Historical Events in 2018 (Part 3)

Events 401 - 600 of 1,320

• May 9 Nicaraguan anti-government protests involving tens of thousands take place in Managua and Matagalpa y Chinandega
• May 9 Oldest viral DNA, a form of hepatitis B, reported discovered in 7,000 year old skeleton found in Germany

• May 9 Walmart takes a majority stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart for 16 billion
• May 10 China announces plans for the world's largest weather-control mechanism, rain-inducing machines for the Tibetan Plateau (area the size of Alaska)
• May 10 Israel fires missiles at 70 Iranian targets inside Syria after Iran fires missiles into the Golan Heights, with claims Israel struck first in attack on Baath

• May 11 Mass murder-suicide in Margaret River, Australia, grandfather shoots six members of his family and himself
• May 11 Most popular names in the US for 2017 revealed as Emma for girls, Liam for boys
• May 12 Insurgent group attacks the town of Muse, Myanmar, killing at least 19 people, Ta’ang National Liberation Army claim responsibility
• May 13 Arsène Wenger guides Arsenal to a 1-0 win at Huddersfield in his final game as Gunners manager after 22 years in charge
• May 13 China's first domestically built aircraft carrier begins sea trials in Dalian, China
• May 13 Family of six carry out 3 church bombings in Surabaya, Indonesia, killing at least 13. Islamic State claims responsibility.

• May 13 Manchester City ends the EPL season with a 1-0 win at Southampton having smashed 11 Premier League records including biggest title winning margin (19 points) and most points (100)
• May 14 Boulder City Council in Colorado votes to ban assault weapons
• May 14 Chinese mountain climber and double amputee Xia Boyu reaches the summit of Mt Everest
• May 14 Indian politician Shashi Tharoor is charged by police with driving his wife to commit suicide

• May 14 Successful memory transfer in snails achieved by scientists from University of California published in journal "eNeuro"
• May 14 US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states
• May 15 "Laurel vs Yanny" disagreement over what word heard in an audio file begins across social media
• May 15 58 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and 1700 hospitalized on the Gaza border protesting opening of US embassy in Jerusalem and 70 year founding of Israel

• May 15 Flyover collapses in Varanasi, India, killing at least 18
• May 15 Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is released from prison after being pardoned by King Muhammad V
• May 15 North Korea threatens to pull out of summit with US and South Korea saying it can "not hide our feeling of repugnance" towards US security advisor John Bolton
• May 15 Taliban forces attack and claim to has seized control of the western city of Farah, Afghanistan

• May 17 Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo spreads to the city of Mbandaka
• May 17 Gina Haspel confirmed as the first female director of the CIA by the US Senate
• May 17 Michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history.

• May 18 Mexican Damojh airlines flight crashes near Havana airport, Cuba, killing 110 with just 3 survivors
• May 18 Santa Fe High School shooting; 17 year-old shooter kills 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas
• May 19 71st Cannes Film Festival: Japanese film "Shoplifters" by Hirokazu Kore-eda wins the Palme d'Or

• May 20 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G &CC: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 3 from American trio Joe Durant, Steve Stricker & Gene Sauers
• May 20 Two cyclists attacked by a cougar, 1 dies, in North Bend, Washington State

• May 21 Mushrooms have poisoned more than 800 in western Iran, killing 11
• May 21 Teenager who started California's 2017 Eagle Creek Fire ordered to pay $36.6 million to cover damages by district judge
• May 21 Truckers begin a 10 strike in Brazil, blocking roads in protest at the price of diesel leading to country-wide shortages

• May 22 Australian court finds Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson guilty of covering up sexual abuse in 1970s, most senior Catholic priest to be convicted

• May 22 New York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history
• May 22 Outbreak of Nipah virus confirmed to have killed 10 including a nurse in Kozhikode, India
• May 22 Stacey Abrams is the first black woman to be nominated as US state governor - for Georgia
• May 23 Hamburg, Germany, becomes the first city to ban diesel cars on some roads
• May 23 NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations

• May 24 At least 14 children reported mauled to death by wild dogs near Khairabad, India after closure of slaughterhouses
• May 24 Bangladeshi police reported to have shot 52 suspected drug traffickers in anti-narcotics crackdown in 10 days
• May 24 Record US fentanyl seizure of 120lbs (54kg) confirmed by police in Nebraska in April, enough to kill 26 million people, one of largest drug busts in US history
• May 24 US President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea

• May 24 US President Donald Trump signs into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act easing financial regulations and reducing oversight for banks
• May 24 World's largest cat-proof fence (44 km / 27.3 miles) completed at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, central Australia to protect endangered species
• May 25 Barbados elects its first female Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who leads the Barbados Labour Party to victory

• May 26 Ireland votes to repeal their 8th amendment to allow legalized abortion, 66.4% vote yes

• May 27 Oil workers for Brazilian state oil company Petrobrás join the truckers' national strike

• May 28 Coco-Cola launches its first alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island of Kyushu, Japan
• May 28 One million French smokers quit in one year after anti-smoking measures introduced according to Public Health France

• May 29 Death toll on Puerto Rico 70 times higher than official figure, likely 4,600 died from Hurricane Maria according to Harvard University study
• May 29 Heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, kills 65 as temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit
• May 29 Missouri Governor Eric Greitens resigns over an extramarital affair and illegal use of a donor list
• May 29 Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko fakes his own death with Ukrainian security services to foil an assassination plot
• May 29 Starbucks closes more than 8,000 US stores early for racial bias training after two black men wrongly arrested in a store in April
• May 31 Danish government bans garments that cover the face, including the niqab and burqa

• May 31 Uganda's parliament imposes tax on social media to stop gossip

• Jun 1 Law professor Giuseppe Conte is sworn in as Italian Prime Minister as head of a populist coalition
• Jun 1 Rouzan al-Najjar, a 22 year-old Palestinian medic is shot and killed by Israeli forces on the Gaza border, causing widespread condmnation

• Jun 1 US unemployment rate falls to 3.8%, lowest since 2000

• Jun 2 Socialist Pedro Sánchez is sworn in as Spanish Prime Minister
• Jun 3 Boat capsizes off eastern Tunisia drowning at least 48 migrants
• Jun 3 Dead whale found with 17 pounds (80 pieces) of plastic in its stomach in Songkhla province, Thailand
• Jun 3 Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts killing at least 110, with 332 missing and forcing the evacuation of over 3,100

• Jun 4 Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigns amid huge protests against tax and price increases. King Abdullah appoints Omar Razzaz to replace him.
• Jun 4 US President Donald Trump tweets "I have the absolute right to PARDON myself"

• Jun 5 Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in court in New York
• Jun 5 US Judge Aaron Persky, criticized for his leniency towards campus sex attacker Brock Turner, becomes the 1st judge voted out in 80 years in Santa Clara, California
• Jun 5 US President Donald Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their families violates international law according to the UN
• Jun 6 At least 46 Ethiopian migrants drown after their boat capcizes of fthe coast of Yemen
• Jun 6 Convicted drug trafficker, Alice Johnson, granted clemency by US President Donald Trump after Kim Kardashian highlights case
• Jun 6 French man announced to have won France's €1 million My Lottery for the second time in 2 years, with odds of 1 in 16 trillion

• Jun 6 MLB Draft: Auburn pitcher Casey Mize first pick by Detroit Tigers
• Jun 6 Special pedestrian lane introduced just for "phubbers" slow-walking smartphone users in Xi'an, China
• Jun 7 Baltimore ex-police sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins, head of a rogue police unit sentenced to 25 years for robbery and racketeering
• Jun 7 Mars Curiosity Rover finds organic matter, including methane, on Mars in studies published in journal "Science"
• Jun 7 Stanley Cup Final, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV: Washington Capitals beat Las Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3 for a 4-1 series victory; first title in franchise history
• Jun 8 IMF agrees to lend Argentina up to 50 billion dollars
• Jun 8 WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers in India prompt two men to be beaten to death by a mob in Karbi Angong district, Assam
• Jun 8 World's most powerful supercomputer, Summit, can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second, launched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, by IBM and NVidia

• Jun 11 72nd Tony Awards: "The Band's Visit" best musical; "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" best play

• Jun 11 More than 100 people arrested in Vietnam, after protests against special economic zones at the People's Committee Headquarters in Binh Thuan province and elsewhere
• Jun 11 Net neutrality is officially repealed by The Federal Communications Commission in the US
• Jun 11 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez accepts migrant rescue ship Aquarius with 629 people on board after Italy refuses it
• Jun 12 AT&T's $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner can go ahead according to US district court judge
• Jun 12 Battle for key Yemen port of Hudaydah begins with assault by Saudi backed pro-government forces against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels
• Jun 12 French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, at center of Nobel Prize Committee scandal, charged with rape in Sweden

• Jun 13 Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate - 200 billion tonnes a year, 3 trillion tonnes in 25 years, in report published in "Nature" journal
• Jun 13 FIFA Congress votes to award 2026 World Cup to joint bid by US, Canada & Mexico
• Jun 13 Raccoon climbs 23 story office building in St Paul, Minnesota, becoming an internet sensation
• Jun 13 The Spanish Football Association sacks coach Julen Lopetegui just 2 days out from first World Cup game after he agreed to manage Real Madrid
• Jun 13 Volkswagen fined €1 billion (£880m) by German prosecutors over diesel emissions scandal

• Jun 14 Malaysia's national debt reassessed at $250 billion, up from previous estimate $170 billion, 80% of gross domestic product
• Jun 14 Rashid Khan makes his Test debut for Afghanistan against India
• Jun 14 US government confirms 1500 boys being held separated from their parents in Casa Padre, shelter facility for illegal immigrants in a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas

• Jun 15 Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh burns down, four years after a previous fire

• Jun 15 World Cup: Portugal 3. Spain 3 - Cristiano Renaldo scores hat-trick - 4th player to score in 4 different WC's - 1st to score in 8 consecutive major tournaments

• Jun 16 Two suicide bombers attack Damboa in Borno state, Nigeria, killing at least 31 people
• Jun 16 World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan
• Jun 17 "The Incredibles 2" sets a box office record for an animated release, earning $180 million its opening weekend
• Jun 17 Historic deal signed between Greece and Macedonia to end dispute over Macedonia's name - changing to North Macedonia
• Jun 17 Ivan Duque is elected President of Columbia
• Jun 17 Play "Fairview" by Jackie Sibblies Drury premieres off-Broadway at the Soho Repertory Theatre (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2019)
• Jun 17 World electric speed record broken by Jaguar Vector V20E in battery-powered boat at 88.61 mph (142.60 kph) Coniston Water, English Lake District
• Jun 18 Ferry sinks on Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, with 193 suspected dead
• Jun 18 US President Trump orders US military to set up sixth branch of the military - a space force
• Jun 19 Canada's Senate votes to legalize recreational marijuana use, first major economy to do so
• Jun 19 England smash the highest score (481/6) in one day international cricket history in a 242 run defeat of Australia (239) at Trent Bridge
• Jun 19 General Electric is dropped form the Dow Jones Index, the last original member from 1907

• Jun 20 Algeria turns off its internet to stop students cheating during exams
• Jun 20 FIFA World Cup: Portugal superstar Cristiano Renaldo heads a goal against Morocco to become the all-time leading European goalscorer (85) in international competition
• Jun 20 Hungarian government passes legislation that criminalizes aiding undocumented migrants

• Jun 20 US President Donald Trump signs Executive Order ending family separation at the border for illegal immigrants
• Jun 21 EU imposes tariffs on US goods worth $3.2 billion in response to US tariffs
• Jun 21 NBA Draft: Arizona center Deandre Ayton first pick by Phoenix Suns
• Jun 21 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden becomes the second world leader to give birth in office, to a daughter

• Jun 22 Eurozone countries agree debt relief deal for Greece, signalling end to the country's economic crisis
• Jun 22 NHL Draft: Frolunda HC (SHL) defenceman Rasmus Dahlin first pick by Buffalo Sabres
• Jun 22 President Trump spokesperson Sarah Sanders is asked to leave Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Virginia over her support of Trump's policies, igniting debate
• Jun 23 12 boys and their coach are stranded in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand by monsoon flooding, prompting an international rescue effort when they are discovered 9 days later

• Jun 23 Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa becomes the second-youngest grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, 13 days

• Jun 23 Violent clashes over several days between ethnic Berom farmers and Fulani herders in Plateau state, Nigeria, kill 86

• Jun 24 Women drive for the first time in Saudi Arabia after ban is lifted

• Jun 25 General Strike in Argentina in response to austerity measures required by an IMF loan
• Jun 25 Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson announces it plans to move some production abroad in response to EU retaliatory tariffs
• Jun 25 Oakland pitcher Edwin Jackson takes the mound in a 5-4 win at Detroit; A's are his 13th MLB club, tying Octavio Dotel's record
• Jun 25 UK House of Commons votes for a controversial third Heathrow runway
• Jun 26 "The Bee Gees" singer-songwriter Barry Gibb is knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace
• Jun 26 First high level talks between Ethiopian and Eritrean officials in 20 years begins in Addis Ababa
• Jun 26 Hello Kitty bullet train unveiled by the West Japan Railway
• Jun 26 India is named the most dangerous country to be a women because of sexual violence and slave labour by the Thomson Reuters Foundation

• Jun 26 Quriyat, Oman, registers highest "low" temperature for a day ever recorded of 42.5 degrees
• Jun 26 Sudanese court overturns death sentence for teenager who killed the husband after he raped her
• Jun 26 US Supreme Court upholds President Trump's travel ban against mostly Muslim countries
• Jun 27 Complex carbon-based molecules found by Cassini spacecraft on Saturn moon Enceladus, previously only ever found on earth and meteorites in research published in "Nature"

• Jun 27 French government introduces plan to bring back national service for 16 year-olds
• Jun 27 Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 arrives at diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu

• Jun 27 President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and former Vice President Riek MacharSouth sign peace deal to end four-year civil war

• Jun 28 Amsterdam elects its first-ever woman mayor Femke Halsema since its first mayor in 1343
• Jun 28 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organization, first outbreak to use new Merck vaccine

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