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2018

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Clockwise from top-left: the 2018 Winter Olympics are held in PyeongChang, South Korea; protests erupt following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; the March for Our Lives protests take place across the United States; the Yellow vests protests break out in France; the Camp Fire becomes the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his Tesla Roadster into outer space; rescuers assemble to begin search-and-rescue operations during the Tham Luang cave rescue; North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

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JanuaryEdit

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FebruaryEdit

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MarchEdit

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AprilEdit

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  • April 18
    • In Nicaragua, protests begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • Cinemas open in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983 with the American film Black Panther chosen as the first to be screened.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • Swaziland changes its English name, officially becoming the Kingdom of Eswatini.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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MayEdit

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JuneEdit

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Leaders of North Korea and the United States met for the first time at the Singapore Summit

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JulyEdit

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  • July 26
    • Heavy wildfires in Greece leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed.<ref name="Death toll">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • July 27 – The longest 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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 26, 2029, with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.84362.
  • July 31
    • Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since 2003, four days after reaching opposition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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AugustEdit

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SeptemberEdit

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  • 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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OctoberEdit

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  • October 16 – Canada legalises the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • The uncrewed European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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NovemberEdit

  • November 1 – NASA's Dawn mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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DecemberEdit

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Protest of the gilet jaunes

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Births and deathsEdit

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Nobel PrizesEdit

Nobel medal

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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