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March 4, 2018

On March 4, 2018, former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved. The year's #1 song was "God's Plan" by Drake. Prince Louis of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales would arrive in the same year.

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2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.

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On March 4, 2018

  1. 2018 Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.

    British foreign intelligence agency

    The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners. SIS is one of the British intelligence agencies and the chief of the Secret Intelligence Service is directly accountable to the foreign secretary.

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Died on March 4, 2018

Davide Astori Italian footballer (1987–2018)

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Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal
Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal
Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal
Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal

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