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Date	Event
January 3, 2016	In response to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
January 8, 2016	Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
January 8, 2016	West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.
January 12, 2016	Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
January 15, 2016	The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
January 16, 2016	Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
January 17, 2016	President Barack Obama announces the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
February 6, 2016	An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
February 7, 2016	North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
February 9, 2016	Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.
February 10, 2016	South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
February 11, 2016	A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
February 12, 2016	Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
February 17, 2016	Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.
February 20, 2016	Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
February 24, 2016	Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
February 29, 2016	At least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a suicide bombing by ISIL at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala.
March 13, 2016	The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.
March 13, 2016	Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.
March 16, 2016	A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.
March 16, 2016	Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.
March 17, 2016	Rojava conflict: At a conference in Rmelan, the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
March 19, 2016	Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
March 19, 2016	An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
March 22, 2016	Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
March 27, 2016	A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
March 29, 2016	A United States Air Force F-16 crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The pilot ejected safely and was recovered by coalition forces, according to a U.S. military statement.
April 1, 2016	The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact.
April 3, 2016	The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
April 10, 2016	The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
April 10, 2016	An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
April 14, 2016	In Japan, the foreshock of the Kumamoto earthquakes, which will strike two days later, is felt.
April 16, 2016	Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures 6,274.
April 22, 2016	The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
May 3, 2016	Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.
May 11, 2016	One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
May 19, 2016	EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
May 20, 2016	The government of Singapore authorised the controversial execution of convicted murderer Kho Jabing for the murder of a Chinese construction worker despite the international pleas for clemency, notably from Amnesty International and the United Nations.[14][15]
May 23, 2016	Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
May 23, 2016	Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
May 27, 2016	Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
May 28, 2016	Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.[5]
May 31, 2016	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch the Manbij offensive, in order to capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[15][16][17]
June 12, 2016	Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
June 16, 2016	Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
June 23, 2016	The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
June 28, 2016	A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
July 5, 2016	The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
July 7, 2016	Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
July 10, 2016	Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title.
July 13, 2016	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.
July 14, 2016	A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police.
July 15, 2016	Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
July 23, 2016	Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
July 26, 2016	The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
July 26, 2016	Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
July 26, 2016	Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
August 8, 2016	Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
August 12, 2016	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[7][8][9]
August 20, 2016	Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.
August 24, 2016	An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence. Around 300 people are killed.
August 28, 2016	The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
August 31, 2016	Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
September 3, 2016	The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
September 8, 2016	NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023.
September 9, 2016	The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".
September 17, 2016	Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
September 18, 2016	The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.
September 19, 2016	In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
September 28, 2016	The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
September 29, 2016	Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
September 30, 2016	Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
September 30, 2016	Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
October 2, 2016	Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
October 7, 2016	In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
October 8, 2016	In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
October 9, 2016	The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.
October 13, 2016	The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
October 15, 2016	One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
October 24, 2016	A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
November 2, 2016	The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
November 6, 2016	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
November 8, 2016	Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.
November 8, 2016	Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
November 14, 2016	A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
November 15, 2016	Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
November 24, 2016	The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the country's more than 50-year-long civil war.
November 28, 2016	A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying at least 77 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia.
December 2, 2016	Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
December 7, 2016	Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
December 9, 2016	President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal.
December 9, 2016	At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
December 10, 2016	Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
December 19, 2016	Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by a Turkish guard.
December 19, 2016	A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.
December 22, 2016	A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
December 25, 2016	A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.