible in northern
Australia and the South Pacific).
December
December 21 – 11:12
UTC.
Winter Solstice in the
Northern Hemisphere,
Summer Solstice in the
Southern Hemisphere.
December 21 – The
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the
pre-Columbian Maya civilization among others, completes a "great cycle" of thirteen ''
b'ak'tuns'' (periods of 144,000 days each) since the
mythical
creation date of the calendar's current era.
December 31 – The first commitment period of the
Kyoto Protocol ends.
Unknown dates
China will launch the
Kuafu spacecraft.
''
Pleiades'', a proposed
super computer built by
Intel and
SGI for
NASA's
Ames Research Center, will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 10
Petaflops (10 quadrillion floating point operations per second).
''
Sequoia'', a proposed super computer built by
IBM for the
National Nuclear Security Administration will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 20 Petaflops.
On the
sun, the
solar maximum of Solar Cycle 24 in the 11-year
sunspot cycle is forecast to occur. Solar Cycle 24 is regarded to have commenced January 2008, and on average will reach its peak of maximal
sunspot activity around 2012. The period between successive solar maxima averages 11 years (the
Schwabe cycle), and the previous solar maximum of Solar Cycle 23 occurred in 2000–2002.
2012 in fiction
Major religious holidays
January 7 –
Christmas Day by
Julian Calendar (Celebrated by
Eastern Orthodox Christians)
February 1 –
Imbolc, a
Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on
February 2 in some places)
February 5 –
Mawlid an Nabi –
Islam February 22 -
Ash Wednesday -
Western Christianity March 8 –
Purim –
Judaism March 8 –
Holi –
Hinduism March 20 –
Spring Equinox,
Persian New Year (
Nouruz), also known as
Ostara April 1 –
Ramanavami –
Hinduism April 6 –
Hanuman Jayanti –
Hinduism April 7 –
Passover –
Judaism April 8 –
Easter –
Western Christianity April 15 –
Easter –
Eastern Christianity May 1 –
Beltane, a
Cross-quarter day May 27 –
Shavuot –
Judaism June 17 –
Lailat al Miraj –
Islam June 20 – Summer
solstice, also known as
Midsummer July 20 –
Ramadan Begins –
Islam August 1 –
Lammas, a
Cross-quarter day August 2 –
Raksha Bandhan –
Hinduism August 10 –
Janmashtami –
Hinduism August 19 –
Eid al Fitr –
Islam September 17 –
Rosh Hashanah –
Judaism September 21 –
Fall Equinox, also known as
Mabon October 1 –
Sukkot –
Judaism October 2 –
Mehregan –
Zoroastrianism and
Persian Culture
October 24 –
Vijaya Dashami/Dusshera –
Hinduism October 26 –
Eid al-Adha, a religious festival in
Islam November 1 –
Samhain, a
Cross-quarter day,
Neopagan new year and
Christian All Saints' Day
November 13 –
Diwali –
Hinduism November 15 –
Islamic New Year December 9 –
Hanukkah –
Judaism December 21 – Winter
solstice, also known as
Yule December 25 –
Christmas –
Western Christianity
See also
2012 phenomenon
Notes
References