2016

2016 (twenty sixteen) (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Queues outside a bank to exchange demonetized banknotes during the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016; The Girardet bridge in Düsseldorf with its four pokéstops; Donald Trump is elected as U.S. President in 2016 during a period of intensifying political polarization in the United States
Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1980s  1990s  2000s 2010s 2020s  2030s  2040s
Years: 2013 2014 201520162017 2018 2019

The year was designated as the International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Events

January

March

June

July

  • July 10 – Brum released after 1991, 1994, 2001 and 2002.
  • July 15 – BabyBus released on YouTube.

August

October

  • October 13Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, dies aged 88 after more than 70 years on the throne. He was the world's longest-serving head of state at the time of his death.

November

December

  • December 31 – The last United States troops withdrew from Afghanistan, bringing the War in Afghanistan to an end.

Predicted events

Unknown dates

  • 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
  • NASA Juno, Jupiter orbiter
  • The world's largest suspension bridge will be completed, connecting Sicily and main land Italy.

Deaths

In fiction

Computer and video games

Movies

Television series

  • 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!
Preceded by
2015
Years
2016
Succeeded by
2017

References

  1. "Agence France-Presse on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  2. "'El Chapo': Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture". BBC News. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Iran nuclear deal: 'New chapter' for Tehran as sanctions end". BBC. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. "'Zika virus spreading explosively'". CNN. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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