2018

2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar.

 Events 
 January 1 – Estonia takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the United Kingdom.
 January 20-22 – The United States government enters a shutdown due to a dispute over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
 February did not experience a completely realized full moon this year
 February 9-25 – 2018 Winter Olympics were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
 March 1 – President Donald Trump announced import for tariff steel 25% and 10% of Aluminum.
 March 8 – Women Democratic Front started a 'Women's Freedom March' along with other groups to protest violence against women and other issues related to women in Pakistan.
 April 23 – A white van collided with numerous pedestrians killing nine and injuring sixteen others at Yonge Street in Toronto.
 May 9 – Mahathir Mohamad's opposition coalition wins Malaysia's general election. Mahathir previously served as the country's prime minister from 1981 to 2003.
 June 14 - July 15 — 2018 FIFA World Cup was held in Russia.
 July 1 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador is elected President of Mexico.
 July 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Estonia.
 July 27 – Mars made its closest approach to Earth since 2003. It will not be as close as the 2003 opposition.
 August 11 – The final Drum Corps International World Championship to be held in the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, after an 11-year run.
 September 16 – Swedish general election for the Riksdag take place.
 September 28 – An earthquake and tsunami hits Sulawesi, Indonesia killing 2,256 people.
 October 23 – The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is opened for the public to use. It is the longest bridge in the world that crosses a sea.
 November 6 – The United States mid-term elections take place.
 December 22 – A tsunami hits the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, killing more than 430 people.

 Computer and video games 
Games set in 2018:
 Fortnite (2018)
 Krazy Ivan (1996)
 Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005)
 Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (2007)

 Movies 
 Rollerball (1975)
 Terminator Salvation (2009)
 I Spit on Your Rave (2010)
 Iron Sky (2011)

 Literature 
 Halting State (2007) by Charles Stross.

 Television series 
 The storyline for the sci-fi television series seaQuest DSV begins in 2018.
 The second season of Code Geass takes place in 2018.

 Science 
 1,000 petaflops 100 million core computer
 Driverless Cars
 Exomars launch

Births
 June 22 - Kashe Quest
Deaths

 References