What happened in 2018
376 entries recorded for 2018, listed by date. That was 8 years ago.
2018 at a glance
- Years ago
- 8 (as of 2026)
- Century
- 21st century
- Decade
- 2010s
- Generation born
- Generation Alpha
- Entries here
- 376
- Breakdown
- 251 deaths · 124 historical events · 1 births
January
- January 1
Robert Mann
Robert Mann, American violinist (born 1920)
- January 2
Thomas S. Monson
Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1927)
- January 2
Guida Maria
Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (born 1950)
- January 3
For the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlan
For the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
- January 3
Colin Brumby
Colin Brumby, Australian composer (born 1933)
- January 4
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured.
- January 5
Thomas Bopp
Thomas Bopp, American astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale–Bopp (born 1949)
- January 5
Asghar Khan
Asghar Khan, Pakistani three star general and politician (born 1921)
- January 5
Karin von Aroldingen
Karin von Aroldingen, German ballerina (born 1941)
- January 7
Jim Anderton
Jim Anderton, Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister (born 1938)
- January 7
France Gall
France Gall, French singer (born 1947)
- January 9
Kato Ottio
Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (born 1994)
- January 11
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (born 1925)
- January 12
Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson, American sports commentator and journalist (born 1928)
- January 13
2018 Hawaii false missile alert
A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state.
- January 14
Minneapolis Miracle
In the "Minneapolis Miracle", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings' victory in the National Football Conference divisional playoff game.
- January 14
Cyrille Regis
Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (born 1958)
- January 14
Spanky Manikan
Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (born 1942)
- January 15
Construction
British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion goes into liquidation – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK".
- January 15
Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores O'Riordan, Irish pop singer (born 1971)
- January 16
Mrauk U
In Mrauk U, Myanmar, police fired into a crowd protesting the ban of an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Kingdom of Mrauk U, resulting in seven deaths and twelve injuries.
- January 16
Myanmar
Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.
- January 16
Ed Doolan
Ed Doolan, British radio presenter (born 1941)
- January 16
Oliver Ivanović
Oliver Ivanović, Kosovo Serb politician (born 1953)
- January 18
Samara
A bus catches fire on the Samara–Shymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping.
- January 20
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.
- January 20
Taliban
A group of Taliban gunmen attacked and took hostages at the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle that left at least 21 people dead.
- January 20
2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
A group of four or five gunmen attack The Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle. The attack kills 40 people and injures many others.
- January 20
Naomi Parker Fraley
Naomi Parker Fraley, American naval machiner, considered the model for the "We Can Do It!" posters of World War II (born 1921)
- January 20
Paul Bocuse
Paul Bocuse, French chef (born 1926)
- January 22
William B. Jordan
William B. Jordan, American art historian (born 1940)
- January 22
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (born 1929)
- January 23
Benghazi
A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.
- January 23
China–United States trade war
The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.
- January 23
2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake
A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
- January 23
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, composer and singer (born 1939)
- January 23
Wyatt Tee Walker
Wyatt Tee Walker, American civil rights activist and pastor (born 1928)
- January 24
Larry Nassar
Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.
- January 24
Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (born 1957)
- January 25
Ariane 5
An Ariane 5 rocket is launched carrying SES-14, Al Yah 3, and NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, but the satellites end up in the wrong orbit.
- January 25
Neagu Djuvara
Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (born 1916)
- January 27
Mort Walker
Mort Walker, American cartoonist (born 1923)
- January 27
Ingvar Kamprad
Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA (born 1926)
- January 30
Mark Salling
Mark Salling, American actor and musician (born 1982)
- January 31
Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler, American professional basketball player (born 1979)
- January 31
Leah LaBelle
Leah LaBelle, American singer (born 1986)
February
- February 1
Barys Kit
Barys Kit, Belarusian rocket scientist (born 1910)
- February 1
Mowzey Radio
Mowzey Radio, Ugandan singer and songwriter (born 1985)
- February 4
John Mahoney
John Mahoney, English-American actor, voice artist, and comedian (born 1940)
- February 6
SpaceX
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight.
- February 6
Donald Lynden-Bell
Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist (born 1935)
- February 9
2018 Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.
- February 9
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (born 1969)
- February 9
John Gavin
John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (born 1931)
- February 9
Reg E. Cathey
Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (born 1958)
- February 10
Kowloon Motor Bus
Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns.
- February 11
Saratov Airlines Flight 703
Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashed shortly after take-off in Russia due to icing conditions, killing all 71 people on board.
- February 11
Jan Maxwell
Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (born 1956)
- February 11
Qazi Wajid
Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)
- February 11
Asma Jahangir
Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)
- February 11
Vic Damone
Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)
- February 12
Bill Crider
Bill Crider, American author (born 1941)
- February 13
Prince Henrik of Denmark
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, French-born Danish royal (born 1934)
- February 14
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa.
- February 14
Parkland high school shooting
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 14
Nikolas Cruz
An lone gunman shot and killed seventeen people and injured seventeen others in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
- February 14
Morgan Tsvangirai
Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (born 1952)
- February 14
Ruud Lubbers
Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1939)
- February 15
2014–2016 Oromo protests
Following nationwide protests, Hailemariam Desalegn announced his resignation as prime minister of Ethiopia, remaining in post as a caretaker until he was succeeded by Abiy Ahmed.
- February 18
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Dena sub-range in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, Resulting in 66 Deaths
- February 21
Billy Graham
Billy Graham, American evangelist (born 1918)
- February 22
2018 United States embassy attack in Podgorica
A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
- February 23
2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections are held in Djibouti.
- February 24
Haukur Hilmarsson
Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (born 1986)
- February 24
Sridevi
Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)
- February 27
Steve Folkes
Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1959)
March
- March 1
María Rubio
María Rubio, Mexican television, film and stage actress (born 1934)
- March 2
Billy Herrington
Billy Herrington, American actor (born 1969)
- March 2
Lin Hu (general)
Lin Hu, Chinese lieutenant general (born 1927)
- March 3
David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942)
- March 3
Roger Bannister
Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929)
- March 3
Mal Bryce
Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943)
- March 3
Vanessa Goodwin
Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969)
- March 4
MI6
Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
- March 4
Davide Astori
Davide Astori, Italian soccer player (born 1987)
- March 5
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.
- March 6
Peter Nicholls (writer)
Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)
- March 8
Aurat March
The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the feminist slogan "Mera Jism Meri Marzi" (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and agai
- March 8
Kate Wilhelm
Kate Wilhelm, American author (born 1928)
- March 9
Jo Min-ki
Jo Min-ki, Korean actor (born 1965)
- March 11
Bombardier Challenger 600 series
A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board.
- March 11
Ken Dodd
Ken Dodd, English comedian and singer (born 1927)
- March 11
Siegfried Rauch
Siegfried Rauch, German actor (born 1932)
- March 11
Karl Lehmann
Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (born 1936)
- March 11
Mary Rosenblum
Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery author (born 1952)
- March 12
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.
- March 13
Emily Nasrallah
Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist. (born 1931)
- March 14
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (born 1942)
- March 14
Marielle Franco
Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist (born 1979)
- March 14
Jim Bowen
Jim Bowen, English stand-up comedian and TV personality (born 1937)
- March 14
Liam O'Flynn
Liam O'Flynn, Irish uileann piper (born 1945)
- March 16
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (born 1929)
- March 17
Mike MacDonald (comedian)
Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (born 1954)
- March 17
Phan Văn Khải
Phan Văn Khải, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1933)
- March 20
C. K. Mann
C. K. Mann, Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (born 1936)
- March 22
Johan van Hulst
Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911)
- March 23
President of Peru
President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
- March 24
United States
Students across the United States stage the March for Our Lives demanding gun control in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
- March 24
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and Syrian National Army (SNA) take full control of Afrin District, marking the end of the Afrin offensive.
- March 24
Lys Assia
Lys Assia, Swiss singer and First Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest (born 1924)
- March 24
Rim Banna
Rim Banna, Palestinian singer, composer, arranger and activist (born 1966)
- March 25
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
- March 26
Fabrizio Frizzi
Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (born 1958)
- March 27
Bert Nievera
Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (born 1936)
- March 29
Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve, American author (born 1946)
- March 30
Israel Defense Forces
The Israeli Army kills 17 Palestinians and wounds 1,400 in Gaza during Land Day protests.
- March 30
Bill Maynard
Bill Maynard, English actor (born 1928)
- March 31
Gyumri
Nikol Pashinyan began his protest walk, starting in the city of Gyumri, opening the 2018 Armenian revolution.
- March 31
2018 Armenian Revolution
Start of the 2018 Armenian revolution.
- March 31
Nick Newton
Nick Newton, inventor of the Newton Starting Blocks (born 1933)
April
- April 1
Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (born 1943)
- April 3
2018 YouTube headquarters shooting
A woman opened fire at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before killing herself.
- April 5
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S.
- April 5
Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata, Japanese director (born 1935)
- April 6
Humboldt Broncos
A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos collided with a semi-truck, killing 16 and injuring 13.
- April 7
Brazilians
Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the "Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, before being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
- April 7
Douma chemical attack
Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.
- April 11
Ilyushin Il-76
An Ilyushin Il-76 owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257.
- April 13
Art Bell
Art Bell, American radio host (born 1945)
- April 15
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1929)
- April 15
R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey, American actor (born 1944)
- April 16
The New York Times
The New York Times and The New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
- April 16
Harry Anderson
Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (born 1952)
- April 17
Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush, American political matriarch and literacy advocate, First Lady of the United States (1989–1993), and Second Lady of the United States (1981–1989) (born 1925)
- April 17
Carl Kasell
Carl Kasell, American radio personality (born 1934)
- April 18
King of Eswatini
King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
- April 18
Protests against Daniel Ortega
Anti-government protests start in Nicaragua.
- April 20
Avicii
Avicii, Swedish DJ and musician (born 1989)
- April 21
Nabi Tajima
Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1900)
- April 23
2018 Toronto van attack
A man intentionally struck pedestrians with a van on Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, leading to 11 deaths.
- April 23
Prince Louis of Wales
Prince Louis of Wales, British royal
- April 25
Madeeha Gauhar
Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (born 1956)
- April 27
Panmunjom Declaration
The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
- April 28
James Hylton
James Hylton, American race car driver (born 1934)
- April 29
Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn
Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)
- April 29
Luis García Meza
Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929)
May
- May 1
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.
- May 8
Anne V. Coates
Anne V. Coates, British film editor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man, Erin Brockovich), Oscar winner (1963) (born 1925)
- May 8
Big Bully Busick
Big Bully Busick, American professional wrestler (born 1954)
- May 9
Barisan Nasional
Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer a historic defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election.
- May 9
Per Kirkeby
Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (born 1938)
- May 10
David Goodall (botanist)
David Goodall, Australian botanist and ecologist (born 1914)
- May 12
2018 Paris knife attack
Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.
- May 12
Dennis Nilsen
Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (born 1945)
- May 14
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe, American author (born 1931)
- May 18
Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972
Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 crashed near Santiago de las Vegas shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.
- May 18
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people.
- May 19
Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (both pictured) took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England.
- May 19
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (born 1933)
- May 24
Gudrun Burwitz
Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of Margarete Himmler and Heinrich Himmler (born 1929)
- May 24
TotalBiscuit
John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, English gaming commentator and critic (born 1984)
- May 25
Republic of Ireland
Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
- May 25
General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
- May 25
Kaduvetti Guru
Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician and Veera Vanniyar caste leader (born 1961)
- May 27
2018 Central Maryland flood
Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.
- May 27
Gardner Dozois
Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (born 1947)
- May 28
Neale Cooper
Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (born 1963)
- May 28
Jens Christian Skou
Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
- May 28
Cornelia Frances
Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (born 1941)
June
- June 1
Congress of Deputies
For the first time since its transition to democracy, the Congress of Deputies in Spain passed a motion of no confidence against the government.
- June 5
Kate Spade
Kate Spade, American fashion designer (born 1962)
- June 8
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain, American chef and travel documentarian (born 1956)
- June 9
Fadil Vokrri
Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (born 1960)
- June 10
Opportunity (rover)
The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.
- June 10
Neal E. Boyd
Neal E. Boyd, American singer, winner of the 2008 season of America's Got Talent (born 1975)
- June 12
United States
United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
- June 12
Jon Hiseman
Jon Hiseman, English drummer (born 1944)
- June 13
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.
- June 18
2018 Osaka earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
- June 18
Big Van Vader
Big Van Vader (also known as Vader) American professional wrestler (born 1955)
- June 18
XXXTentacion
XXXTentacion, American rapper (born 1998)
- June 18
Jimmy Wopo
Jimmy Wopo, American rapper (born 1997)
- June 19
Killing of Antwon Rose Jr.
Antwon Rose II is fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting.
- June 19
Patent
The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.
- June 19
Koko (gorilla)
Koko, western lowland gorilla and user of American Sign Language (born 1971)
- June 21
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer, American columnist and conservative political commentator (born 1950)
- June 22
Vinnie Paul
Vinnie Paul, American musician (born 1964)
- June 23
Tham Luang cave rescue
Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation.
- June 27
Hayabusa2
The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 (artist's impression pictured) arrived at the asteroid Ryugu to collect samples for return to Earth.
- June 27
William McBride (doctor)
William McBride, Australian obstetrician (born 1927)
- June 27
Joe Jackson (talent manager)
Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (born 1928)
- June 27
Liz Jackson
Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (born 1951)
- June 28
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison, American writer (born 1934)
- June 29
Steve Ditko
Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator (born 1927)
- June 30
Smoke Dawg
Smoke Dawg, Canadian rapper (born 1996)
July
- July 2
Alan Longmuir
Alan Longmuir, Scottish musician (born 1948)
- July 4
Henri Dirickx
Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (born 1927)
- July 4
Robby Müller
Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (born 1940)
- July 6
Shoko Asahara
Shoko Asahara, founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (born 1955)
- July 8
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter, American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (born 1931)
- July 10
Tham Luang cave rescue
Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission.
- July 10
Association football
The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a flooded cave in northern Thailand.
- July 10
Henry Morgenthau III
Henry Morgenthau III, American author and television producer (born 1917)
- July 12
Annabelle Neilson
Annabelle Neilson, English socialite (born 1969)
- July 15
Mario Mandžukić
Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.
- July 15
France national football team
France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.
- July 18
Adrian Cronauer
Adrian Cronauer, American radio personality (born 1938)
- July 18
Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Gold, American food critic (born 1960)
- July 19
Knesset
The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
- July 19
Denis Ten
Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (born 1993)
- July 19
Jon Schnepp
Jon Schnepp, American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (born 1967)
- July 21
Alene Duerk
Alene Duerk, U.S. Navy first female admiral (born 1920)
- July 22
Frank Havens (canoeist)
Frank Havens, American canoeist (born 1924)
- July 23
2018 Attica wildfires
A wildfire in East Attica kills at least 102 people. It is the deadliest wildfire in the history of Greece.
- July 25
2018 Suwayda attacks
As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
- July 25
Sergio Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian businessman (born 1952)
- July 26
Adem Demaçi
Adem Demaçi, Kosovo Albanian politician and writer (born 1936)
- July 26
John Kline (basketball)
John Kline, American basketball player (born 1931)
- July 27
Marco Aurelio Denegri
Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist
- July 28
Wendy Tuck
Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
- July 28
Wanny van Gils
Wanny van Gils, Dutch footballer (born 1959)
- July 29
Oliver Dragojević
Oliver Dragojević, Croatian recording artist (born 1947)
- July 29
Nikolai Volkoff
Nikolai Volkoff, Yugoslav-born American professional wrestler (born 1947)
- July 30
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) was elected to his first full term as president, having served as leader since the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état.
- July 30
Michael A. Sheehan
Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (born 1955)
- July 31
Tony Bullimore
Tony Bullimore, British sailor and businessman (born 1939)
August
- August 3
Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on
Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
- August 4
Crisis in Venezuela
Crisis in Venezuela: Seven people are injured when two drones detonate explosives on Avenida Bolívar, Caracas while president Nicolás Maduro is giving a speech to the Venezuelan National Guard.
- August 4
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border, concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign.
- August 5
Alan Rabinowitz
Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (born 1953)
- August 6
Joël Robuchon
Joël Robuchon, French Chef (born 1945)
- August 6
Margaret Heckler
Margaret Heckler, American politician (born 1931)
- August 6
Anya Krugovoy Silver
Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (born 1968)
- August 7
M. Karunanidhi
M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (born 1924)
- August 7
Stan Mikita
Stan Mikita, Slovak hockey player (born 1940)
- August 8
Nicholas Bett
Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (born 1990)
- August 9
Dahyan
A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi Arabia killing at least 40 children under 15.
- August 10
2017–2019 Romanian protests
An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law
- August 10
Horizon Air
Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in
- August 11
Terry A. Davis
Terry A. Davis, American computer programmer, creator of TempleOS (born 1969)
- August 11
V. S. Naipaul
V S Naipaul, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
- August 12
Sarmada
Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria.
- August 13
Jim Neidhart
Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (born 1955)
- August 14
Ponte Morandi collapse
The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.
- August 14
Jill Janus
Jill Janus, American singer (born 1975)
- August 16
Wakako Yamauchi
Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (born 1924)
- August 16
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
- August 16
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1924)
- August 18
Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1938)
- August 18
Denis Edozie
Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (born 1935)
- August 20
Silent Sam
Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.
- August 20
Jennifer Ramírez Rivero
Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model (born 1978)
- August 20
Uri Avnery
Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (born 1923)
- August 21
Stefán Karl Stefánsson
Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (born 1975)
- August 22
Krishna Reddy (artist)
Krishna Reddy, Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (born 1925)
- August 22
Ed King
Ed King, American musician (born 1949)
- August 25
John McCain
John McCain, American politician (born 1936)
- August 26
2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting
Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
- August 26
Neil Simon
Neil Simon, American playwright and author (born 1927)
- August 29
James Mirrlees
James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
- August 29
Paul Taylor (choreographer)
Paul Taylor, American choreographer (born 1930)
- August 31
Carole Shelley
Carole Shelley, British-American actress (born 1939)
September
- September 1
Randy Weston
Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1926)
- September 2
National Museum of Brazil fire
National Museum of Brazil fire: A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vas
- September 2
Claire Wineland
Claire Wineland, American activist and author (born 1997)
- September 4
Bill Daily
Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (born 1927)
- September 4
Krzysztof Sitko
Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (born 1967)
- September 5
Beatriz Segall
Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (born 1926)
- September 5
Bhagwatikumar Sharma
Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)
- September 6
Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro survives a stabbing at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
- September 6
Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.
- September 6
Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds, American actor, director and producer (born 1936)
- September 6
Richard DeVos
Richard DeVos, American billionaire businessman (born 1926)
- September 6
Liz Fraser
Liz Fraser, English actress (born 1930)
- September 7
Pedro Jirón
Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)
- September 7
Mac Miller
Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)
- September 8
Gennadi Gagulia
Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (born 1948)
- September 12
Shen Chun-shan
Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese academic (born 1932)
- September 14
Ethel Johnson (wrestler)
Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935)
- September 14
Zienia Merton
Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945)
- September 15
Helen Clare
Helen Clare, British singer (born 1916)
- September 16
James B. Thayer
James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)
- September 17
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force conducted missile strikes that hit multiple targets in western Syria; Syrian air defences responding to the strikes accidentally downed a Russian plane.
- September 17
Syria missile strikes (September 2018)
A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.
- September 18
Cannabis
Cannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
- September 19
Arthur Mitchell (dancer)
Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)
- September 19
Bunny Carr
Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (born 1927)
- September 20
Sinking of MV Nyerere
At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
- September 21
Zak Kostopoulos
LGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos is beaten to death on a busy street in Athens.
- September 21
Trần Đại Quang
Trần Đại Quang, President of Vietnam (born 1956)
- September 21
Vitaliy Masol
Vitaliy Masol, Ukrainian Former Prime Minister (born 1928)
- September 22
Chas Hodges
Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (born 1943)
- September 22
Edna Molewa
Edna Molewa, South African politician (born 1957)
- September 23
Gary Kurtz
Gary Kurtz, American film producer (born 1940)
- September 23
Jane Fortune
Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (born 1942)
- September 23
Charles K. Kao
Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (born 1933)
- September 25
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
- September 27
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician (born 1935)
- September 27
Kavita Mahajan
Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator (born 1967)
- September 27
Michael Payton
Michael Payton, American football quarterback (born 1970)
- September 27
Marty Balin
Marty Balin, American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane (born 1942)
- September 28
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
- September 28
Predrag Ejdus
Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (born 1947)
- September 29
Otis Rush
Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (born 1934)
- September 30
Kim Larsen
Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (born 1945)
- September 30
Sonia Orbuch
Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (born 1925)
- September 30
Geoffrey Hayes
Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (born 1942)
October
- October 1
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice ruled that Chile was under no obligation to restore Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean, which it had lost in the 19th century.
- October 1
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)
- October 2
The Washington Post
The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
- October 2
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (born 1958)
- October 6
United States Senate
The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
- October 6
Scott Wilson (actor)
Scott Wilson, American actor (born 1942)
- October 6
Montserrat Caballé
Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933)
- October 10
National Fire and Rescue Administration
The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.
- October 10
Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
- October 11
Soyuz MS-10
Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
- October 12
Princess Eugenie
Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- October 13
Annapurna Devi
Annapurna Devi, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player (born 1927)
- October 15
Kidnapping of Jayme Closs
Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was kidnapped from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, and held captive for 88 days.
- October 15
Paul Allen
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, owner of the Seattle Seahawks (born 1953)
- October 17
Cannabis Act (Canada)
The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
- October 17
Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.
- October 18
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 5th President of the Sudan (born 1934)
- October 18
Lisbeth Palme
Lisbeth Palme, Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (born 1931)
- October 20
Wim Kok
Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (born 1938)
- October 21
2018 Yilan train derailment
A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.
- October 23
2018 Rome escalator accident
An escalator accident in Rome left 24 people injured, mostly fans of the CSKA Moscow football team who were in town for a UEFA Champions League match against Roma.
- October 23
Todd Reid
Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (born 1984)
- October 24
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.
- October 24
Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (born 1943)
- October 25
Thomas Keating
Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923)
- October 27
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.
- October 27
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.
- October 27
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman, chairman of Leicester City F.C. (born 1958)
- October 28
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
- October 28
Colin Sylvia
Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
- October 29
Boeing 737 MAX
A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board. This is the first of two crashes that will lead to the plane being grounded worldwide.
- October 31
Willie McCovey
Willie McCovey, American baseball player (born 1938)
November
- November 2
Raymond Chow
Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (born 1927)
- November 3
Sondra Locke
Sondra Locke, American actress and director (born 1944)
- November 6
Bernard Landry
Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)
- November 8
Dennis Wrong
Dennis Wrong, Canadian-born American sociologist (born 1923)
- November 12
Stan Lee
Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher (born 1922)
- November 16
William Goldman
William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1931)
- November 20
Aaron Klug
Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
- November 20
James H. Billington
James H. Billington, 13th Librarian of Congress (born 1929)
- November 23
Dolce & Gabbana
Founders of Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana issue an apology following a series of offensive advertisements on social media promoting a fashion show in Shanghai, China, which was canceled.
- November 26
Uncrewed spacecraft
The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
- November 26
Stephen Hillenburg
Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (born 1961)
- November 28
Harry Leslie Smith
Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator (born 1923)
- November 30
2018 Anchorage earthquake
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake (aftermath pictured) hit Anchorage, Alaska, causing 117 injuries.
- November 30
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States and 43rd Vice President of the United States (born 1924)
December
- December 1
Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal
The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland.
- December 1
Vivian Lynn
Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (born 1931)
- December 1
Ken Berry
Ken Berry, American actor, dancer, and singer (born 1933)
- December 8
David Weatherall
David Weatherall, English physician, geneticist, and academic (born 1933)
- December 13
Noah Klieger
Noah Klieger, Holocaust survivor who became an award-winning Israeli journalist (born 1926)
- December 15
Eryue He
Eryue He, Chinese historical fiction writer (born 1945)
- December 15
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia (born 1924)
- December 21
Special Boat Service
Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.
- December 22
2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown
The 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown, the second-longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.
- December 22
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
A tsunami, triggered by the partial collapse of Anak Krakatoa, killed 426 people and injured over 14,000 in coastal areas of Indonesia.
- December 22
Simcha Rotem
Simcha Rotem, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (born 1924)
- December 22
Paddy Ashdown
Paddy Ashdown, British politician (born 1941)
- December 22
Seventeen (Indonesian band)
Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (born 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
- December 24
2018 Puebla helicopter crash
A helicopter crash kills Martha Érika Alonso, first female Governor of Puebla, Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor.
- December 24
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor of Puebla (born 1968)
- December 24
Martha Érika Alonso
Martha Érika Alonso, Governor of Puebla (born 1973)
- December 25
Sulagitti Narasamma
Sulagitti Narasamma, Indian midwife (born 1920)
- December 27
Frank Blaichman
Frank Blaichman, Polish resistance fighter (born 1922)
- December 28
Netflix
Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.
- December 29
Brian Garfield
Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939)
- December 29
Rosenda Monteros
Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935)
- December 31
2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
- December 31
Kader Khan
Kader Khan, Indian actor (born 1937)
Questions about 2018
What happened in 2018?
This site records 376 entries for 2018, including Robert Mann on January 1. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 2018?
8 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 2018 turns 8 this year.
Which century is 2018 in?
2018 falls in the 21st century, in the 2010s.
Which generation was born in 2018?
Generation Alpha (2013–2024). Born entirely in the 21st century.
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