63 events found for 2018
A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over…
Cannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
LGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos is beaten to death on a busy street in Athens.
Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with…
The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious…
Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people…
The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed…
Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both…
The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures…
The BepiColombo spacecraft is launched on an Ariane 5 rocket to study Mercury.
A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.
The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.
A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.