2012

Years: 2009 2010 2011 - 2012 - 2013 2014 2015

Decades: 1980s 1990s 2000s - 2010s - 2020s 2030s 2040s

Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century

2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Events

• March - French Presidential election
• April 15 - 100th Anniversay of RMS Titanic Sinking
• May 20 - Annular solar eclipse
• June 6 - Second and last solar transit of the planet Venus of this century; the next pair is predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125.
• November 6 - Presidential election in the United States
• November 13 - Total solar eclipse (visible in northern Australia and the South Pacific).
• December 21 - End of the great cycle of the Maya calendar's Long Count, and thus the alleged end of our world (the end of the cycle is dated December 23 by some calculations). Also interpreted as a change in human consciousness ie. the 'end' of the world as we know it but the start of a new one
• 2012 Summer Olympics scheduled
• 2012 Summer Paralympics scheduled
• According to spiritualist writer Bob Frissell, John Major Jenkins and others, humankind will ascend into a higher state of collective consciousness.
• LISA will be launched to probe the Universe.