2012

2012 (MMXII) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
There are a huge variety of popular beliefs about the year 2012, which are generally regarded as unscientific.
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The city of Guimaraes in Portugal bear the title of European Capital of Culture together with the Slovenian city of Maribor.

January
January 1 - Poland, Bulgaria and Latvia will adopt the Euro. Be prohibited by law, the events as "bullfight" in the region of
Catalonia, Spain.

January 15 - Presidential elections in Finland
13-22 January - Completion of the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games Winter in Innsbruck, Austria
January 31 - 433 Eros, the second largest recorded near-Earth object (size 13 × 13 × 33 km) will pass to 0.1790 AU (26,778,042 km). NASA studied Eros with the NEAR Shoemaker probe launched on February 17, 1996 [1].
February

February 6 - Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 60th anniversary of his ascension to the throne of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (as well as the 60th anniversary of his becoming head of the Commonwealth).
April

April 26 - Closing of analogue television in Portugal

April 15 - Centenary of the sinking RMS Titanic
May

May 20
Presidential elections in France
Annular solar eclipse
June

June 9 - Realization of the 14th European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine
July

July 2 - Presidential elections in Mexico.

July 27 - Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics of 2012 in London, UK.
August

August 12 - Closing Ceremony of the Summer Olympics of 2012 in London, UK.

August 29 - Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games To-Summer 2012 in London, UK.
September

September 9 - Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games To-Summer 2012 in London, UK.
October

October 7 - Municipal elections (mayors and aldermen) in Brazil.
November

6 November - Presidential elections in the United States of America.

November 13 - Total solar eclipse (visible in northern Australia and the South Pacific).
December

Dec. 21 - End of the Mayan Long Count Calendar, with the 5,125-year cycle, which some interpret as the end of the world.

December 23 - alternative date for the end of the Mayan calendar using 584,285 days Julian based on experts' opinions.

December 31 - the deadline expires the Kyoto Protocol.