A tsunami hits Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, director and producer. She came to notice in the 1970s for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley, receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her […]
12/17/2018 – Penny Marshall dies at the age of 75
France experiences its worst civil unrest since the protests of 1968 due to the yellow vests movement. Protests in Paris morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the Arc de Triomphe is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country. Source: […]
12/1-12/8 – France experiences its worst civil unrest since the ...
George H. W. Bush 41st U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Wikipedia […]
11/30/2018 – George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United ...
InSight’s two-year mission will be to study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all celestial bodies with rocky surfaces, including Earth and the Moon.
11/26/2018 – NASA’s InSight probe successfully lands on the surface ...
Roy Linwood Clark was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre.
11/15/2018 – Roy Clark, country music legend and ‘Hee ...
Katherine “Scottie” MacGregor, best known for her role as Harriet Oleson on “Little House on the Prairie,” died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, California, her representative confirmed to NBC News. She was 93. MacGregor played the gossipy, mean-spirited Harriet Oleson for 153 episodes of the popular 1970s series. On the […]
11/13/2018 – Katherine MacGregor, Cruel Mother on ‘Little House,’ Dies ...
11/8/2018 – 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.
11/8/2018 – California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire
Academy Award-nominated actress and director Sondra Locke, whose body of work included multiple collaborations with Clint Eastwood, has died. She was 74. Locke died in November at her home in Los Angeles, according to a death certificate obtained by CNN. She had been battling bone and breast cancer. Locke […]
11/3/2018 – Sondra Locke, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at age ...
Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, with 189 passengers on board.
10/29/2018 – Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast ...
11 people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that occurred at Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation[a] in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, while Shabbat morning services were being held. Eleven people were killed and seven were injured. It was the deadliest […]
10/27/2018 – 11 people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue ...
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is the world’s longest sea crossing bridge.
10/23/2018 – The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is opened
The unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury.
10/19/2018 – BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to ...
At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a train runs through a crowd at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India. Two Indian Railways passenger trains crashed into a crowd of people in the eastern outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab, on 19 October 2018. The crowd had gathered to watch celebrations for the Hindu festival of Dussehra and […]
10/19/2018 – Amritsar train disaster in Punjab, India.
Unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez and the streaming service DAZN have agreed to a five-year, 11-fight deal that will pay the boxer at least $365 million — the highest-paying athlete contract in history. reuters.com
10/17/2018 – Boxer Alvarez signs $365M deal, richest contract in ...
Canada legalizes the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013.
10/16/2018 – Canada legalizes the sale and use of cannabis
Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft who helped usher in the personal computing revolution and then channeled his enormous fortune into transforming Seattle into a cultural destination, died on Monday in Seattle. He was 65. The cause was complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his family said in a statement. The disease […]
10/15/2018 – Paul G. Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at ...
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 2,256 people and injures more than 10,679 others
9/28/2018 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Burt Reynolds American actor Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was an American actor, director and producer. He first rose to prominence starring in television series such as Gunsmoke, Hawk, and Dan August. His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance. Wikipedia Born: February 11, 1936, Lansing, MI Died: September 6, 2018, Jupiter Medical […]
9/6/2018 – Burt Reynolds Dead at 82 ‘Smokey and the ...
Robin Leach, the veteran entertainment journalist best known for his work on TV’s Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, died early Friday morning. He was 76. Leach had been hospitalized since Nov. 21 after suffering a stroke in Cabo San Lucas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where Leach worked as […]
8/24/2018 – Robin Leach, ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ ...
Charlotte Rae American character actress Description Charlotte Rae Lubotsky, known professionally as Charlotte Rae, was an American character actress, comedian, and singer whose career spanned six decades. Rae was known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff’rent Strokes and its spin-off, The Facts of Life. Wikipedia Born: April […]
8/5/2018 – Charlotte Rae Dead: ‘Facts of Life’ Actress Was ...
Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company’s first product was the Apple I, a computer single-handedly designed and hand-built by Wozniak, and first shown to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club. Apple I was sold as a motherboard (with CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips), which was less than […]
8/2/2018 – Apple Inc. becomes the world’s first public company ...
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 27 July 2018. The Moon passed through the center of Earth’s shadow in what was the first central lunar eclipse since 15 June 2011. It was also the second total lunar eclipse in 2018, after the one on 31 January. The eclipse occurred when the Moon was near its maximum distance from Earth, which caused […]
7/27/2018 – The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st ...
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 first known body of water on the planet Radar scans of the red planet suggest that a stable reservoir of salty, liquid water measuring some […]
7/25/2018 – Scientists report the presence of a sub-glacial lake ...
Tham Luang cave rescue Date 23 June – 10 July 2018 (18 days) Location Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Coordinates 20°22′54″N 99°52′06″ECoordinates: 20°22′54″N 99°52′06″E Type Cave rescue Cause Monsoon flooding Outcome Group found alive on 2 July; all rescued between 8 and 10 July 2018. Death(s) Saman Kunan, rescue diver Non-fatal […]
7/10/2018 – Twelve boys and their coach are rescued from ...
Saudi Arabia announced that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the oppression of women in the ultraconservative kingdom.
6/24/2018 – Saudi Arabia allows women to drive
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the men’s national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. It was the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe, and the 11th time that it had […]
6/14-7/15 – The 2018 FIFA World Cup is held in ...
The 2018 North Korea–United States summit was a 12 June 2018 summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore. This was the first-ever meeting between leaders of the United States and North Korea. They signed a joint statement, agreeing to security guarantees for North Korea, new peaceful relations, the denuclearization of […]
6/12/2018 – First summit between a United States President and ...
Anthony Bourdain American chef Description Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, travel documentarian, and television personality who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. He was considered one of the most influential chefs in the world. Wikipedia Born: June 25, […]
6/8/2018 – Anthony Bourdain dead at 61
At least 1.7 million people across Guatemala are believed to have been affected by the explosion, government officials said, from debris and ash that has spewed from the active volcano. Dozens have been injured, and evacuations near the volcano have involved more than 3,000 people. Source: BuzzFeedNews
6/3/2018 – Guatemala’s deadliest volcano kills at least 109 people
What lessons have been learned from this year? Sadly, the same ones offered in 1996, 2006 and 2012: inexperience kills, not all guides are the same, money buys access, the weather has the last word. And Nepal is in continuous denial about the problems, blinded by the tens of millions […]
After climbing Mount Everest…
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held on 19 May 2018 in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. The groom, Prince Harry, is a member of the British royal family; the bride, Meghan Markle, is an American and former actress. Source: Wikipedia
5/19/2018 – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gets married
Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 was a scheduled domestic flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Frank País Airport in Holguín, Cuba. On May 18, 2018, the 39-year-old Boeing 737-201. operating the route crashed shortly after takeoff, near Santiago de las Vegas, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Havana city centre. Of those on board, 112 died and one passenger survived with […]
5/18/2018 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after ...
Kim Jong-un is set to become the first North Korean leader to cross into South Korean territory since the end of the Korean War in 1953. South Korea said President Moon Jae-in would personally meet Mr Kim at the border at 09:30 (00:30 GMT) on Friday. The historic summit […]
4/27/2018 – Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea to meet ...
A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
4/23/2018 – A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures ...
Verne Troyer American actor Description Verne Jay Troyer was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. He was notable for having been only 2 ft 8 in tall, the result of cartilage–hair hypoplasia; this made him one of […]
4/21/2018 – Verne Troyer, ‘Mini-Me’ in Austin Powers films, dies ...
Miguel Díaz-Canel is sworn in as President of Cuba, marking the first time since 1959 that Cuba has had a president other than Fidel or Raúl Castro.
4/19/2018 – Miguel Díaz-Canel is sworn in as President of ...
Barbara Bush was the First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 as the wife of George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st President of the United States, and founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She previously was Second Lady of the […]
4/17/2018 – Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother ...
On 11 April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force crashed shortly after take-off from Boufarik Airport, Boufarik, Algeria, which is near Blida and south-west of the capital, Algiers. All 257 people on board were killed, making the accident the deadliest air crash on Algerian soil.
4/11/2018 – 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 ...
Qantas launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Perth Airport and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between Australia and the United Kingdom.
3/25/2018 – Qantas launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner ...
Formerly found in several countries in East and Central Africa south of the Sahara, this subspecies is a grazer in grasslands and savanna woodlands. As of 19 March 2018 there were only two known rhinos of this subspecies left, both of which are female; barring the existence of unknown or misclassified male […]
3/19/2018 – The world’s last male northern white rhinoceros dies ...
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018. Vladimir Putin won reelection for his second consecutive (fourth overall) term in office with 77% of the vote. Source: Wikipedia
3/18/2018 – Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term ...
Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.
3/14/2018 – Stephen Hawking, famed physicist, dies
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 was a scheduled international passenger flight by US-Bangla Airlines from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. On 12 March 2018, the aircraft serving the flight, a 78-seater Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, crashed on landing, and burst into flames. There were 67 passengers and 4 crew members on board; 52 […]
3/12/2018 – Flight BS211 crashes in Nepal, killing 51 on ...
On February 14, 2018, a 19 yo. expelled student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing seventeen students and staff members and injuring seventeen others that lasted 6 minutes. The gunman then fled the scene on foot by blending with other students. He was arrested […]
2/14/2018 – 17 Killed in Mass Shooting at Parkland High ...
XXIII Olympic Winter Games The Games featured 102 events in fifteen sports, with the addition of “big air” snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic programme. 2,914 athletes from 92 NOCs competed, including the debuts of Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore. After a state-sponsored doping program was exposed following the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russian Olympic […]
2/9/2018 – 2/25/2018 – The 2018 Winter Olympics are held ...
SpaceX successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center. Sends a Tesla Roadster with a fake astronaut in the driver’s seat to it’s destination – Mar’s orbit. Watch the rocket boosters land HERE! Achievements Landmark achievements of SpaceX include: […]
2/6/2018 – SpaceX successfully launches it’s most powerful rocket to ...
January 31 – A total lunar eclipse takes place. The Moon appears as supermoon, with perigee being on January 30. It is also the first blue moon eclipse in 2018, so it was referred to as the super blue blood moon.
1/31/2018 – A Total Lunar Eclipse
Seventeen employees escaped the blaze with minor to no injuries. One of them was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Tulsa, officials said. The five victims were too close to the source of the fire to escape. “The bodies were located in the area that they were presumed […]
1/23/2018 – Five oil rig workers found dead after gas ...
Jerry Van Dyke, comedian, actor and younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, died Friday afternoon at his Arkansas home at the age of 86. Van Dyke’s wife, Shirley, confirmed her husband’s death to TMZ. Shirley said her husband’s death began deteriorating after they were both involved in a car accident two […]