Page 5: Historical Events In 2018

Feb 21   Winter Olympics: Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall become the inaugural Americans in history to win a cross country gold medal (team sprint)   

Feb 22   Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stirs up controversy by declaring he prefers quinoa to rice, the national dish.   

Feb 23   Study suggests earliest European Palaeolithic artwork in Spain made by Neanderthals not humans in "Science Journal".   

Feb 24   In this year, Winter Olympics: Ester Ledecka (Czech Rep) claims unprecedented gold medals in different sports (snowboard parallel giant slalom and earlier skiing's Super-G).   

Feb 24   UN Security Council passes resolution for 30 day ceasefire in Syria.   

Feb 25   China briefly bans the letter 'N' as part of widespread censorship efforts.   

Feb 25   Winter Olympics end in Pyeongchang, Korea with Norway winning a record 39 medals, 14 gold.   

Feb 25   Winter Olympics: Marit Bjoergen (Norway) is recorded as becoming the most successful winter athlete of all time (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country   

Feb 26   Cold weather nicknamed "the Beast from the East" hits Europe, killing 7 and covering Pompeii in snow.   

Feb 26   Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, receives its 1 millionth seed on 10 year anniversary   

Feb 26   Global Seed Vault opens in Svalbard, Norway, to help preserve diversity and loss from other genebanks   

Feb 26   magnitude 7.5 earthquake in central Papa New Guinea results in the deaths of at least 100.   

Feb 27   Barbra Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice.   

Feb 27   Jared Kushner , son-in-law of President Trump, has his top-secret security clearance at the White House downgraded   

Feb 28   700 illegal churches closed in Rwanda for being too noisy and lacking building permits   

Mar 01   Earliest evidence for figural tattoos (bull and sheep) on two naturally mummified bodies from Egypt’s predynastic period (3351-3017BC) published in "Journal of Archaeological Science"   

Mar 01   Hope Hicks steps down as White House Communications Director to President Trump   

Mar 01   In this year, Vladimir Putin in his annual state address claims Russia has an "invincible” intercontinental cruise missile   

Mar 01   Parisian designer Riccardo Tisci is named the new designer of British brand Burberry after the exit of Christopher Bailey.   

Mar 01   US President Donald Trump says he will impose 25% steel, 10% aluminium import tariffs, raising fears of a trade war   

Mar 02   Gunmen attack the French embassy and army HQ in suspected terrorist incident in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, killing 8 and injuring 80   

Mar 03   "The Emoji Movie" named worst film in 2017 in Razzies awards   

Mar 04   90th Academy Awards: Best Picture "The Shape of Water", Best Director Guillermo del Toro, Best Actor Gary Oldman, Best Actress France McDormand.   

Mar 04   Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia are poisoned by the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England.   

Mar 04   Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal are poisoned by nerve agent in Salisbury, England.   

Mar 04   In this year, Italian General Election has no clear winner, populist party 5-Star led by Luigi Di Maio claims most votes with 32%   

Mar 04   In this year, Italian general election results in a hung parliament, populist Five Star Movement claims most votes   

Mar 04   World's worst listeria outbreak suspected of killing 180 tracked to processed meat factory in Polokwane, South Africa.   

Mar 05   China announces a military budget of 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion).   

Mar 05   North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean officials for the inaugural time since taking office, hosting a dinner in Pyongyang   

Mar 06   "Highest overdose death rates ever recorded in the US", 142000 overdoses in 2016-17 period according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   

Mar 06   American WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington rediscovered in Australia's Coral Sea, lost during 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea   

Mar 06   British health officials tells the country it's time "to get on a diet" and urging manufacturers to reduce calories in foods   

Mar 06   Forbes names Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the world's richest person for the inaugural time at $112 billion, Bill Gates no. 2.   

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Jan 01   Manuel olivencia: Spanish lawyer, economist, and diplomat   

Jan 02   Rick hall: American record producer, songwriter, and music publisher   

Jan 02   Thomas s. monson: American religious leader and writer   

Jan 02   Radha viswanathan: Indian vocalist and classical dancer   

Jan 03   Colin brumby: Australian composer   

Jan 04   Aharon appelfeld: Ukrainian-israeli writer   

Jan 04   Ray thomas: English musician   

Jan 05   Antonio angelillo: Italian-argentine footballer