December 16, 2018 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2018 Strasbourg attack
- A Polish national who was wounded during a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France, dies of his injuries, raising the death toll to five. (BBC)
- Tulare County shootings
- A gunman kills two people and wounds seven others in a shooting spree across Tulare County, California. The gunman is identified as an undocumented immigrant. (The Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
- A gas blast in a restaurant in Sapporo, Japan, injures 42 people. (BBC)
- A bus crash in Zurich, Switzerland, kills one person and injures 44 others. (Tgcom24)
Politics and elections
- 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
- Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. (Reuters)
- Georgian presidential election, 2018
- Salome Zurabishvili takes office as President of Georgia. Zurabishvili is the first woman in office and the last president to be elected by popular vote. (Deutsche Welle)
Sports
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
- In field hockey, Belgium wins the title, defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in a sudden death shootout. After regular playing time, the score was 0–0. (Times of India)