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2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year
starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar. The year was designated as the International
Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Contents · 1Events o 1.3March o 1.4June o 1.5July · 3Deaths Events[change | change source] January[change | change source] ·
January 3 – Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia ends its diplomatic relations with Iran.[1] ·
January 8 – Joaquín Guzmán,
widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured
following his escape from a maximum security prison.[2] ·
January 16 – The International
Atomic Energy Agency announces that Iran has adequately
dismantled its nuclear weapons program, allowing the United Nations to lift sanctions
immediately.[3] ·
January 28 - WHO announces an outbreak
of the Zika Virus.[4] February[change | change source] March[change | change source] ·
March 22 - 34 people are killed
in bombings in Brussels. June[change | change source] ·
June 22 - The majority of United Kingdom residents vote to leave
the European Union. July[change | change source] ·
July 10 – Brum released after 1991,
1994, 2001 and 2002. ·
July 15 – BabyBus released on YouTube. August[change | change source] ·
August 5 – August 21 – 2016 Summer Olympics are
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November[change | change source] ·
November 8 – Donald Trump wins the United States Presidential election
while Republicans retain
control of Congress. December[change | change source] ·
December 31 – The last United States
troops withdrew from Afghanistan, bringing the War in Afghanistan
to an end. Predicted events[change | change
source] ·
April 4 – Square
root day. ·
June 11 – July 3 – 2016 European Football Championship (Host
scheduled to be picked in May 2010) ·
June 29 – Analog shut-off in Brazil Unknown dates[change | change
source] ·
European Capital Of Culture 2016 – European Union choose two European cities, from Poland and from Spain to become the European Capitals
Of Culture in this year. ·
The
right for the U.S. forces to use Diego
Garcia in the Chagos Islands as a military base will
end at this year, but there will be a provision for an automatic extension
for another 20 years for the US forces to remain stationed on the island. ·
Start
of unmanned test flights of Altair for
future U.S. lunar landings. ·
ITER,
an international scientific experiment (2nd largest worldwide ever) into
developing nuclear fusion as an energy
source will boot up for the first time. ·
Files
concerning Rudolf Hess made
open to the public ·
The Centralia,
Pennsylvania time
capsule will open ·
The
world's largest suspension bridge will be completed, connecting Sicily and
main land Italy. Deaths[change | change source] Main article: Deaths in 2016 Hit songs[change | change source] ·
Don't
Be So Shy - Imany ·
Walking
on a Dream - Empire
of the Sun ·
No (Meghan
Trainor song) - Meghan Trainor ·
I
Took a Pill in Ibiza - Mike Posner ·
Arigato
(song) - Julie
Bergan ·
Work (Rihanna song) - Rihanna and Drake ·
Dessert
(song) - Dawin ·
Me,
Myself, and I (song) - G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha ·
WTF
(Where They From) - Missy Elliott ·
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande ·
Ma Ucide Ea - Mihail ·
...Make Me - Britney Spears and G-Eazy ·
Send My
Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele ·
Cheap Thrills - Sia ·
Love
Yourself - Justin Bieber ·
Used to Love You - Gwen Stefani ·
Out of
the Woods - Taylor Swift ·
7 Years - Lukas
Graham ·
Just
Like Fire - Pink (singer) ·
La
Bicicleta - Carlos
Vives and Shakira ·
Lazarus
(song) - David Bowie ·
When
I Wake up Tomorrow - Cheap Trick ·
From the Pinnacle to the Pit - Ghost
(band) ·
The
Sound of Silence - Disturbed ·
Vice (song) - Miranda Lambert ·
Mr.
Misunderstood - Eric Church ·
Tennessee
Whiskey - Chris Stapleton ·
Home
Alone Tonight - Luke Bryan and Karen
Fairchild ·
Drunk
On Your Love - Brett
Eldredge ·
lights
Come On - Jason Aldean ·
Hands
to Myself- Selena Gomez ·
Me
and my Girls- Selena Gomez ·
Kill
Them With Kindness- Selena Gomez ·
Entire
Revival Album- Selena Gomez In fiction[change | change source] Computer and video games[change | change
source] ·
Games
set in 2016: o Body
Harvest (1998) o Metal
Gear Acid (2004) o Phoenix
Wright: Ace Attorney (2005) o Terminator
Salvation (video game) (2009) o Call of
Duty Modern Warfare 2 (2009) o Ace Combat
6 (2008) Movies[change | change source] ·
Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the
world will occur on February 14. Television series[change | change
source] ·
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The controversial
completion of the top-secret Human Instrumentality Project brings
about the apocalyptic Third Impact, merging all human individuals into a
single consummate being. ·
In
an episode of Phil of the Future,
Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016. ·
The
Vampire Dairies Elena/ Nina Dobrev will come back!
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