A powerful tsunami hit Indonesia.
The 2018 partial shutdown of the US federal government began.
A powerful meteor exploded over the Bering Sea.
Nevada became the first US state with a female-majority legislature, with new appointments taking it to 51%.
Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's stated their word of the year was 'justice.'
In the Global Carbon Project, it was reported that CO2 emissions reached an all-time high (up 2.7%) driven by coal use in China and the consumption of oil.
French couture house Chanel ended its use of fur and exotic skins, following suit of bans by other companies.
The 7-year old Ryan of 'Ryan Toysreview' was announced as the year's highest-paid YouTube star earning $22 million.
The computer-animated film 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' premiered in Los Angeles.
The Japanese broadcaster NHK launched the world's first super-high definition 8K television channel.
Ariana Grande released her 'Thank U Next' music video.
A party boat on Lake Victoria in Uganda capsized and killed 29 people.
After 20 years of work, the Leaning Tower of Pisa had its lean corrected by 17.7 inches (45 cm).
A 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi was declared unconstitutional.
An American 26-year-old, John Allen Chau, was killed by natives living on the forbidden Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal.
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 3.2 times bigger than our world was announced.
A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.
Michelle Obama published her memoir 'Becoming.'
The Camp Fire in California became that state's deadliest blaze after it killed 88 people and caused 52,000 people to be evacuated.
Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to be voted into the US Congress.
The UN published a report revealing more than 200 mass graves found in ISIS-controlled regions of Iraq.
A tiger, who hunted and killed 13 people, was killed after a large-scale hunt in Central India.
Palau's archipelago became the first country in the world to ban the use of sunscreen containing harmful chemicals that destroy reefs.
The Statue of Unity in India was officially completed making it the world's tallest statue at 597 ft (182 m).
The World Wildlife Fund blamed humanity's rapidly expanding consumerism for decreasing 60% of the world's wildlife between 1970 & 2014.
Nigel Richards won the World Scrabble Championships for the fourth time in a row with the word 'groutier.'
Istanbul Airport was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Singer Sinéad O'Connor was converted to Islam.
Cesar Sayoc was arrested for sending 14 pipe bombs to prominent US Democrats.
Rockstar Games' hit Wild-West series returned with the release of Red Dead Redemption 2.
The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.
Someone in South Carolina won a $1.6 billion lottery jackpot, making it the biggest win in US history at the time.
The biographic drama movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' about Freddie Mercury, premiered at Wembley Arena in London, UK.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
The world's longest over sea bridge opened in China.
A remake of the American horror slasher movie ''Halloween” was released starring Jamie Curtis.
115,000-year-old human bones found in Poland turned out to be from a Neanderthal child who was eaten by a giant bird.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
The world's longest flight took place between Singapore and Newark Airport.
An intergovernmental panel on Climate Change reported that the planet will heat up by 2.7°F by 2040, which will wreak havoc on our world.
Banksy's famous 'Girl With Balloon' was sold for £1 million at an auction, then the piece automatically self-destructed by running through a shredder fitted into the frame.
The Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care declared that over 250 people had died since 2011 taking selfies.
A Neptune-sized exomoon became the first one discovered outside the Solar System.
Kanye West tweeted that he had changed his name to Ye.
Science magazine announced that half the killer whale population would likely die due to human pollution.
Designer Michael Kors purchased the luxury fashion brand Versace for $2.1 billion.
A mud volcano near Baku in Azerbaijan erupted.
The Japanese Space Agency sent two robots to explore an asteroid aboard their Hayabusa-2 spacecraft.
Barbados appointed Rihanna as an ambassador to the country.
