2018 in History

Scores France's third goal in the World Cup final against Croatia.

Wins the Golden Ball after captaining Croatia to its first World Cup final.

Burnham launches emergency accommodation for people sleeping rough across the city-region.

Lyndell Simpson serves briefly as acting Governor

Myint Swe becomes acting President after Htin Kyaw resigns

Faces dispute over the Irish backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement.

Wins the 2018 Ballon d'Or after a year featuring Champions League success with Real Madrid.

Makes his final Barcelona appearance after sixteen seasons with the first team.

Intercepts Loris Karius's throw and scores Real Madrid's first goal.

BepiColombo launches on an Ariane 5 to begin a multi-year journey toward Mercury.

Scores an overhead kick during Real Madrid's quarter-final victory at Juventus.

Appointed Brexit Secretary after Dominic Raab resigns.

The European Union Withdrawal Act receives royal assent.

Resigns as Brexit Secretary over the Chequers approach.

Resigns as Foreign Secretary over the Brexit strategy.

Delivers the Mansion House speech on the future UK-EU relationship.

Cabinet agrees the Chequers plan for Brexit.

EU leaders criticise the Chequers plan at the Salzburg summit.

Cabinet backs the draft Withdrawal Agreement.

EU leaders endorse the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.

Postpones the first meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement.

Survives a Conservative confidence vote over her Brexit leadership.

Appointed Brexit Secretary after David Davis resigns.

Resigns as Brexit Secretary over the draft Withdrawal Agreement.

Former Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk heads the caretaker government.

Scores an overhead kick shortly after entering as a substitute and later adds another goal.

Scores an overhead kick shortly after coming on as Real Madrid defeat Liverpool in the Champions League final.

Cabinet agrees the Chequers plan for the future UK-EU relationship.

Mujahid Anwar Khan becomes Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force.

Announces tariffs on Chinese goods, beginning a trade war.

Scores in Barcelona's 5-0 Copa del Rey final victory over Sevilla.

Juno gravity measurements show Jupiter's east-west jet streams extend about 3,000 kilometres below the cloud tops.

Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in midterm elections.

Leaves office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

EU leaders endorse the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.

Faces backlash over family separations at the U.S.–Mexico border.

Begins an international career as a central defender.

Becomes the third man to win the World Cup as both player and manager.

Oversees the national election that begins the transition away from his eighteen-year presidency.

Triggers a partial government shutdown over border wall funding.

Andrew Pearce becomes Governor of Montserrat

Mnangagwa contests the first national election after Mugabe's resignation.

Meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

The accord addresses Hodeidah, prisoners and Taiz.

Kelly leads the Hubble discovery of the gravitationally magnified star Icarus, then the most distant individual star ever observed.

Withdraws the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement.

Withdraws the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement.

Juno gravity data reveal north-south asymmetries linked to deep atmospheric flows inside Jupiter.

Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Teachey uses Hubble data with Kepler observations to report evidence for a possible large moon orbiting exoplanet Kepler-1625b.

NASA announces New Horizons images of 2012 HZ84 and 2012 HE85 as record-setting distant spacecraft observations of Kuiper Belt objects.

A merger-history study proposes that M31 experienced a dominant collision with a large galaxy about two billion years ago and links the event to its stellar halo and M32.

Leaves Manchester United after two and a half seasons in charge.

Tunisia held its first municipal elections after the revolution under the decentralization framework.

Is murdered with Martina Kusnirova.

Presses allies on burden-sharing at NATO summit.

Directs Never Look Away.

Meets Kim Jong Un in Singapore to discuss denuclearisation.

Sawiris and Wes Edens invest in Aston Villa and stabilise the club's finances.

Jewitt uses Hubble observations to refine the path of interstellar object Oumuamua and investigate its unexpected acceleration.

Moves to formalise U.S. exit from the Paris climate accord.

Starmer announces Labour support for a new permanent customs union with the European Union.

Analysis of New Horizons imagery confirms dune fields near Sputnik Planitia, showing that Pluto's thin atmosphere can mobilize surface particles.

Pluto's dunes are interpreted as deposits of sand-sized methane-ice grains shaped by winds near the margins of Sputnik Planitia.

al-Bakhit participates in political reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Ends the club's four-season wait for a national championship.

Makes his senior Portugal debut in a friendly against Tunisia.

Guides FC Porto to the Portuguese league title.

Guides Manchester United to second place in the Premier League, their highest finish since 2013.

Htin Kyaw resigns as President

Milorad Dodik becomes Serb member of the Presidency

Sefik Dzaferovic becomes Bosniak member of the Presidency

Returns to office as President of Chile for his second non-consecutive term.

Arif Alvi begins his presidential term.

Takes office as president after winning the 2018 election.

Sworn in as President after winning the 2018 election

Win Myint becomes President after parliamentary election

Mnangagwa is inaugurated after the Constitutional Court confirms the election result.

Keita wins the presidential runoff against Soumaila Cisse.

Becomes prime minister after Fico's resignation.

Imran Khan becomes Prime Minister after the general election.

Resigns after protests over the Kuciak murder.

Manages River Plate to Copa Libertadores victory over Boca Juniors in the second leg of the historic final in Madrid.

As a leading GRAVITY scientist, helps measure gravitational redshift in S2 during its close passage around Sagittarius A*, testing general relativity near a supermassive black hole.

Links trade and security in remarks during North Korea summit.

Scores six goals as England reach the World Cup semi-finals.

Begins elected presidency after the 2018 transfer of power

Imposes tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from allies.

His government signs the Stockholm Agreement with the Houthis.

Announces further tariffs on Chinese imports.

Begins implementation of major tax cuts passed in late 2017.

Captains Real Madrid to a third consecutive Champions League title with victory over Liverpool.

Guides Real Madrid to a third successive Champions League triumph.

Welcomes the referendum vote allowing legislation to regulate termination of pregnancy.

Announces agreement on the USMCA trade deal replacing NAFTA.

Joins Liverpool from Southampton and strengthens the defence.

Agrees a draft transition period with the European Union.

A team led by Sheppard announces twelve newly identified moons of Jupiter, including unusual Valetudo.

Announces United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action concerning Iran's nuclear programme.

Uses Voyager 2 plasma measurements to identify the sharp transition from the heliosphere into interstellar space.

Voyager 2 becomes the second spacecraft to enter interstellar space.

Wins ruling that Article 50 can be revoked unilaterally.

Cabinet backs the draft Withdrawal Agreement.

Starmer supports amendments strengthening Parliament's role if negotiations fail.

Scores Belgium's first goal as the team begin a dramatic comeback from 2-0 down against Japan.

Heads Belgium level at 2-2 before the team score a stoppage-time winner against Japan.

Scores from the penalty spot as France defeat Croatia 4-2 in the final.

Scores Belgium's second goal in the 2-1 World Cup quarter-final victory over Brazil.

Scores three goals in a 3-3 draw with Spain, including a late free-kick equalizer.

Makes crucial saves as Belgium defeat Brazil 2-1 and reach the World Cup semi-finals.

Heads the only goal as France defeat Belgium in the World Cup semi-final.

Scores the opening goal as Belgium defeat England 2-0 to secure their best World Cup finish.

Finishes a stoppage-time counter-attack as Belgium come from two goals down to defeat Japan 3-2.

Death of George H W Bush