Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
The world's largest plane, The Stratolaunch, had its first flight from the Mojave Desert in California.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was removed from London's Ecuadorian Embassy by police.
The first photo of a black hole that was taken in 2017 was announced to the public.
Dutch ecologists reported that wolves were living in the Netherlands again for the first time in 140 years.
Researchers discovered that as many as 600 million birds die in the US every year after flying into skyscrapers.
Billie Eilish released her first-ever album, ''When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"
The European Union Parliament declared single-use plastics were to be banned by 2021.
Michelle Obama's memoir 'Becoming' surpassed 10 million copies sold after four months of circulation.
A Dutch art investigator recovered Pablo Picasso's stolen 'Buste de Femme' painting. It had been missing for 20 years.
The first kidney transplant between two persons with HIV occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke shared her experience of fighting for her life after suffering two brain aneurysms during filming.
A woman in Bangladesh gave birth to twins one month after giving birth previously.
Researchers discovered molecules on people's skin that are early warning signs of Parkinson's disease, aided by a woman's nose.
Disney purchased 21st Century Fox for $71 billion.
1.4 million students across 125 nations participated in the School Strike for Climate.
Google employee Emma Haruka Iwao broke a world record by calculating Pi right down to 31.4 trillion digits!
Queen Elizabeth II published her first post on Instagram.
The world's smallest baby was finally released from the hospital months after being born.
US Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders announced his second attempt to run for President.
Mexican drug lord Joaquín aka 'El Chapo,' was finally brought to justice.
Alcohol poisoning killed 144 people in the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kangaroo fossil research showed that they may have learned to hop over 20 million years ago.
ScienceMag reported that honey bees are found to be able to use colors to help them carry out simple arithmetic.
Forty mummies were discovered and unearthed in Tuna el-Gebel, South Cairo, Egypt.
Li Na became the first Asian-born tennis player to be entered into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
The World Economic Forum announced that there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by as early as 2050.
China's Chang'e-4 became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the far side of the Moon.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
