What will happen in 2012?

• 1 January—The works of James Joyce will enter the public domain.
• 6 February—If she is still on the throne, Elizabeth II will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. A series of festivities across the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations will likely run throughout the year.
• 17 April—The United States will cede control of the military of the Republic of Korea after 50 years of control.
• 6 June—Second and last solar transit of the planet Venus of this century; the next pair is predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125.
• 27 July—Opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics begins in London at 7:30 pm UTC, 8:30pm BST.
• 19 October—at 01:36 UTC, the Earth will be home to 7 billion people, according to the US Census Bureau.
• 13 November—Total solar eclipse (visible in northern Australia and the South Pacific).
• 31 December—Expiration of the Kyoto Protocol.

Unknown dates

• California’s ban on the production of foie gras is scheduled to take effect.
• Freedom Tower in New York City: Construction is scheduled to be finished by 2012 at the latest.
• NASA predicts that the Sun will reverse its own magnetic poles during 2012 as result of reaching the end of the current 11-year sunspot cycle.
• The Canadian Navy receives the delivery of the first Joint Support Ship.
• Charles Manson will be eligible for his twelfth parole hearing.

From Wikipedia.