A calendar of the events you shouldn't miss in the year ahead.
1 The Inauguration January 20The 44th president will solemnly swear to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.2 Davos World EconomicForumJanuary 28–February 1Fifteen hundred of the world's most influential wonks, ministers, and hangers-on cavort in the Swiss Alps for their annual policy retreat. This year's fitting topic? "Shaping the Post-Crisis World."3 Abraham Lincoln's 200th BirthdayFebruary 12More than 80 exhibits are planned for Washington, D.C., museums to celebrate the life of the Great Emancipator. A few months later, on Memorial Day, the president will speak at the rededication of the Lincoln Memorial.
7 Total eclipse of the sun July 22At six minutes and 39 seconds, this will be the longest-lasting total solar eclipse of the 21st century. Unfortunately, nobody in North America will be able to see it. But the views from central China should be stellar.8 La Fête de l'Humanité SeptemberAn annual three-day music festival in Paris pour les proles, it is thrown by France's largest Communist newspaper. At just $22 a ticket, it's a great way for the workers of the world to unite.9 350.org October 24These 350 rallies hope to add pressure to governments to hammer out a deal at the U.N. climate negotiations in December. The "350" refers to the level of carbon dioxide, in parts per million, we need to drop below in order to avoid a doomsday scenario. (We're currently at 387 and rising.)
