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Gregorian calendar | 2018 MMXVIII
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Ab urbe condita | 2771 |
Armenian calendar | 1467 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԷ |
Bahá'í calendar | 174 – 175 |
Buddhist calendar | 2562 |
Coptic calendar | 1734 – 1735 |
Ethiopian calendar | 2010 – 2011 |
Hebrew calendar | 5778 – 5779 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 2073 – 2074 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1940 – 1941 |
- Kali Yuga | 5119 – 5120 |
Holocene calendar | 12018 |
Iranian calendar | 1396 – 1397 |
Islamic calendar | 1439 – 1440 |
Japanese calendar | Heisei
30
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- Imperial Year | Kōki 2678 (皇紀2678年) |
Julian calendar | 2063 |
Korean calendar | 4351 |
Thai solar calendar | 2561 |
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2018 (MMXVIII ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium, the 18th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
2018 has been designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.[1]
Events[]
January[]
- January 13 – The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency sends a false alarm warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack, causing panic across the state.[2]
- January 20 – Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[3][4]
- January 20–22 – The United States government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
- January 24 – 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.[5][6][7][8]
- January 31 – A total lunar eclipse takes place. The Moon appears as supermoon, with perigee being on January 30. It is also the first blue moon eclipse in 2018, so it was referred to as the super blue blood moon.
February[]
- February 1 – The CDC cuts global prevention by 80 percent due to lack of funding.[9][10]
- February 5 – The Dow Jones share index closes down 4.6%, its biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis.[11]
- February 6 – SpaceX successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center.[12]
- February 9–25 – The 2018 Winter Olympics are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They will be followed by the Paralympics from March 9 to 18.[13]
- February 11 – Saratov Airlines flight 703, An-148 Ukrainian plane crashes, killing 71 people on board.[14]
- February 14
- February 18 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 66 passengers and crew died.[17]
Predicted and scheduled events[]
- April 4–15 – The 2018 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
- May 5 – Launch of NASA's InSight is scheduled. InSight is expected to land on Mars in November and use a drill to conduct geological science.[18]
- May or June – A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland is expected take place in May or June.[19]
- May 4–20 – 2018 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark.
- May 8–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is scheduled to be held in Lisbon, Portugal.
- May 19 – Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is scheduled to be held at St George's Chapel.[20]
- June 14 – July 15 – The 2018 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Russia.[21]
- June 24 – Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive.
- July 27 – Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2003.[22]
- October – Unmanned European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft is scheduled to be launched to Mercury.[23]
- The U.S. missile defense complex in Poland is expected to be operational.[24]
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to orbit the Sun.[25]
Deaths[]
Main article: Deaths in 2018
Further information: Category:2018 deaths
January[]
- January 1 – Manuel Olivencia, Spanish lawyer, economist and diplomat (b. 1929)
- January 2 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and writer (b. 1927)
- January 3 – Colin Brumby, Australian composer (b. 1933)
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- January 10 – Eddie Clarke, British musician (b. 1950)
- January 11 – Edgar Ray Killen, American criminal (b. 1925)
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- January 19 – Dorothy Malone, American actress (b. 1924)
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- January 28 – Gene Sharp, American political scientist (b. 1928)
- January 29 – Ion Ciubuc, 7th Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1943)
- January 30
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February[]
- February 1
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- February 4
- February 5 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist (b. 1935)
- February 6 – John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer and lyricist (b. 1947)
- February 7 – Pat Torpey, American drummer (b. 1953)
- February 8 – Jarrod Bannister, Australian athlete (b. 1984)
- February 9
- February 10 – Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (b. 1925)
- February 11
- February 13
- February 14
- February 15 – Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (b. 1920)
- February 18
- February 19
- February 21 – Billy Graham, American evangelist (b. 1918)
Genealogical events[]
People of the year 2018 at Familypedia
17 people were born in 2018
0 children were born to the 7 women born in 2018
80 people died in 2018
231 people lived in 2018
Events of the year 2018 at Familypedia
18 people were married in 2018.
Joined with | |
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Alina Maria Binder (1988-) | Nicholas Medforth-Mills (1985-) |
Barbara Pierce Bush (1981) | Craig Louis Coyne (1982) |
Jonathan Murray Chu (1979) | Kristin Kathleen Hodge (1988) |
John-David Duggar (1990) | Abbie Grace Burnett (1992) |
Josiah Matthew Duggar (1996) | Lauren Milagro Swanson (1999) |
Katharina Fugger von Glött (1970-) | Carl Ludwig von Ballestrem (1959-) |
Liam Hemsworth (1990-) | Destiny Hope Cyrus (1992-) |
Rachel Meghan Markle (1981) | Trevor Engelson (1976-)+Henry Windsor (1984) |
Caitlin Maureen Empeno McHugh (1986) | Massimo Lusardi (1983)+ John Phillip Stamos (1963) |
Nicholas Medforth-Mills (1985-) | Nicoleta Cîrjan (1986-) + Alina Maria Binder (1988-) |
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (1972) | Christopher Anthony John Martin (1977)+ Bradley Douglas Falchuk (1971) |
Rony Ahmed (1997-) | Kaniz Fatema |
Sumiya Shimu | Tanvir Nahid |
John Phillip Stamos (1963) | Rebecca Alie Romijn (1972)+ Caitlin Maureen Empeno McHugh (1986) |
Henry Windsor (1984) | Rachel Meghan Markle (1981) |
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There were 0 military battles in 2018.
See also[]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "International Year of the Reef". International Coral Reef Initiative. https://www.icriforum.org/about-icri/iyor. Retrieved 5 Jan 2018.
- ^ "Hawaii Panics After Alert About Incoming Missile Is Sent in Error". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/us/hawaii-missile.html.
- ^ Ozkan, Mert (January 19, 2018). "Turkey shells Syria's Afrin region, minister says operation has begun". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey/turkey-shells-syrias-afrin-region-minister-says-operation-has-begun-idUSKBN1F80XX. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
- ^ Dekker, Stephanie (January 27, 2018). "Turkish Afrin operation: Erdogan vows to push out YPG". Al Jazeera. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/turkish-afrin-operation-erdogan-vows-push-ypg-180127092429280.html. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
- ^ Liu, Zhen et al. (24 January 2018). "Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer". Cell. DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2018.01.020. Retrieved on 24 January 2018.
- ^ Normile, Dennis (24 January 2018). "These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly". Science. DOI:10.1126/science.aa1066. Retrieved on 24 January 2018.
- ^ Briggs, Helen (24 January 2018). "First monkey clones created in Chinese laboratory". BBC News. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42809445. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Associated Press (24 January 2018). "Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys; Are Humans Up Next?". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/24/science/ap-us-sci-cloned-monkeys.html. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Thomsen, Jacqueline (February 2, 2018). "CDC to cut global disease prevention efforts by 80 percent". http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/371961-cdc-to-cut-global-disease-prevention-efforts-by-80-percent.
- ^ Sun, Lena H. (February 1, 2018). "CDC to cut by 80 percent efforts to prevent global disease outbreak". https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/02/01/cdc-to-cut-by-80-percent-efforts-to-prevent-global-disease-outbreak/.
- ^ "Dow Jones hit by worst fall since 2008". February 5, 2018. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42942921.
- ^ "Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launches successfully". http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42969020.
- ^ "Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics - Next Winter Olympic Games in Korea". Olympic.org. http://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics.
- ^ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/02/11/russian-plane-crash-outside-moscow-leaves-71-dead.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43066443
- ^ Associated Press, WTVJ (February 14, 2018). "Sheriff: Broward Co. school shooter in custody, 14 victims". https://www.wptv.com/news/state/shooting-investigated-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-broward-county. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/iranian-passenger-plane-crashes-isfahan-180218074546342.html
- ^ "NASA Reschedules Mars InSight Mission for May 2018". nytimes.com. 2016-03-09. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/science/nasa-reschedules-mars-insight-mission-for-may-2018.html?_r=0. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ^ Ireland to hold abortion referendum weeks before pope's visit The Guardian, 2017-09-26.
- ^ Davis, Caroline (15 December 2017). "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to wed on 19 May". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/15/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-marry-on-19-may. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - FIFA.com". Fifa.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100717074354/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D1264299/?intcmp=tweets_voiceofthesite. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ "the 2018 Perihelic Apparition of Mars - Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers". Alpo-astronomy.org. http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2018_MARS.htm. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ "ESA Science & Technology: BepiColombo launch rescheduled for October 2018". Sci.esa.int. http://sci.esa.int/bepicolombo/58591-bepicolombo-launch-rescheduled-for-october-2018/. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ "US missile defence shield to be in Poland by 2018". neurope.eu. http://www.neurope.eu/article/us-missile-defence-shield-be-poland-2018. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ "Solar Probe Plus - Nasa". Solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov. http://solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov/. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/obituaries/naomi-parker-fraley-the-real-rosie-the-riveter-dies-at-96.html
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