Timeline June 2018

Events in June 2018 14

• 1927 – 2018 Steve Ditko (1927-2018) Died 29 June 2018, aged 90 American comic book artist and co-creator, with Stan Lee, of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. His visual style helped define the look of Marvel Comics in the 1960s. He later withdrew from public life while continuing independent comics work.
• 1956 – 2018 Anthony Bourdain (1956-2018) Died 8 June 2018, aged 61 American chef, author and television host known for Kitchen Confidential and the travel series Parts Unknown. His candid, adventurous approach to food and culture made him one of the most influential food personalities in the world. His death by suicide, days after Kate Spade's, prompted global attention to mental health resources.
• 1962 – 2018 Kate Spade (1962-2018) Died 5 June 2018, aged 55 American fashion designer who founded the handbag and accessories brand that bears her name. Her colorful, accessible designs made the label a major success in the 1990s and 2000s. Her death by suicide prompted wide public discussion of mental health.
• 1998 – 2018 XXXTentacion (1998-2018) Died 18 June 2018, aged 20 American rapper, born Jahseh Onfroy, known for hits including "Sad!" whose album Skins reached number one after his death. He achieved a large following among young listeners despite a controversial legal history. He was shot and killed during a robbery in Florida.
• 2018 Brian Krzanich resigns — #MeToo crisis Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns in June 2018 after the company discovers he had a consensual relationship with an Intel employee, violating Intel's non-fraternisation policy. The departure leaves Intel without a CEO during a critical period of competitive pressure from AMD and manufacturing challenges. CFO Bob Swan becomes interim CEO, then permanent CEO in January 2019. The management disruption compounds Intel's technical difficulties and delays strategic decisions about manufacturing and product architecture.
• 2018 French Open 2018 Men: Rafael Nadal · Women: Simona Halep Nadal's 11th. Halep's maiden Grand Slam.
• 2018 Five Star Movement-League coalition government formed Populist coalition takes power in Italy Following inconclusive March elections, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the right-wing League party formed a coalition government in Italy, with Giuseppe Conte as prime minister. It was Western Europe's first government led by populist parties from both the left and right. The coalition clashed repeatedly with the European Union over budget and migration policy.
• 2018 Trump-Kim Singapore Summit First meeting between a sitting US president and North Korean leader US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Singapore for the first summit between the two countries' leaders. The two signed a joint statement committing to work toward denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Follow-up talks in 2019 failed to produce a concrete agreement.
• 2018 Battle of Hodeidah begins Saudi-led coalition launches offensive on Yemen's main port city A Saudi-led coalition launched a major offensive to retake the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Houthi rebels, a lifeline for humanitarian aid into Yemen. The assault raised fears of a catastrophic worsening of Yemen's humanitarian crisis. A UN-brokered ceasefire for the city was agreed in Stockholm in December 2018.
• 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 Saudi Arabia lifts ban on women driving Kingdom ends the world's last prohibition on female drivers Saudi Arabia officially lifted its ban on women driving, ending the last such prohibition in the world. The change was part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's social liberalization agenda. Several women's rights activists who had campaigned for the change were arrested shortly before the ban was lifted.
• 2018 Turkish general election Erdogan re-elected under new executive presidential system Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected president of Turkey in the first election held under a new constitutional system that abolished the office of prime minister and concentrated power in the presidency. The system had been approved in a 2017 referendum. Erdogan's AK Party-led alliance also won a parliamentary majority.
• 2018 Hayabusa2 arrives at asteroid Ryugu Japanese probe reaches near-Earth asteroid for sample return mission JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrived at the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu after a three-and-a-half-year journey. The probe deployed rovers and landers to study the asteroid's surface before collecting samples for return to Earth. The samples were successfully brought back to Earth in December 2020.