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2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It will mark the beginning of the 2010s decade. According to the North Korean Juche calendar, this will be Juche year 100. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ... Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... This is the calendar for any common year starting on Saturday (dominical letter B) e. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... The 2010s decade comprises the years from 2010 to 2019, inclusive. ... The Juche Idea (also Juche Sasang or Chuche; pronounced // in Korean, approximately joo-cheh) is the official state ideology of North Korea and the political system based on it. ...

Predicted and scheduled events

January

• January 1 - Poland might join the eurozone.
• January 2 - Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 34' south. Third conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
• January 3 - The 112th session of the United States Congress will convene on or around this date.
• January 4 - Partial solar eclipse

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... The Eurozone (also called Euro Area, Eurosystem or Euroland) is the subset of European Union member states which have adopted the euro, creating a currency union. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate Dick Cheney, R, since January 20, 2001 Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R, since January 6, 1999 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of January 4, 2005 elections) Democratic Party Republican Party... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Photo taken during the 1999 eclipse. ...

February

• February - Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
• February 6 - Super Bowl XLV

The Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 are to be held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, in February 2011. ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen (29,875 inhabitants; 01-01-2004) is a market town, and the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Austria. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Super Bowl XLV will be the 45th Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL) between the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC) champions. ...

March

• March 18 - NASA's Pluto probe New Horizons will cross the orbit of Uranus, after 5 years journey. This will be faster than Voyager 2, which spent 8 years.
• NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is scheduled to arrive in orbit around Mercury.
• The remaining sections of Kyushu Shinkansen and Tōhoku Shinkansen, both Japanese high speed rail lines are scheduled to start services. When these tracks are completed, Aomori, (the northernmost part of Honshu Island), and Kagoshima, (the southernmost part of Kyushu Island), will both be linked by Shinkansen service through Tokyo.
• Narita Rapid Railway, which will connect central Tokyo and Narita International Airport in 36 minutes(15 minutes faster than current fastest trains), is scheduled to start service.

March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... Adjective Plutonian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 0. ... New Horizons is a NASA unmanned mission to fly by Pluto and its moons. ... Adjective Uranian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 120 kPa (at the cloud level) Hydrogen 83% Helium 15% Methane 1. ... Trajectory Voyager 2 is an unmanned interplanetary spacecraft. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (or MESSENGER for short) is a NASA mission, launched August 3, 2004, designed to study the characteristics and environment of Mercury from orbit. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Kyushu Shinkansen map The Kyushu Shinkansen (九州新幹線) is a 249 km high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima, on Kyushu Island, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line. ... Tōhoku Shinkansen route Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a high-speed rail line, connecting Tokyo with Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture for a total length of 593 km, Japans longest Shinkansen line. ... TGV Réseau class, Marseille St-Charles station This page is about high speed rail in general. ... Aomori (Japanese: ; Aomori-shi) is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture (青森県; Aomori-ken), the north end of HonshÅ«. The city faces Mutsu Bay connecting Tsugaru Channel and the Hakkoda Mountains lie in the southern part of Aomori. ... HonshÅ«   listen? (本州) is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait. ... Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. ... Kyushu region, Japan Kyushu (九州 kyÅ«shÅ«) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ... 300 (Left) and 700 Series Shinkansen at Tokyo Station Shinkansen 500 Series at Kyoto Station, March 2005 The Shinkansen ) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by Japan Railways. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... The Narita Rapid Railway (成田新高速鉄道線 Narita Shin-Kōsoku Tetsudō-sen) is a new rapid rail link under construction between central Tokyo and Narita Airport. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... Narita International Airport ) (IATA: NRT, ICAO: RJAA) is an international airport located in Narita, Chiba, Japan, in the eastern portion of the Greater Tokyo Area. ...

April

• April 2-4 - NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.
• April 8-21 - Cricket World Cup to be held in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
• April 24 - Easter will not have fallen this late since 1943.
• April 28 - The 400th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.

April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... // The NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams in the United States. ... Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas is the home base for the Houston Texans, a professional NFL football team. ... Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area    - City 1,558 km²  (601. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... The Australian cricket team after winning the Cricket World Cup. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... This article is about the Christian festival. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines (or simply the University of Santo Tomas, UST or affectionately, USTe), is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. ... For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). ...

May

• May 5 - Elections for the Scottish Parliament and for the Welsh Assembly.
• May 6 - Singapore holds 11th general election
• May 17 - Canadian 2011 census
• European Club Rugby's Heineken Cup will celebrate it's 15th Season

May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... The Scottish Parliaments logo in English and Gaelic. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... The Canada 2011 Census will be a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population on May 17, 2011. ...

June

• June 1 - Partial solar eclipse.

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

July

• July 1 - Partial solar eclipse.
• July 1 - Start of the Polish presidency of the European Union.
• July - The International Olympic Committee is set to meet and decide the location of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• July - The 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship will be held in a TBA location.

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September

• September 11 - 10 year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
• September 15 - The deadline for the completion of all recommendations made during the 2005 US Base Realignment and Closure round.

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November

• November 25 - Partial solar eclipse.

November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Unknown dates

• A massive Solar Maximum, otherwise known as a coronal mass ejection, is scheduled to hit the Earth. [1][2]
• The Isle of Man will host the IV Commonwealth Youth Games.
• Guadalajara will host the XVI Panamerican Games
• The Asian Winter Games will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• An Irish Presidential Election is due this year.
• The Egyptian Presidential Elections of 2011
• The United Kingdom plans to continue 5-year process to cease analog television broadcasts region-by-region, with Central Television, Yorkshire Television and Anglia Television [3].
• Dublin Institute of Technology will complete its move to Grangegorman
• The DSM-V is tentatively scheduled to be published
• Microsoft Windows "Vienna" is scheduled for release.
• Rugby Union World Cup is scheduled to be held in New Zealand
• Scheduled completion of Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport, the largest infrastructure project in eastern Germany.
• Scheduled completion of the Freedom Tower in New York City.
• Possible start of manned test flights of both the Crew Exploration Vehicle and Ares I rocket.
• Southern Sudan referendum on independence.

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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.
• April 24 - Easter
• May 1 - Beltane, a Cross-quarter day.
• June 21 - Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha.
• August 1 - Lammas, a Cross-quarter day.
• September 23 - 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.