2024 will be a leap year starting on a Monday and ending on Tuesday. With over 40 major countries holding their elections in 2024 it is expected to be a very busy year. Additionally, major events are expected to take place.
How many weeks are there in a year?
A year usually has approximately 52 weeks, to be exact a common year has 52 weeks and 1 day while a leap year has 52 weeks and 2 days. The year 2024 falls on the leap year as it will have 366 days.
Major Events in the Year 2024
When is Easter 2024
Easter 2024 is on Sunday, March 31, 2024.
Easter commemorates the day that Jesus Christ was crucified and rose from the dead for Christians.
In addition, there will be a four-day bank holiday weekend, so now is the perfect time to take a trip, organize an exciting family outing, and consume an excessive amount of chocolate eggs and bunnies.
The two primary bank holidays are Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, which fall between Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Major events in 2024
Events in the first quarter of year 2024
- Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates will become members of the BRICS on January 1.
- official disintegration of the Artsakh Republic.
- Bangladesh general election, January 7, 2024.
- Taiwanese presidential election, January 13, 2024.
- Bernardo Arévalo will take office as president of Guatemala on January 14.
- 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, Gangwon, South Korea, January 19–February 2.
- Joseph Boakai will take office as president of Liberia on January 22.
- 2024: Finland’s presidential election, January 28.
- Malian presidential election, February 4, 2024.
- Salvadoran general election of 2024.
- 2020 Azerbaijani presidential election, February 7.
- The general election in Pakistan is scheduled for February 8, 2024.
- General election day in Indonesia is February 14, 2024.
- Senegalese presidential election, February 25, 2024.
- Portuguese parliamentary election, March 10, 2024.
- Russian presidential election, March 17, 2024.
- 31 March 2024 – Ukrainian presidential election
Events from May of the year 2024
- Panamanian general election, May 5, 2024.
- The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, from May 7–11.[9]
- Dominican Republic general election, May 19, 2024.
- June 2, 2024: General Election in Mexico.
- June 6–9, 2024: Election to the European Parliament.
- 2024: Rwandan presidential election, July 15–16.
- 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, July 26–August 11.[10] On August 17, Jakarta will give way to Nusantara as the new capital of Indonesia.[11]
- Lithuanian legislative election, October 13, 2024.
- Uruguayan general election, October 27, 2024.
- United States presidential election, November 5, 2024.
- December 7, 2024: General election in Ghana.
- December 17: The 2019 Parliament shall be automatically dissolved, provided that the next general election in the United Kingdom has not already been held.
US Elections 2024
The US elections will be held on 5 November 2024.
The number of Americans registered to vote exceeds 160 million. They will select the 60th US president, who will take office in January 2025 and hold the office for four years.
While former President Donald Trump aspires to a second, non-consecutive term in office, incumbent President Joe Biden seeks to earn a second term in government.
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