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January

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January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...
Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...
SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of
South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
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January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...
13 – The first round of voting in the 2018 Czech presidential election is held. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli ...
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, led by President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...
, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli ...
22 – The US government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
Scientists in China report in the journal '' Cell'' the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua. *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
27 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Czech presidential election is held and
incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position. In an election, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the position that is up for election, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election. There may or may not be ...
president Miloš Zeman is reelected. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...
** 2018 Finnish presidential election:
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president Sauli Niinistö is reelected on the first round of voting. ** The first round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held. *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...
– A total lunar eclipse takes place, the 49th eclipse of Lunar Saros 124. This was referred to by the media as a 'super blue blood moon' as it was close to a supermoon, with perigee being on January 30, and a blue moon eclipse, the first since 1982.


February

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February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
** The second round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held and
incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position. In an election, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the position that is up for election, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election. There may or may not be ...
president Nicos Anastasiades is reelected. ** 2018 Costa Rican general election: The first round of voting of the presidential election and legislative election are held. *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih. * 1579 – The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointe ...
SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp., commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an America, American space technology company headquartered at the SpaceX Starbase, Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. Since its founding in 2002, the compa ...
successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center in
Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
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February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
25 – The
2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...
are held in Pyeongchang,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
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February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
Kay Goldsworthy becomes the first female
archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
in the
Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is a Christian Full communion, communion consisting of the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. The archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity, ...
on her installation in the Anglican Diocese of Perth,
Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
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February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...
2018 Monegasque general election: The Priorité Monaco party, led by Stéphane Valeri, won 21 out of the 24 seats in the National Council. *
February 14 It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase, Abbasid Revolution: The Kaysanites Shia#History, Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad ...
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Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi. Zuma was a for ...
resigns as President of South Africa after nine years in power. ** A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries. *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna. * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining J ...
Kizlyar church shooting: a man carrying a knife and a double-barreled shotgun opens fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, Dagestan, killing five women and injuring several other people; the perpetrator is shot and killed by police.


March

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March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
** Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, are poisoned by the Novichok
nerve agent Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemistry, organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs. The disruption is caused by the blocking of acetylcholinesterase (ACh ...
in
Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ...
,
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
. UK
counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to co ...
police investigate amid speculation the Kremlin was behind the incident. ** The 2018 Salvadoran legislative election is held to elect all 84 members of the
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador The Legislative Assembly () is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador. History The organization was founded in 1824 as the Central American Congress (). Structure The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. Until ...
. ** The 2018 Italian general election is held to elect all 315 members of the Senate of the Republic and all 630 members of the
Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...
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March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
2018 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash: An Antonov An-26 transport aircraft operated by the Russian Air Force crashes on approach to Khmeimim air base in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the
Russian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. They are organized into three service branches—the Russian Ground Forces, Ground Forces, Russian Navy, Navy, and Russi ...
, including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
18 – The 2018 Winter Paralympics are held in Pyeongchang,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
**
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...
accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a meeting in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea. ** Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, a UAE princess, escaped Dubai with a group of other people. She was arrested by Indian and UAE authorities, a few kilometers off the coast of India. She was then taken back to the UAE. *
March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. * 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 13 ...
** China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting
Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...
the status of " President for Life". Xi is also the
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( zh, s=中国共产党中央委员会总书记, p=Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Zǒngshūjì) is the leader of the Chinese Communist Part ...
(
paramount leader Paramount leader () is an informal term for the most important Supreme leader, political figure in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberatio ...
). ** The 2018 Colombian parliamentary election is held to elect all 102 members of the Senate of Colombia and all 165 members of the House of Representatives of Colombia. *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of th ...
Flight BS211 crashes and bursts into flames at Tribhuvan International Airport,
Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard. The 20 surviving passengers were seriously injured from the impact and the fire. *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...
– The 2018 Grenadian general election is held to elect all 15 members of the House of Representatives of Grenada, the lower chamber of the Parliament of Grenada and the New National Party won all 15 seats for the second consecutive time. *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...
– In response to gun violence in the United States, and particularly triggered by the
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, part of the Miami metropolitan area, Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 18 ot ...
in Parkland, Florida, thousands of high school students across the country participate in an organized protest they called the National School Walkout. * March 18 – In the Russian presidential election,
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...
is elected for a fourth term. *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
– The world's last male northern white rhinoceros dies in Kenya, making the subspecies functionally extinct. * March 21 – The 2018 Antiguan general election is held to elect all 17 members of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda, the lower chamber of the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda and the governing Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party win 15 out of 17 seats. *
March 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. * 1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the las ...
An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes,
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, kills five people, including the perpetrator. * March 24 – In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and
mass shooting A mass shooting is a violent crime in which one or more attackers use a firearm to Gun violence, kill or injure multiple individuals in rapid succession. There is no widely accepted specific definition, and different organizations tracking su ...
s, calling for stronger gun control in the " March for Our Lives". *
March 25 Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the Julian calendar). Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending th ...
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Qantas Qantas ( ), formally Qantas Airways Limited, is the flag carrier of Australia, and the largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations in Australia and List of largest airlines in Oceania, Oceania. A foundi ...
launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between
Perth Airport Perth Airport is an international airport, international, domestic airport, domestic and general aviation airport serving Perth, Western Australia. It is the List of the busiest airports in Australia, fourth busiest airport in Australia meas ...
and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
and the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. ** 2018 Kemerovo fire: At least 60 people are killed and 79 others injured in a fire at the Winter Cherry shopping mall and entertainment complex in Kemerovo, Russia. * March 26 – More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled by more than 20 countries in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...
** North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un meets Chinese paramount leader
Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...
, leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011. ** At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of
Valencia, Venezuela Valencia () is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela. The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay m ...
.


April

* April 12018 Costa Rican general election: The second round of voting for the presidential election is held and Citizens' Action Party candidate Carlos Alvarado Quesada is elected president. * April 415 – The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in
Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the list of Australian capital cities, state capital, Brisbane. It is ...
, Australia. *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
– Agents with the
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE; ) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the Un ...
raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S., prompting protests and federal lawsuits. * April 6A semi-truck collides with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
junior team in
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
,
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
, killing 16 and injuring 13 people. *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...
2018 Münster attack: In a suicide attack, a man drives a van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of
Münster Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a ...
, resulting in 5 other deaths. * April 8 ** Syrian Civil War: At least 70 people are reported to have died and hundreds suffering injuries after a chlorine chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta. **The 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election is held to elect all 199 members of the
National Assembly of Hungary The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member m ...
and the Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance won 133 out of 199 seats. * April 11 – 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashes near Algiers. *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...
– Syrian Civil War: The
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
, the
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and
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta. * April 15 – The 2018 Montenegrin presidential election is held and the
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candidate, former
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and former president Milo Đukanović is elected on the first round of voting. * April 18 ** In
Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...
, protests begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police. ** Cinemas open in
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
for the first time since 1983 with the American film ''
Black Panther A black panther is the Melanism, melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical Rosette (zoology), rosettes are al ...
'' chosen as the first to be screened. ** NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is launched. * April 19 **
Miguel Díaz-Canel Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (; born 20 April 1960) is a Cuban politician and engineer. He has served as the 8th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2021 and as the 17th president o ...
is sworn in as President of Cuba, replacing Raúl Castro, but Castro remains the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most powerful position in Cuba. ** Swaziland changes its English name, officially becoming the Kingdom of Eswatini. * April 20 – The 2018 Bhutanese National Council election is held to elect 20 out of 25 members of the National Council of Bhutan, the
upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...
of the
bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate Deliberative assembly, assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate ...
Parliament of Bhutan. * April 22 – The 2018 Paraguayan general election is held to elect the president of Paraguay, all 45 members of the Chamber of Senators of Paraguay and all 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay. Colorado Party candidate Mario Abdo Benítez is elected president, the Colorado Party wins 17 out of 45 seats in the Chamber of Senators and 42 out of 80 members in the Chamber of Deputies. * April 23A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 others in
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, Canada. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested. * April 27Kim Jong Un crosses into
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
to meet with President Moon Jae-in, becoming the first
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
n leader to cross the Demilitarized Zone since its creation in 1953.


May

* May 3 ** The separatist group ETA officially announces its final dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in
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. ** The 2018 lower Puna eruption causes destruction of structures and forces thousands of residents of
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
to evacuate as lava floods the land. * May 5 **
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's
space probe Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board. Uncrewed spacecraft may have varying levels of autonomy from human input, such as remote control, or remote guidance. They may also be autonomous, in which th ...
''
InSight Insight is the understanding of a specific causality, cause and effect within a particular context. The term insight can have several related meanings: *a piece of information *the act or result of understanding the inner nature of things or of se ...
'' is launched. It landed on
Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...
on November 26 and uses a drill to conduct geological science. ** In
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, clocks are adjusted to UTC+9 (GMT+09:00) to the same as
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* May 8 – U.S. President
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announces his intention to withdraw the
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from the Iranian nuclear agreement. * May 812 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is held in
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,
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, and is won by Israeli entrant Netta Barzilai with the song " Toy". * May 9 – The opposition-led
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coalition, led by former
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Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament as the result of the 2018 Malaysian general election, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition since
independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...
in 1957. *
May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the ...
– The 2018 East Timorese parliamentary election is held to elect all 65 members of the National Parliament of East Timor and the Alliance for Change and Progress ( CNRTPLPKHUNTO) wins 34 out of 65 seats. * May 16 – The
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,
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, pardons
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n opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who is immediately released. * May 18Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashed shortly after take-off near José Martí International Airport in
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, killing 112 people and leaving only one survivor. * May 19 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion. * May 20 – The 2018 Venezuelan presidential election was held with incumbent President Nicolás Maduro reelected with 67.8% of the vote and the lowest turnout in
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's modern democratic history since the 1958 coup d'état. The elections were denounced as a "sham" by several Latin American countries, the
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,
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, the
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and the
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. *
May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus ...
** Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site have been destroyed by the
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n government in a move to reduce regional tensions. ** The 2018 Barbadian general election is held to elect all 30 members of the House of Assembly of Barbados, the
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of the
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and the Barbados Labour Party wins all 30 seats. *
May 25 Events Pre-1600 * 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. * 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes ...
** The
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's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide. ** A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland takes place, with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side. * May 26
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wins the 2017-18 Champions League held in Kyiv, Ukraine by beating
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in the final 3–1. * May 27 – The first round of voting of the 2018 Colombian presidential election is held. * May 28June 7 – The 2018 Stanley Cup Finals are played between the
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and the
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and won by the former. * May 31 – The U.S. announces that it will extend its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, Mexico and
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, starting at midnight.


June

*June 1 – Giuseppe Conte becomes the new Prime Minister of Italy, leading a cabinet described as the "first modern populist government in Western Europe". *June 2 – Pedro Sánchez is appointed new Prime Minister of Spain, a day after a 2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, vote of no confidence against his predecessor, Mariano Rajoy. * June 3 ** At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption, eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala's deadliest volcanic eruption in over a century. ** 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election, Snap parliamentary elections are held in Slovenia, following the resignation of Prime Minister of Slovenia, prime minister Miro Cerar, to elect all 90 members of the National Assembly (Slovenia), National Assembly of Slovenia, the
lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...
of the Slovenian Parliament. * June 8–June 9, 9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in
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. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the Group of Eight, G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs. * June 12 ** The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, 2018 North Korea–United States summit is held in Singapore. It is the first summit between a sitting United States President and a North Korean leader. ** Greece and the North Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia reach a deal to end a Macedonia naming dispute, 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia. * June 13 – FIFA awards hosting rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2026 World Cup to a United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid, joint bid from
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, Mexico and the
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. * June 14–July 15 – The 2018 FIFA World Cup is held in Russia and is won by France national football team, France. * June 16 ** Seventeen people die in Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela following the El Paraíso stampede after a tear gas canister is detonated in a crowded club. * June 17 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Colombian presidential election is held and Iván Duque is elected. * June 19 ** The United States announces it will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. ** Canada becomes the first major industrialised country to Cannabis in Canada, legalise cannabis for recreational use. The Bill which legalises cannabis took effect on October 17. * June 20 – After widespread criticism, US President
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signs an executive order suspending Trump administration family separation policy, his zero-tolerance family separation policies, though thousands of undocumented children were never reunited with their families even after the policy was suspended. * June 22–July 1 – The 2018 Mediterranean Games are held in Tarragona,
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. * June 24 ** Saudi Arabia Women to drive movement, allows women to drive. ** 2018 Turkish general election, Early general elections was held in Turkey to 2018 Turkish presidential election, elect the president of Turkey and 2018 Turkish parliamentary election, all 600 members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkey's Unicameralism, unicameral legislature. Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party candidate,
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President of Turkey, president
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is reelected and the Justice and Development Party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan comes out as the largest party winning 295 out of 600 seats. * June 30 – Millions of people Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy, marched to protest the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy towards illegal migrants. This march was devoted to reuniting refugee and immigrant families that were separated at the US–Mexico border by the US government's policy introduced in the spring of 2018.


July

* July 1 ** Austria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the 2018 Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bulgarian presidency. ** The 2018 Mexican general election is held to elect the president of Mexico, all 128 members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Senate of the Republic and all 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies.The presidential candidate of the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is elected president and the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition wins a majority of 69 out of 128 out of seats in the Senate and 312 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. * July 5 ** Lithuania becomes the 36th member of the OECD. ** The 2018 North American heat wave takes place, killing 33 people in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. * July 6 ** Former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the Tokyo subway sarin attack, 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, are executed by hanging. ** U.S. tariffs on United States dollar, US$ 34 billion of Chinese goods come into effect, as President Trump suggests the final total could reach $550bn. China accuses the U.S. of starting the "largest trade war in economic history" and announces immediate retaliatory tariffs. * July 7 – 2018 Japan floods, a torrential heavy massive rain, flash flood, landslide hit in Hiroshima, Kurashiki and Ehime Prefecture, Japan. According to Japanese government official confirmed report, 232 people were killed and 459 injured. * July 9 – Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict, twenty-year conflict. * July 10 – Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand, following a Tham Luang cave rescue, 17-day ordeal that gained worldwide attention. One person, a law enforcement officer is killed. * July 11–July 12, 12 – The 2018 Brussels summit, 2018 Brussels NATO summit is held in Belgium. * July 15 – France national football team wins the 2018 FIFA World Cup final 4-2 against the Croatia national football team * July 17 – The Japan–European Union relations, EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement is signed, the world's largest bilateral free trade deal, creating an open trade zone covering nearly one-third of global GDP. * July 23 – The Saddle Dam D in Paksong, Laos 2018 Laos dam collapse, collapses leaving up to 1,100 people missing. * July 25 – Scientists report the presence of a Water on Mars#Subglacial liquid water, subglacial lake on Mars, below the southern polar ice cap and extending sideways about , the first known body of water on the planet. * July 26 ** Heavy 2018 Attica wildfires, wildfires in Greece leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed. ** The share price of Facebook drops by almost 20 percent after the company warns investors that user growth has slowed following the data leak scandal. Over $109 billion is wiped from its market value, the largest single day loss in corporate history at the time. * July 27 – The longest July 2018 lunar eclipse, total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurs, lasting 102 minutes and 57.3 seconds, but the longest total lunar eclipse of the 3rd millennium will occur on May 12, 2264, lasting 106 minutes and 13.2 seconds, over 3 minutes longer than this eclipse. It was the 38th eclipse of Lunar Saros 129, with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.60868. The total lunar eclipse with the greatest magnitude in the 21st century will occur on June 2029 lunar eclipse, June 26, 2029, with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.84362. * July 31 **
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makes its closest approach to Earth since 2003, four days after reaching opposition. ** Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 crashed on takeoff from Durango International Airport. Shortly after becoming airborne, the plane encountered sudden wind shear caused by a microburst. The plane rapidly lost speed and altitude and impacted the runway, detaching the engines and skidding to a halt about 1,000 feet (300 m) beyond the runway. The plane caught fire and was destroyed. All 103 people on board survived, but 39 passengers and crew members were injured.


August

* August 1 – The 2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It becomes the second-deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus on November 29, surpassed only by the 2013 West African Ebola virus epidemic. * August 2 – Apple Inc. becomes the world's first public company to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion. * August 5 – 5 August 2018 Lombok earthquake, A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia, killing 563 people and injuring more than a thousand people. * August 7 – The United States reimposes sanctions on Iran. * August 10 – 2017–2019 Romanian protests, Protests against the government of Romania, prime-minister Viorica Dăncilă and Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD leader and corrupt businessman Liviu Dragnea take place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and other major Romanian cities. In Bucharest, the protests take a violent shape and, in the course of a few hours, over 400 people are injured, including civilians not taking part in the protests and police units, and more than a thousand people suffer effects from tear gas and hand grenades thrown by the Romanian Gendarmerie (Romania), Jandarmerie units deployed and backed by the PSD-ruled government. * August 10–August 20, 20 – Heavy rainfall causes 2018 Kerala floods, severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century. * August 12 ** The five littoral states – Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan – sign the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, ending the 20-year long dispute over the Caspian Sea's legal status. **
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launches the uncrewed Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun at close range and the solar wind. * August 14 – Part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia. * August 18–September 2 – The 2018 Asian Games are held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. * August 20 – 15 year old Swedish pupil Greta Thunberg starts to School strike for the climate, stay out of school in an attempt to give attention to the global warming, climate change issue. * August 23 – Ecuador withdraws from ALBA. * August 24 – Scott Morrison succeeds Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister of Australia following a Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, 2018, leadership ballot. Morrison is sworn in as Prime Minister later that evening. *August 25 – The KSI vs. Logan Paul, amateur boxing match between KSI and Logan Paul takes place at Manchester Arena, the fight is dubbed as the biggest amateur boxing match in history.


September

* September 2 – National Museum (Rio de Janeiro)#2018 fire, A fire breaks out in the National Museum (Rio de Janeiro), National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying more than 90 percent of its archive of 20 million items. * September 6 – The Supreme Court of India decriminalises homosexuality.; Brazilian congressman Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed in the stomach at Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, during a rally while running for the presidency. * September 9 – The 2018 Swedish general election is held to elect all 349 members of the Riksdag, Sweden, Sweden's Unicameralism, unicameral legislature. * September 14 – Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane, causing record-breaking flooding, which would result in 54 fatalities and $24.2 billion (2018 USD) in damages. * September 14–September 16, 16 – Typhoon Mangkhut impacts the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, resulting in more than 60 fatalities. * September 16 – Hydrail train enters service on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, Germany. * September 17 – Syrian Civil War: While the Israeli Air Force conduct missile strikes that hit targets in western Syria, a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane is Syria missile strikes (September 2018), shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile, killing all 15 Russian servicemen on board. Russia blamed Israel's military for the accident because the Israeli jets that conducted the strikes allegedly used the Russian plane as cover to allow them to approach their targets without being hit by Syrian fire. * September 20 – The Sinking of the MV Nyerere, MV ''Nyerere'' capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers. * September 22 – Ahvaz military parade attack, An attack at a military parade kills 30 people (including 5 attackers) and injures 70 more in Ahvaz, Iran. * September 28 – 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 4,340 people and injures more than 10,679 others.


October

*October 1 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean, not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia. * October 2 – ''The Washington Post'' journalist Jamal Khashoggi is Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia. * October 6 – The 2018 Latvian parliamentary election is held to elect All 100 members of the Saeima, Latvia, Latvia's Unicameralism, unicameral legislature. * October 8 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC releases its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, warning that "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" are needed to ensure that global warming is kept below 1.5 °C. * October 10 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of . It is the most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Hurricane Camille, Camille in 1969. * October 16 – Canada legalises the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013. * October 17 – Kerch Polytechnic College massacre, A school shooting and bomb attack in Kerch, Crimea, kills 20 people and injures 70 others. * October 19 ** At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a Amritsar train disaster, train runs through a crowd at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India. ** The uncrewed European-Japanese spacecraft ''BepiColombo'' is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury (planet), Mercury. * October 20 ** 700,000 people Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom#The People's Vote March for the Future, march through central London demanding a second referendum on the final Brexit deal. The event is the second most attended protest of the 21st century in the United Kingdom after the 15 February 2003 anti-war protest, "Stop the War" anti-Iraq War march in 2003. ** President Trump announces that the US will "terminate" the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty over alleged Russian violations. * October 23 – The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese Paramount leader
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. * October 26 – Red Dead Redemption II is released on PS4 and Xbox One. It would become the 8th best selling video game of all-time with 50,000,000+ copies sold. * October 27 **Michael D. Higgins is re-elected President of Ireland after receiving 822,566 first preference votes in the 2018 Irish presidential election. ** Eleven people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. – NOTE: please see extensive discussion about "assault rifles" at => Talk:Pittsburgh synagogue shooting#"AR-15 rifle" considered an "Assault Weapon" - or Not? * October 28 – The right-wing Jair Bolsonaro is elected as the next President of Brazil, with 55% of the vote. * October 29 – Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, killing all 189 people on board. * October 30 –
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's Kepler space telescope mission ends after the spacecraft runs out of fuel.


November

* November 1 – NASA's ''Dawn (spacecraft), Dawn'' mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel. * November 4 – 2018 Amazonas ambush, Amazonas ambush, three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian National Liberation Army (Colombia), ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas state. * November 5 – Two U.S. space probes simultaneously (and coincidentally) reach "opposite" milestones in relation to the solar heliosphere: ''Voyager 2'' passed through the Heliopause (astronomy), heliopause, the outer limit of the Sun's magnetic field, into Interstellar medium, interstellar space within hours of the Parker Solar Probe reaching its first perihelion, the closest point to the Sun on its initial orbit. * November 6 – the 2018 United States elections, 2018 United States midterm elections take place. * November 8 – The Camp Fire (2018), Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed. * November 8 – The Royal Norwegian Navy Frigate ''Helge Ingstad'', part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, Helge Ingstad collision, collides with an oil tanker, and sinks in shallow waters off the coast of Norway. The frigate is later scrapped due to the damages. * November 11 – Many nations around the world, particularly ones in Europe and the Commonwealth, along with the United States, commemorate the Centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, centenary of the end of World War I with Armistice Day, Veterans Day, and Remembrance Day ceremonies, speeches, parades, and memorials. * November 26 – NASA's ''
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'' probe successfully lands on the surface of
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. * November 27 – Kerch Strait incident: Ukraine declares martial law after an armed incident in which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Coast Guard (Russia), coast guard fired upon and captured three Ukrainian Navy vessels attempting to pass from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait. * November 28 – Chinese scientist He Jiankui, at a public conference in Hong Kong, announces that he has Genetically modified organism, altered the DNA of twin human girls born earlier in the month to try to make them resistant to infection with the HIV virus; he also reveals the possible second pregnancy of another gene-modified baby. * November 30 – The Kanden Tunnel Electric Bus, Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus, one of the last remaining Japanese trolleybus systems, closes.


December

* December 1–December 8, 8 –
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experiences its worst civil unrest since the May 1968 events in France, protests of 1968 due to the yellow vests movement. Protests in Paris morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the Arc de Triomphe is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country. * December 1 – The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal, much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland. * December 3 – NASA reports the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx probe at 101955 Bennu, Bennu, the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid. * December 4 – A 2018–2023 Spanish institutional crisis, Spanish institutional crisis surrounding the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) begins. * December 7 – The U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union reports that, by the end of 2018, more than half – a full 51.2 percent – of the world's population are now using the Internet. * December 9 – 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018. *December 15 – At the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Katowice Climate Change Conference, nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the Paris Agreement, 2015 Paris agreement. * December 17 – Scandinavian tourists Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland, Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland are murdered by Islamic terrorists in the foothills of Toubkal, Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi, Imlil in Morocco. At least one victim is beheaded with the murders recorded on video and posted on social media. In a previous video the perpetrators pledge allegiance to ISIS. * December 19–December 21, 21 – Gatwick Airport drone incident: Reports of drone sightings close to the runway at Gatwick Airport in England causes major disruption, affecting approximately 140,000 passengers and 1,000 flights, making it the largest disruption since 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull, ash from an Icelandic volcano shut the airport in 2010. * December 20 – In the Sea of Japan, the South Korean warship ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great, ROKS ''Gwanggaeto the Great'' 2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute, targets a Japanese Kawasaki P-1, P-1 maritime patrol airplane with its fire control radar while it was responding to a North Korean fishing boat in distress, creating a cause célèbre between the two countries. * December 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 22,445 after its worst week since 2008. * December 22 ** An eruption from Anak Krakatau, Krakatoa causes a 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami, tsunami that hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500. ** The United States government enters a United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019, second government shutdown, arising over a dispute over funding for the Mexico–United States barrier, U.S.–Mexico border wall. The shutdown, which lasted until January 25, 2019, is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. * December 24 – Burundi moves its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega. * December 26 – After weeks of losses the Dow Jones Industrial Average posts its largest ever one-day point gain: 1,086 points. * December 31 – 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse: An apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, partially collapses, killing 39 people and injuring 17 more. According to the official investigation the collapse was caused by a gas explosion.


Births and deaths


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Frances Arnold, George Smith (chemist), George Smith and Greg Winter * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – William Nordhaus and Paul Romer * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Olga Tokarczuk (awarded in 2019) * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad * Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo


See also

* 2010s in political history * List of International observances#Years, List of international years *


References

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