Page 7: Historical Events In 2018

Mar 16   Asia's second-richest person, Hong Kong's Li Ka-Shing, announces his retirement at 89   

Mar 16   Indian actor Irrfan Khan reveals he has been diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour   

Mar 17   Africa's only female head of state, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim confirms she is resigning amid an expenses scandal.   

Mar 17   China's National People's Congress appoints Wang Qishan as vice-president   

Mar 17   Ireland beats England, 24-15 at Twickenham to wrap up Six Nations Rugby Championship; 3rd Grand Slam and 11th Triple Crown   

Mar 18   African American Stephon Clark shot 20 times by police in his Grandmother's backyard in Sacramento, California during vandalism investigation.   

Mar 18   Bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia, destroys over 70 buildings   

Mar 18   In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term.   

Mar 18   inaugural fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car hitting a pedestrain in Tempe, Arizona.   

Mar 18   Serial bomber suspected after fourth bomb goes off in Austin, Texas, injuring two, total bombing death toll, 2 dead, 5 injured   

Mar 18   Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seize Kurdish held northern Syrian town of Afrin   

Mar 18   US Senator Amy Klobuchar calls on Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Senate Judiciary in wake in data mining scandal with Cambridge Analytica   

Mar 18   Vladimir Putin is elected to a new six-year term as Russian President with 76% of the vote, his fourth term.   

Mar 19   Mississippi signs into law the US's strictest abortion laws, no termination after 15 weeks.   

Mar 19   The world's last male northern white rhinoceros dies in Kenya, making the subspecies functionally extinct.   

Mar 19   World's last male northern white rhino, 45 year old Sudan, dies in Kenya   

Mar 20   Actress Cynthia Nixon announces she will run for New York Governor.   

Mar 20   Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House   

Mar 21   African trade deal agreed by 44 African countries in Kigali, Rwanda   

Mar 21   Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt results in the deaths of himself in chase with police in Austin, Texas.   

Mar 21   China announces greater controls over the media, including merging state-run radio and television broadcasters into a single conglomerate called “Voice of China”   

Mar 21   Dave Patterson and John Hennessy win computings' Turing Award for RISC computer chips   

Mar 21   English TV presenter Ant McPartlin charged with drink driving following an accident in London   

Mar 21   Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg admits they "made mistakes" after data on 50 million users is harvested by Cambridge Analytica   

Mar 21   Nigerian government confirms 101 out of 110 schoolgirls kidnapped from Dapchi returned.   

Mar 21   Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi accepts plea deal for 8 months in prison after slapping Israeli officer.   

Mar 21   Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski offers his resignation amid vote-buying scandal   

Mar 21   Suicide bomber results in the deaths of 31 in crowd celebrating Persian New Year in Kabul, Afghanistan   

Mar 22   The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" between Hawaii and California has 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and increasing rapidly according to new research   

Mar 22   US President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports   

Mar 23   A Sahara sandstorm turns snow in Sochi, Russia, orange in one of the largest-ever transfers of desert sand.   

Mar 23   An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes, France, results in the deaths of five people, including the perpetrator.   

Mar 23   Peru's Congress swears in Vice-President Martín Vizcarra as the new President after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned amid corruption scandal   

Mar 24   American conducts it inaugural ever drone strike against Qaeda militants in southern Libya   

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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