This Year in History:
2018
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
Larry Nassar, a former doctor at Michigan State and for USA Gymnastics, is sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexual assault on January 24, 2018. Nassar was…
On February 14, 2018, an expelled student entered Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and opened fire, killing 17 people and wounding 17 others, in what became at the…
On April 16, 2018, the Pulitzer Prize Board awards the Pulitzer Prize for Music to rapper Kendrick Lamar for his 2017 album, DAMN. It was the first time the award…
On May 19, 2018, Prince Harry of Britain marries Meghan Markle, an American actress, in St. George’s Chapel within the grounds of Windsor Castle. Some 600 guests attend the ceremony…
It started as a fun after‑practice excursion. On June 23, 2018, Ekkapol Chantawong, a 25‑year‑old Thai youth soccer coach, takes his team, the Wild Boars, to explore a cave he’d…
In a search and rescue scramble that gripped the world’s attention for more than two weeks, the last of 12 Thai youth soccer players and their coach are safely rescued…
On September 6, 2018 an off‑duty Dallas police officer fatally shoots an unarmed Black man in the victim’s own apartment. Returning to her apartment complex in Dallas, Texas, police officer…
On September 28, 2018, the cargo ship Venta Maersk docks in St. Petersburg, Russia, more than a month after departing from Vladivostok on the other side of the country. The…
