Timeline July 2018

Events in July 2018 12

• 1931 – 2018 Tab Hunter (1931-2018) American actor and singer, a teen idol of the 1950s who later wrote openly about his life.
• 2018 2018 FIFA World Cup VAR Debut A high-scoring tournament that saw France win their second star. Winner: France.
• 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue Twelve boys and their coach rescued after being trapped for 18 days A youth football team of twelve boys and their coach became trapped in the flooded Tham Luang cave system in northern Thailand. An international rescue effort involving Thai Navy SEALs and specialist cave divers extracted all thirteen over three days in July. A former Thai Navy SEAL diver died during the operation.
• 2018 Wimbledon 2018 Men: Novak Djokovic · Women: Angelique Kerber
• 2018 Mexican general election Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins presidency in landslide Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico's presidential election by a wide margin, ending decades of dominance by the PRI and PAN parties. He took office in December 2018 promising to fight corruption and inequality. It was one of the largest elections in Mexican history, held amid a violent campaign season.
• 2018 Signs with Los Angeles Lakers LeBron signs a four-year, $154 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, relocating his family to Hollywood and beginning a new chapter.
• 2018 Najib Razak arrested over 1MDB scandal Former Malaysian prime minister charged with corruption Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested and later charged with criminal breach of trust and money laundering connected to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB state fund scandal. The case followed his election defeat two months earlier. Najib was convicted in 2020.
• 2018 United States-China trade war begins Washington and Beijing impose tit-for-tat tariffs The United States imposed tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods, and China retaliated in kind, marking the start of an extended trade war between the world's two largest economies. Both sides progressively expanded tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in goods over the following months. The dispute disrupted global supply chains and financial markets.
• 2018 Tab Hunter dies in Santa Barbara Tab Hunter dies aged 86.
• 2018 Ethiopia-Eritrea peace agreement Leaders formally end a 20-year state of war Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a declaration formally ending the state of war between their countries that had persisted since a 1998-2000 border conflict. The reopening of borders and restoration of diplomatic and transport ties followed. Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 largely for this achievement.
• 2018 Pakistani general election Imran Khan's party wins, he becomes prime minister Pakistan's general election resulted in victory for Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Khan, a former cricket captain, was sworn in as prime minister in August. The vote was marred by allegations of military interference and pre-election violence.
• 2018 Zimbabwean general election First vote since the removal of Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe held its first general election since the military-led removal of longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in November 2017. Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of a disputed presidential contest. Post-election violence in Harare left several people dead after soldiers opened fire on protesters.