2018

From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United States and the world; The Yellow vests protests break out in France; The Camp Fire (2018), that burned the town of Paradise, California, is seen from outer space; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his Tesla Roadster (first generation) 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

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
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Years:	2015 2016 2017 – 2018 – 2019 2020 2021

2018 (twenty eighteen) (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.

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.
• April 23 – A white van collided with numerous pedestrians killing nine and injuring sixteen others at Yonge Street in Toronto.
• 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

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 2018