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The United States repealed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the military (signing pictured).- 2018A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.
- 2018The 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown, the second-longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.
- 2017United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.