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2013 (MMXIII) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... 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 a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F), e. ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...

Centennials

The Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity will celebrate its Centennial.

Predicted events

• January 1 — Czech Republic and Hungary are scheduled to adopt the Euro as their official currency.
• 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.
• May 10 — Annular solar eclipse.
• June — The British & Irish Rugby Union team are scheduled to return to Australia on tour for first time in 12 years.
• June — The James Webb Space Telescope is due for launch.
• November 3 — Hybrid solar eclipse.

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Unknown dates

• The 17th edition of the Mediterranean Games will take place in Volos and Larisa, Greece in 2013.
• The European Union will introduce a common EU-wide driving licence.
• Identity cards are set to be compulsory in the United Kingdom if the government ambitions of 2005 are adopted.
• Super Bowl XLVII.
• The United Kingdom completes its digital switchover with Channel Television in the Channel Islands being the last area to switch off analogue. [1]
• The first stage of the Länsimetro extension of the Helsinki Metro should be finished, allowing metro traffic from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä.
• Compulsory school leaving age in the UK to be increased from 16 to 18 in 2013. [2]
• The East Side Access Project is scheduled to be completed in New York City, allowing Long Island Rail Road commuters to travel to Grand Central Terminal.
• Heavy goods vehicles are due to be forbidden from crossing the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland.
• This will be the year when Godzilla will make a comeback in order to renew interest in the series [3].

The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea. ... Volos (Greek: Βόλος, Ottoman Turkish: Golos) is a city situated at the center of the Greek mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. ... Alternative meanings: Larissa in mythology was a daughter of Pelasgus; Larrissa is a moon of Neptune; 1162 Larissa is an asteroid; Larissa is also a first name. ... The new European driving licences will have the credit card-style with a photograph and possibly a microchip. ... Enabling legislation for the British national identity card was passed under the Identity Cards Act 2006 [1]. The multi-billion pound scheme [2] has yet to enter procurement. ... Super Bowl XLIII will be the 47th annual meeting between the NFC and AFC champions. ... The current Channel TV ident Channel Television (CTV) is a British television station which has served as an Independent Television (ITV), contractor to the Channel Islands since 1962. ... This article is about the British dependencies. ... Länsimetro (Finnish for western metro) is a common term used for the planned extension of the Helsinki Metro system from central Helsinki to the neighbouring city of Espoo. ... An orange Helsinki Metro train. ... The Ruoholahti canal Nokia Research Center office, viewed from Porkkalankatu Ruoholahti (Swedish: Gräsviken) is a district in Helsinki. ... Matinkylä one of the major urban areas of Espoo, which is a city in the southern coast of Finland. ... East Side Access is public works project being undertaken by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City, designed to bring the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) into a new East Side station to be built along side and incorporated into Grand Central Terminal in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... LIRR redirects here. ... The main concourse Grand Central Terminal (GCT, often unofficially called Grand Central Station) is a terminal rail station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue (42nd Street and Park Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the character itself. ...

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.
• 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 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.

is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. ... A cross-quarter day is a day falling halfway between one of the four main solar events (two solstices and two equinoxes) and the next one. ... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In astronomy, the vernal equinox (spring equinox, March equinox, or northward equinox) is the equinox at the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere: the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading northward. ... Ostara is a modern Neopagan holiday. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Gaelic holiday. ... A cross-quarter day is a day falling halfway between one of the four main solar events (two solstices and two equinoxes) and the next one. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... “Summer solstice” redirects here. ... Midsummer may refer to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice and the diverse celebrations of it around the world, but more often refers to European celebrations that accompany the summer solstice, or to Western festivals that take place in June and are usually related to Saint John... Midsummer may refer to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice and the diverse celebrations of it around the world, but more often refers to European celebrations that accompany the summer solstice, or to Western festivals that take place in June and are usually related to Saint John... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, August 1 is Lammas Day (loaf-mass day), the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. ... A cross-quarter day is a day falling halfway between one of the four main solar events (two solstices and two equinoxes) and the next one. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Equinox (disambiguation). ... Mabon is one of the eight solar holidays or sabbats of American Neopaganism. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Samhain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A cross-quarter day is a day falling halfway between one of the four main solar events (two solstices and two equinoxes) and the next one. ... Neopaganism or Neo-Paganism is any of a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, primarily pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions. ... is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... “Summer solstice” redirects here. ... Yule is the winter solstice celebration of the Scandinavian Norse mythology and Germanic pagans. ... is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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."

The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... The Sentinels are fictional robots in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Cover to Uncanny X-Men #141. ... Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn of the planet Braal) is a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. ... Wikipedia encoded in Code 128_B A barcode (also bar code) is a machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...

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.
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006) takes place in 2013.
• Gyakuten Saiban 3 Based around this year.

Grand Theft Auto 2, otherwise known as GTA2, is a video game released worldwide on October 22, 1999, by developers DMA Designs (now Rockstar North); initially for the Windows operating system and the PlayStation. ... Shattered Union is a turn-based tactics computer game developed by PopTop Software and published by 2K Games in 2005. ... ... Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations, known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban 3 lit. ...

Film

• Escape From LA, starring Kurt Russell takes place in 2013.
• The Postman (1997).

Escape from L.A. is a 1996 film directed by John Carpenter. ... For other uses, see Postman (disambiguation). ...

Television

• In the BBC mockumentary Time Trumpet, British retail chain, Tesco launch an invasion of Denmark on January 21 of this year.
• An episode in The Simpsons ("Future-Drama") takes place in 2013, at a time when the United States is in the middle of "Gulf War V".
• "24" ( season 7) takes place in this year. See Wikipedia under seach phase: 24 ( season 7)

catergories:godzilla For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Time Trumpet is an announced upcoming television comedy series to air on BBC2 in Spring 2006. ... For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Future-Drama is the fifteenth episode of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...