A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa after nine years in power.February 11 – 2018 Monegasque general election: The Priorité Monaco party, led by Stéphane Valeri, won 21 out of the 24 seats in the National Council.February 10 – Kay Goldsworthy becomes the first female archbishop in the Anglican Communion on her installation in the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia.February 9– 25 – The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.February 6 – SpaceX successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F.2018 Costa Rican general election: The first round of voting of the presidential election and legislative election are held.The second round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held and incumbent president Nicos Anastasiades is reelected.This was referred to by the media as a 'super blue blood moon' as it was close to a supermoon, with perigee being on January 30, and a blue moon eclipse, the first since 1982. January 31 – A total lunar eclipse takes place, the 49th eclipse of Lunar Saros 124.The first round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held.2018 Finnish presidential election: Incumbent president Sauli Niinistö is reelected on the first round of voting.January 26– 27 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Czech presidential election is held and incumbent president Miloš Zeman is reelected.January 24 – Scientists in China report in the journal Cell the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.

January 20– 22 – The US government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.January 20 – Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

January 12– 13 – The first round of voting of the 2018 Czech presidential election is held.

January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of South Sudan.

September 8 2018 starfall calendar