2018 in the Czech Republic
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Events in the year 2018 in the Czech Republic.
Incumbents
Events
- January – In the Czech presidential election, 2018, Miloš Zeman defeated Jiří Drahoš and was reelected for a second term in office.
Sports
- 9 to 25 February – Czech Republic participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 93 competitors in 13 sports
- 9 to 18 March – Czech Republic participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea
Deaths
- 1 January – Jakub Zedníček, actor, tap dancer and presenter (b. 1990)
- 2 January – Rudolf Anděl, historian and academic (b. 1924).[1]
- 2 January – Karel Makonj, puppet theatre director and theorist (b. 1947)
- 8 January – Vojtěch Lindaur, journalist and record producer (b. 1957).[2][3]
- 2 March – Ota Filip, novelist and journalist (b. 1930)
- 16 March – Otomar Kvěch, composer (b. 1950).[4]
- 17 March – Zdeněk Mahler, writer, musicologist, pedagogue and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 22 March – Jan Kantůrek, translator (b. 1948)
- 22 March – Dagmar Lieblová, Holocaust survivor, Germanist and translator, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk recipient (b. 1929).[5]
- 24 March – Karel Stretti, art restorer (b. 1943).[6]
- 13 April – Miloš Forman, film director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt), Oscar winner (1975, 1984) (b. 1932).[7]
- 20 April – Pavel Šrut, poet (b. 1940)
- 1 May – Pavel Pergl, footballer (b. 1977).[8]
- 20 May – Jaroslav Brabec, shot putter (b. 1949)
- 24 June – Pavel Vranský, brigadier general, World War II veteran (b. 1921).[9]
- 11 July – Václav Glazar, actor (b. 1952).[10]
References
- ^ Zemřel pan docent Rudolf Anděl (in Czech)
- ^ Zavřelová, Monika (8 January 2018). "Zemřel hudební publicista Vojtěch Lindaur. Do Česka tajně přivezl Nico". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Zemřel rockový novinář Vojtěch Lindaur. Osobitému autorovi a kronikáři bigbítu bylo 60 let". Aktualne.cz (in Czech). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Zemřel Otomar Kvěch (in Czech)
- ^ Zemřela Lieblová, držitelka řádu TGM a předsedkyně Terezínské iniciativy, která přežila holokaust (in Czech)
- ^ Zemřel přední český restaurátor a pedagog Karel Stretti, záchraňoval obrazy v Česku i zahraničí (in Czech)
- ^ "Oscar-winning director Forman dies at 86". Reuters. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Tragédie! V Německu se oběsil bývalý obránce Sparty Pavel Pergl (†40) (in Czech)
- ^ Willoughby, Ian (24 June 2018). "RAF veteran Pavel Vranský dies at 97". radio.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Zemřel herec Václav Glazar, proslavil se v kostýmu jeptišky v Kameňáku (in Czech)
