Historical Events In 2018

Nov 03   Truck loses control hitting 31 cars and killing at least 15 people near a tollbooth in Lanzhou, China on this day in history.   

Nov 04   Camila Cabello wins four awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Bilbao, Janet Jackson accepts the Global Icon award in the year 2018.   

Nov 04   Death toll from week-long storm in Italy rises to 29 with death of nine people in floods in Casteldaccia, Sicily in the year 2018.   

Nov 04   On this day in history new Caledonia holds an independence referendum, with 56.4% voting against independence versus 43.6% in favour.   

Nov 05   In the year 2018 "Big Brother" reality show has its last episode in the UK on Channel 5, having run since 2000   

Nov 05   On this day in history bBC opens its largest news bureau outside the UK in Nairobi, Kenya with 300 journalists   

Nov 05   Child suicide rate in Japan at 30-year high with 250 taking their lives 2016/17 according to Government Ministry in the year 2018.   

Nov 05   More than 80 students and teachers kidnapped from a boarding school in Bamenda, Cameroon in the year 2018.   

Nov 05   On this day in history nASA's Voyager 2 probe leaves the solar system, becoming the second human-made object to reach interstellar space   

Nov 05   On this day in history spice Girls announce a new tour but without Victoria Beckham "Posh Spice"   

Nov 05   In the year 2018 taskforce set up to identify and punish LGBT people in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania   

Nov 06   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) is the youngest person ever elected to the US House of representatives at 29 years on this day in history.   

Nov 06   In the year 2018 british actor Idris Elba named "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive   

Nov 06   Colorado elects Jared Polis, the country's first openly male gay governor on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history colorado votes to abolish slavery as a form of punishment in state constitution   

Nov 06   On this day in history great Britain's Prince Charles calls slavery "an indelible stain" but stops short of an apology in a speech in Accra, Ghana   

Nov 06   On this day in history human longevity less than 10% dependant on genetics according to study published in journal "Genetics" based on 400 million people from Ancestry   

Nov 06   In the year 2018 ilhan Omar (Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan) are the first Muslim women to be elected to the US House of Representaives   

Nov 06   In US Midterm elections Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives after eight years, the Senate is held by Republicans on this day in history.   

Nov 06   More than 200 mass graves containing thousands of victims of ISIS discovered in former ISIS held areas according to UN report in the year 2018.   

Nov 06   On this day in history record 19 black female judicial candidates all elected in Harris County, Texas, after campaigning together under "Black Girl Magic"   

Nov 06   Sharice Davids (Kansas) and Debra Haaland (New Mexico) are the first Native American women to be elected to the US House of Representatives in the year 2018.   

Nov 07   In the year 2018 emma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire by Prince William at Buckingham Palace, London   

Nov 07   On this day in history ex-marine opens fire at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, shooting 12, including a police officer, and himself   

Nov 07   On this day in history for second straight year France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference from Ireland, with a final round 46-19 win over Scotland at Stade de France, Saint Denis; Ireland again takes Triple Crown   

Nov 07   In the year 2018 uS President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions and appoints Matthew Whitaker in his place as acting Attorney General   

Nov 07   World's oldest figurative painting of a beast at least 40,000 years old identified in Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, Indonesian Borneo in the year 2018.   

Nov 08   In the year 2018 authorities report more than 150 people have been killed in week-long assault by government forces on port of Hudaydah in Yemen   

Nov 08   Azerbaijan woman who spent £16m in Harrods granted bail in UK after being arrested for suspested embezzlement under new laws on this day in history.   

Nov 08   In the year 2018 cNN correspondent Jim Acosta's White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle the microphone off him   

Nov 08   Deadliest fire in Californian history, the Camp Fire starts at Plumas National Forest spreads in Butte County destroying town of Paradise, more than 13,000 buildings and killing at least 88 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Mass grave of 200 people discovered on border of Somali and Oromia regions, Ethiopia, in investigation into atrocities by former regional president Abdi Mohammed in the year 2018.   

Nov 08   Qatar delivers $15 million in cash to pay civil servants in Gaza after earlier sending fuel to increase electricity from 4 to 8 hours a day in the year 2018.   

Nov 08   On this day in history the Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.   

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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   On this day in history 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   In the year 2018 death of colin Brumby, Australian composer   

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

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

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