Historical Events In 2018

Jul 05   Saleswomen in Kerala, India, win right to sit down and take toilet breaks in new amendment to law on this day in history.  

Jul 05   The 2018 North American heat wave takes place, killing 33 people in the Canadian province of Quebec on this day in history.  

Jul 05   US Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt resigns amid allegations of misconduct on this day in history.  

Jul 06   On this day in history floods and landslides begin in south-western Japan, killing at least 200 people with more missing. Evacuation orders for nearly 2 million.  

Jul 06   In the year 2018 former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, are executed by hanging.  

Jul 06   In the year 2018 iranian instagram star Maedeh Hojabri confesses on state TV for posting videos of her dancing  

Jul 06   Paraguay has eliminated malaria in announcement by the World Health organization in the year 2018.  

Jul 06   On this day in history prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário of Mozambique sacks the board of Lam Airlines after he is left stranded when a plane runs out of fuel  

Jul 06   On this day in history u.S. tariffs on US$ 34 billion of Chinese goods come into effect, as President Trump suggests the final total could reach $550bn. China accuses the U.S. of starting the "largest trade war in economic history" and announces immediate retaliatory tariffs.  

Jul 08   In the year 2018 british Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns in a stand against Theresa May's new softer Brexit policy  

Jul 08   In the year 2018 eritrea and Ethiopia announce re-establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries after almost 20 years in Asmara, Eritrea  

Jul 08   In the year 2018 four boys are the first to be rescued after 16 days, from Tham Luang cave, Thailand, by Thai and international rescue team  

Jul 08   On this day in history south Korean golfer Sei Young Ki breaks LPGA 72-hole scoring record with 31 under-par 257, also first to better -30, in winning Thornberry Creek Classic  

Jul 09   On this day in history 4 more boys are rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped there with 8 others and their coach for 17 days by monsoon flooding (4 boys and their coach remain)  

Jul 09   On this day in history bright pink is the world's oldest biological colour according to scientists, produced by tiny cyanobacteria in 1.1bn-year-old marine shale rock from Taoudeni basin, Mauritania  

Jul 09   Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their twenty-year conflict in the year 2018.  

Jul 09   Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed offically end the "no war, no peace" peace deal made in 2000 in Eritrea's capital, Asmara on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion in the year 2018.  

Jul 09   On this day in history jeremy Hunt becomes UK Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson 's resignation  

Jul 09   Train derailment kills 24 in the Turkish province of Tekirdag in the year 2018.  

Jul 09   UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigns after Theresa May takes a softer Brexit stance on this day in history.  

Jul 09   US coffee company Starbucks announces it will stop using plastic straws by 2020, reducing use of more than 1 billion straws a year on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 2018 uS President Trump names Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee  

Jul 10   On this day in history drake surpasses The Beatles record of most singles in Billboard Hot One 100 with seven against their five from his album "Scorpion"  

Jul 10   In the year 2018 original sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood by EH Shepard sells for £430,000 in London, record price for a book illustration  

Jul 10   Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2m, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time in the year 2018.  

Jul 10   The final 4 boys and their coach are rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped there for 18 days by monsoon flooding in the year 2018.  

Jul 10   Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand, following a 17-day ordeal that gained worldwide attention in the year 2018.  

Jul 11   Oldest stone tools outside Africa discovered in Lantian country, western China, estimated 2.12 million years old made by hominins in the year 2018.  

Jul 11   The 2018 Brussels NATO summit is held in Belgium on this day in history.  

Jul 12   "Misson: Impossible - Fallout", directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise , Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson, premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 2018 chemical plant explosion in Jiangan County, Sichuan Province, China, kills at least 19  

Jul 12   Republic of Ireland will be the first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies after passing legislation in parliament in the year 2018.  

Jul 12   In the year 2018 sandra Oh is the first woman to be nominated for an Emmy award in a leading role for "Killing Eve"  

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Jan 01   On this day in history death of manuel Olivencia, Spanish lawyer, economist, and diplomat  

Jan 02   Rick Hall, American record producer, songwriter, and music publisher died in the year 2018.  

Jan 02   In the year 2018 death of thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and writer  

Jan 02   In the year 2018 death of radha Viswanathan, Indian vocalist and classical dancer  

Jan 03   Colin Brumby, Australian composer died in the year 2018.  

Jan 04   Aharon Appelfeld, Ukrainian-Israeli writer died on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Ray Thomas, English musician died in the year 2018.  

Jan 05   Antonio Angelillo, Italian-Argentine footballer died in the year 2018.