21st century

==== 2018 ====
* [[February 6]] – [[SpaceX]] successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the [[Falcon Heavy]], from [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC39A]] at [[John F. Kennedy Space Center]] in [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42969020|title=Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launches successfully|work=BBC News |date=February 6, 2018 |access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref>
* [[February 9]] – [[February 25|25]] – The [[2018 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], [[South Korea]].<ref name="olympic1">{{cite web|title=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics – Next Winter Olympic Games in Korea|url=http://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics|publisher=Olympic.org|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>
* [[February 10]] – [[Kay Goldsworthy]] becomes the first female [[archbishop]] in the [[Anglican Communion]] on her installation in the [[Anglican Diocese of Perth]], [[Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/08/first-female-archbishop-elected-in-australia.aspx|title=First female Archbishop elected in Australia|website=Anglicannews.org|date=2017-08-30|access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Paula-Mae Weekes]] becomes the first female [[President of Trinidad and Tobago|President]] of Trinidad and Tobago.
* [[March 24]] – In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings, calling for stronger gun control in the [[March for Our Lives]], which was a student-led demonstration in response to the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]] in [[Parkland, Florida]], that took place in [[February 14]].
* [[May 9]] – The opposition-led [[Pakatan Harapan]] coalition, led by former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]], secures a [[2018 Malaysian general election|parliamentary majority]] in the [[Parliament of Malaysia|Malaysian Parliament]], ending the 61-year rule of the [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition in [[Malaysia]] since [[Independence Day (Malaysia)|independence]] in 1957.
* [[May 19]] – The [[Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|wedding]] of [[Prince Harry]] and [[Meghan Markle]] is held at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]], [[England]], with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
* [[June 12]] – President [[Donald Trump]] and [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-un]] attend a [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|summit]] in [[Singapore]], the first meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
* [[October 28]] – [[Jair Bolsonaro]] is [[2018 Brazilian general election|elected]] as the 38th president of [[Brazil]], after having been stabbed during the election campaign and undergone three surgeries.
* The [[National People's Congress]] of [[China]] approves a [[Constitution of the People's Republic of China|constitutional change]] removing [[term limits]] for its [[List of national leaders of the People's Republic of China|leaders]], granting [[Xi Jinping]] the status of "[[President for life|leader for life]]". Xi is the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] ([[paramount leader|de facto leader]]).