What Happened in 2018
80 historical events, 0 notable births, and 41 notable deaths in 2018.
Major Events
January 2018
2018 — year
2018 FIFA World Cup — 21st FIFA World Cup, held in Russia
2018 Winter Olympics — 23rd edition of Winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang, South Korea
2018 Asian Games — 18th edition of the Asian Games
2018–19 UEFA Nations League — 2018–2019 edition of the UEFA Nations League
2018 Formula One World Championship — 69th season of Formula One motor racing
January 2018 — month of 2018
2018–19 UEFA Europa League — 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2018 Summer Youth Olympics — 2018 edition of the Summer Youth Olympics
China–United States trade war — economic conflict since 2018
deaths in 2018 — Wikimedia list article
biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
2018 Winter Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article
2018 UEFA Super Cup — 43rd edition of the UEFA Super Cup
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 — 16th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2018 in film — overview of the events of 2018 in film
alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
2018 FIFA World Cup squads — Wikimedia list article
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) — international football competition
cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the cross-country skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the ski jumping events during the Olympic Winter Games
ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics — ice hockey played during the 2018 Winter Olympics
speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics — speed skating events during the 2018 Winter Olympics
2018 FIFA Club World Cup — 2018 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup
World Chess Championship 2018 — world chess championship match
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification — football classification process for 2018 World Cup
curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics — curling events during the 2018 Olympic Winter Games
bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics — bobsleigh events at the Olympics
2018 Commonwealth Games — multi-sport event in Gold Coast, Australia
skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics — skeleton events at the Olympics
luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics — luge events at the Olympics
Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the Nordic combined skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
May 2018
Eurovision Song Contest 2018 — 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
May 2018 — month of 2018
Google I/O — computer software and hardware developer conference hosted by Google
2018 UEFA Champions League Final — association football match at NSC Olimpiyskyi during 2017–18 UEFA Champions League with score 3:1
2018 Spanish Grand Prix — motor car race
2018 Monaco Grand Prix — 6th round of the 2018 Formula One season
2018 Armenian Revolution — protests against Prime Minister Sersch Sargsyan and the government in Armenia in April and May 2018
July 2018
2018 FIFA World Cup Final — Championship match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Tham Luang cave rescue — international operation to rescue a group of 13 boys and 1 adult in Tham Luang Nang Non, Thailand in 2018
July 2018 — month of 2018
July 2018 lunar eclipse — total lunar eclipse on 27 July 2018
March 2018
90th Academy Awards — Award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2017
March 2018 — month of 2018
2018 Winter Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Pyeongchang, South Korea
2018 Russian presidential election — Elections in Russia 2018
2018 Italian general election — election in Italy
2018 Australian Grand Prix — motor car race
US Bangla Airlines Flight 211 — scheduled international passenger flight by US-Bangla Airlines
February 2018
February 2018 — month of 2018
Saratov Airlines Flight 703 — Plane crash killing 71 people
figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics — 2018 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting — 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, USA
June 2018
2018 FIFA World Cup Group A — football tournament group stage
2018 FIFA World Cup Group C — Group of teams in the group stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
2018 FIFA World Cup Group B — Iran, Morocco, Portugal, Spain
2018 FIFA World Cup Group D — International football tournament
2018 FIFA World Cup Group F
2018 FIFA World Cup Group G — football tournament group stage
2018 FIFA World Cup Group E — Football tournament
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit — meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
2018 FIFA World Cup Group H — article about 2018 FIFA World Cup
June 2018 — month of 2018
Prespa agreement — 2018 settlement of the Macedonia naming dispute
2018 Canadian Grand Prix — motor car race
November 2018
November 2018 — month of 2018
Kerch Strait incident — 2018 international incident between Russian and Ukrainian navy
April 2018
April 2018 — month of 2018
2018 Chinese Grand Prix — motor car race
2018 Bahrain Grand Prix — Formula One race held in Bahrain
2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix — Formula One Race
August 2018
August 2018 — month of 2018
December 2018
December 2018 — month of 2018
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami — tsunami in coastal regions of Banten and Lampung, Indonesia
2018 Strasbourg attack — terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France
September 2018
September 2018 — month of 2018
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami — 2018 earthquake in Minahassa Peninsula
October 2018
October 2018 — month of 2018
Lion Air Flight 610 Crash — 2018 aircraft crash in the Java Sea off the coast of Karawang, Indonesia