Page 23: Historical Events In 2018

Jul 25   In this year, Pakistan general election: former cricketer Imran Khan claims most votes but not majority after vote marred by violence and bomb that results in the deaths of 31 people.   

Jul 25   Liquid lake are discovered on Mars under its South Pole by European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter reported in "Science".   

Jul 25   Multiple suicide bombings and attacks by the Islamic State in Sweida and surrounding areas of Syria kill more than 200   

Jul 25   Scientists report the presence of a subglacial lake on Mars, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) below the southern polar ice cap and extending sideways about 20 km (12 mi), the inaugural known body of water on the planet.   

Jul 25   Somalia’s attorney general announces country's inaugural prosecution of female genital mutilation after death of a 10-year-old girl.   

Jul 26   Authorities in Stung Treng province, Cambodia, evacuate 25000 below collapsed Laos dam as waters rise.   

Jul 26   Facebook has the single worst day of any public company on the stock market - losing 19% or $119 billion market value   

Jul 26   Heavy wildfires in Greece leave 87 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed.   

Jul 26   Observation of a black hole by The Very Large Telescope in Chile proves Albert Einstein 's prediction of "gravitational redshift", published in "Journal Astronomy and Astrophysics"   

Jul 26   Over 700 immigrant children still separated from their parents in the US as court-imposed deadline to reunite them passes   

Jul 26   Sir Paul McCartney performs a secret gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began.   

Jul 26   The share price of Facebook drops by almost 20 percent after the company warns investors that user growth has slowed following the data leak scandal. Over $109 billion is wiped from its market value, the largest single day loss in corporate history.   

Jul 27   CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves is acussed of sexual misconduct in the "New Yorker" by Ronan Farrow   

Jul 27   The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurs,   

Jul 28   Carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with death toll at 5 having burnt 80000 acres.   

Jul 28   Longest "blood moon" eclipse of the 21st century, lasting 1 hour 43 minutes   

Jul 29   Chipper Jones, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Jack Morris are inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY.   

Jul 29   Demonstrations calling for safer road by students begin in Dhaka, Bangladesh.   

Jul 29   Ethiopian state funeral for murdered dam engineer Simegnew Bekele in Addis Ababa prompts unrest   

Jul 29   In this year, British Open Senior Golf, St. Andrews: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez claims by 1 shot from defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany   

Jul 29   In this year, Hun Sen's Cambodian People’s Party Hun Sen claims to have won all 125 seats in country's general election with widespread criticism of a sham vote   

Jul 29   In this year, Tour de France: Geraint Thomas is recorded as becoming the inaugural Welshman and only 3rd Briton to win the Tour; beats Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 1' 51"; Peter Sagan claims green points jersey.   

Jul 29   magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes island of Lombok, Indonesia, killing at least 14   

Jul 29   Palestinian teenage activist Ahed Tamimi released from prison after eight months.   

Jul 30   Australian Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson steps down after being convicted of concealing sexual abuse   

Jul 30   British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt mistakenly calls his Chinese-born wife "Japanese" in meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.   

Jul 30   Four million people excluded from Assam National Register of Citizens in India prompts fears of deportation, loss of citizenship   

Jul 30   Official Malaysian investigation into the disappearance of Flight 370 is unable to determine what happened   

Jul 31   Actor Alan Alda reveals he has had Parkinson's disease for 3 years, in interview with CBS"s "This Morning".   

Jul 31   Aeroméxico flight 2431 crash lands in Durango, Mexico, all 103 on board survive.   

Jul 31   Facebook discloses and removes Russian-linked network of sites attempting to interfere in American politics.   

Jul 31   Rihanna is recorded as becoming the inaugural black woman to appear on the cover of British Vogue's September issue   

Aug 01   Australian Rugby League's 'Immortals' tally moves to 13 as pre-War stars Dally Messenger, Frank Burge and Dave Brown along with latter day giants Norm Provan and Mal Meninga are added.   

Aug 01   Kivu Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda killing 2268 (as of 16 March 2020) people.   

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Jan 01   Manuel Olivencia, Spanish lawyer, economist, and diplomat died in the year 2018.   

Jan 02   In the year 2018 death of rick Hall, American record producer, songwriter, and music publisher   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history death of radha Viswanathan, Indian vocalist and classical dancer   

Jan 03   Colin Brumby, Australian composer died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of aharon Appelfeld, Ukrainian-Israeli writer   

Jan 04   Ray Thomas, English musician died on this day in history.   

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