2018 in Thailand
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The year 2018 is the 237th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It is the 3rd year in the reign of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), and is reckoned as year 2561 in the Buddhist Era.
Incumbents
Events
- 18 June — Thailand executes its first execution in nine years and the man was the country's seventh person to be executed by means of lethal injection.[1]
- 23 June onwards — Tham Luang cave rescue
- 5 July — 2018 Phuket boat capsizing
- 17 December - Miss Universe 2018
Deaths
- 21 January – Chartchai Chionoi, boxer, WBC world champion and WBA world champion in flyweight (b. 1942).[2]
- 6 July – Saman Gunan, diver, participant in Tham Luang cave rescue.[3]
- 6 August – Nat Indrapana, IOC Member in Thailand.
- 27 October – Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, duty-free retailer (King Power) and football club owner Leicester City), helicopter crash.[4]
References
- ^ กองบรรณาธิการวอยซ์ออนไลน์ (2018-06-18). "ความตายในรอบ 9 ปี 'ราชทัณฑ์' ประหารชีวิตนักโทษชาย คดีฆ่าชิงทรัพย์". Voice (in Thai). Bangkok. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- ^ "Ex-champion Chartchai Chionoi dies". bangkokpost.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Thai cave rescuers face race against time as oxygen levels drop
- ^ "Leicester City helicopter crash: Who were the victims". BBC News. BBC. 29 October 2018.