2012 - Definition and Overview

2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• March - French Presidential election
• 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

Unknown dates

• 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.
• If still reigning, Queen Elizabeth the Second will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.
• The Olduvai cliff will begin and permanent blackouts will occur worldwide, according to "The Peak Of World Oil Production And The Road To The Olduvai Gorge" by Richard C. Duncan.
• One of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers will enter service, possibly named HMS Queen Elizabeth
• According to the Bible Code the world will end due to a collision with a meteor or comet.