Editing 2018 (section)

=== September ===
* [[September 2]] – [[National Museum (Rio de Janeiro)#2018 fire|A fire]] breaks out in the [[National Museum (Rio de Janeiro)|National Museum of Brazil]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], destroying more than 90 percent of its archive of 20&nbsp;million items.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/world/americas/national-museum-brazil-fire.html|title=Fire Engulfs a Brazilian Museum, Threatening Hundreds of Years of History|last1=Londoño|first1=Ernesto|last2=Darlington|first2=Shasta|date=September 2, 2018|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 3, 2018|archive-date=September 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903074522/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/world/americas/national-museum-brazil-fire.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45392668|title=Fire engulfs 200-year-old Brazil museum|date=September 2, 2018|website=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903005443/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45392668|archive-date=September 3, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref>
* [[September 6]] – The [[Supreme Court of India]] decriminalises homosexuality.;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-homosexuality|title=Indian supreme court decriminalises homosexuality|date=September 6, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=September 6, 2018|last1=Safi|first1=Michael|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526101415/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-homosexuality|url-status=live}}</ref> Brazilian congressman [[Jair Bolsonaro]] is stabbed in the stomach at [[Juiz de Fora]], [[Minas Gerais]], during a rally while running for the presidency.
* [[September 9]] – The [[2018 Swedish general election]] is held to elect all 349 members of the [[Riksdag]], [[Sweden|Sweden's]] [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Röster - Val 2018 |url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=data.val.se |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217125738/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rempel |first=Lindsay |date=2018-09-10 |title=Far-right party sees significant gains in Swedish election |url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/09/10/far-right-party-sees-significant-gains-in-swedish-election |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402012033/https://www.euronews.com/2018/09/10/far-right-party-sees-significant-gains-in-swedish-election |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-10 |title=Swedish election: Main blocs neck and neck as nationalists gain |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45466174 |access-date=2022-04-02 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402012033/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45466174 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-10 |title=Factbox: Swedish election: parliament seats by party |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sweden-election-parliament-seats-idINKCN1LQ0JQ |access-date=2022-04-02 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402012033/https://www.reuters.com/article/sweden-election-parliament-seats-idINKCN1LQ0JQ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* September 14 – [[Hurricane Florence]] makes landfall in North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane, causing record-breaking flooding, which would result in 54 fatalities and $24.2 billion (2018 USD) in damages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Report |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf}}</ref>
* [[September 14]]–[[September 16|16]] – [[Typhoon Mangkhut]] impacts the [[Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[China]], resulting in more than 60 fatalities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cma.gov.cn/en2014/news/News/201809/t20180916_478123.html|title=Typhoon Mangkhut, as severe typhoon, made landfall in coast of Jiangmen, Guangdong|website=China Meteorological Administration|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918034018/http://www.cma.gov.cn/en2014/news/News/201809/t20180916_478123.html|archive-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471856.htm|title=Super Typhoon Mangkhut lands on south China coast|website=Xinhuanet|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 17, 2018|language=en|editor=Yamei|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917020736/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471856.htm|archive-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471874.htm|title=Super Typhoon Mangkhut lands on south China coast|website=Xinhuanet|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018|language=en|editor=Liangyu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916150353/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471874.htm|archive-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/2018-09/16/c_129954441.htm|title=强台风"山竹"登陆广东|website=Xinhuanet|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018|language=zh-hans|author=毛思倩|editor1=韩家慧|editor2=聂晨静|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916150340/http://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/2018-09/16/c_129954441.htm|archive-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref>
* [[September 16]] – [[Hydrail]] train enters service on the [[Buxtehude]]-[[Bremervörde]]-[[Bremerhaven]]-[[Cuxhaven]] line in Lower Saxony, Germany.<ref>{{cite news |title=Germany rolls out world's first hydrogen train |url=https://phys.org/news/2018-09-germany-world-hydrogen.html |access-date=18 September 2018 |work=Phys.org |agency=AFP |date=September 17, 2018 |archive-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917192813/https://phys.org/news/2018-09-germany-world-hydrogen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – [[Syrian Civil War]]: While the Israeli Air Force conduct missile strikes that hit targets in western Syria, a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane is [[Syria missile strikes (September 2018)|shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile]], killing all 15 Russian servicemen on board. Russia blamed Israel's military for the accident because the Israeli jets that conducted the strikes allegedly used the Russian plane as cover to allow them to approach their targets without being hit by Syrian fire.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-plane-shot-down-syria-accident-france-israel-war-us-kremlin-a8542401.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-plane-shot-down-syria-accident-france-israel-war-us-kremlin-a8542401.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Syria accidentally shot down Russian military plane, Kremlin admits| publisher= Independent| date= 19 September 2018 |access-date= 7 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[September 20]] – The [[Sinking of the MV Nyerere|MV ''Nyerere'' capsizes]] on [[Lake Victoria]], killing at least 228 passengers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-accident/at-least-42-drowned-in-lake-victoria-ferry-sinking-death-toll-could-top-200-officials-idUSKCN1M02BR|title=Death toll reaches 100 in Tanzania ferry disaster, hundreds feared missing|date=September 20, 2018|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=September 21, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921013718/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-accident/at-least-42-drowned-in-lake-victoria-ferry-sinking-death-toll-could-top-200-officials-idUSKCN1M02BR|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 22]] – [[Ahvaz military parade attack|An attack at a military parade]] kills 30 people (including 5 attackers) and injures 70 more in [[Ahvaz]], Iran.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45617800|title=Iran's Rouhani fumes at US after Ahvaz parade attack|date=September 23, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=September 23, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412000028/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45617800|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 28]] – [[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami|A magnitude 7.5 earthquake]] hits [[Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]], causing a [[tsunami]] that kills at least 4,340 people<ref name="Jakarta_Post_30_01_19">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/30/central-sulawesi-disasters-killed-4340-people-final-count-reveals.html |title=Central Sulawesi disasters killed 4,340 people, final count reveals |last=Sangadji |first=Ruslan |date=January 30, 2019 |work=Jakarta Post |access-date=2019-03-18 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107010457/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/30/central-sulawesi-disasters-killed-4340-people-final-count-reveals.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and injures more than 10,679 others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45683630|title=Indonesia earthquake: Hundreds dead in Palu quake and tsunami|date=September 29, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=September 29, 2018|archive-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929010136/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45683630|url-status=live}}</ref>