2018

2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.

2018 was designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.^[1]

From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United States and the world; The Yellow vests protests break out in France; The Camp Fire (2018), that burned the town of Paradise, California, is seen from outer space; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his Tesla Roadster (first generation) into outer space; Rescuers assemble to begin search-and-rescue operations during the Tham Luang cave rescue; North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Leaders of North Korea and the United States met for the first time at the Singapore Summit

Protest of the gilet jaunes

Odvar Nordli

Dolores O'Riordan

Ursula K. Le Guin

Ingvar Kamprad

Prince Henrik

Ruud Lubbers

Morgan Tsvangirai

Sridevi

Davide Astori

Reynaldo Bignone

Stephen Hawking

Lys Assia

Efraín Ríos Montt

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Isao Takahata

Avicii

Margot Kidder

Philip Roth

Alan Bean

Ola Ullsten

Paul D. Boyer

Anthony Bourdain

Stanislav Govorukhin

Arvid Carlsson

Irena Szewińska

Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

Burton Richter

Sergio Marchionne

Aretha Franklin

Kofi Annan

Alexander Zakharchenko

Burt Reynolds

Vitaliy Masol

Charles K. Kao

Charles Aznavour

Leon M. Lederman

Montserrat Caballé

Wim Kok

Stan Lee

Bernardo Bertolucci

Stephen Hillenburg

George H. W. Bush

Belisario Betancur

Riccardo Giacconi

Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Girma Wolde-Giorgis

Shehu Shagari