The world's longest flight took place between Singapore and Newark Airport.
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.
Kanye West tweeted that he had changed his name to Ye.
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.
A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
Crosshatch drawings discovered on a 1.5-inch piece of stone in Blombos Cave in South Africa were found to be the oldest known human drawing at 73,000 years old.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
Amazon became the second company in the world to be worth over $1 trillion.
Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
Video gamer David Katz shot two people dead, injured nine then committed suicide at an NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
Singer Steven Tyler ordered Donald Trump to stop playing their Aerosmith songs at rallies.
A 50,000-year-old human bone was discovered in Siberia.
The world's oldest cheese dating back 3,200 years, was discovered in an Ancient Egyptian tomb near Cairo.
Over 566 wildfires swept through British Columbia in Canada, which led to a State of Emergency, and 3,000 people were evacuated.
A plane stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport flew for over an hour before crashing on a wooded island.
The Parker Solar Probe was launched by NASA, heading for the Sun.
Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
New South Wales, Australia, announced they were 100 percent in drought.
Musical.ly and TikTok merged, combining the users of both apps to form one community.
The Swedish crown jewels were stolen from a cathedral in broad daylight.
Albert Einstein's theory of gravitational redshift was proven after a telescope in Chile observed a black hole.
After introducing a preservation project, three bison calves were born in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
A deadly 106°F heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people, and more than 22,000 were hospitalized.
Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.
Cliff Richard was awarded £210,000 in damages after winning a privacy case against the BBC.
France defeated Croatia 4-2 to win their second FIFA World Cup.
During an interview with CBS, Donald Trump stated that the European Union is his biggest foe.
Sandra Oh became the first woman nominated for an Emmy for her lead role in Killing Eve.
A Neolithic trackway dating to 2300 B.C. was uncovered in a nondescript field in Suffolk, on the east coast of England, thanks to a power company.
Donald Trump ended family separation on the southern border.
The ten millionth patent, a specialized laser radar, was issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The leaders of North Korea and the USA met for the first time ever.
The Opportunity Mars rover sent its last signal to Earth.
Xi'an, China, introduced a pedestrian lane for people who walk while looking at their phones.
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko faked his own death.
Starbucks closed over 8,000 US stores.
The Kilauea volcano on Big Island in Hawaii began to erupt.
Prince Charles was appointed to become the next head of the Commonwealth once Queen Elizabeth II passes.
The 21st Commonwealth Games officially began on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
A shooting took place at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California.
The first protests of the 2018 Armenian Revolution began.
Qantas flight QF9 became the first to fly nonstop from Australia to the UK.
Finland became the world's happiest country.
Identical twins were no longer identical after one returned from a mission to space.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.
The world's oldest message in a bottle was found.
In Svalbard, Norway, the Global Seed Vault celebrated its 10th anniversary by adding its one-millionth seed.
