Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Dozens of people died after drinking bath lotion in Siberia.
The US State Department increased the reward for information on the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million.
A five-day pollution red alert was declared in Beijing and 21 other Chinese cities.
Amazon announced its first drone delivery.
Malta became the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.
An international research team published their discovery of 1,500 new viruses that were in invertebrates in Australia and China.
Disney's Moana premiered in Los Angeles, California, US.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kaikōura, New Zealand.
Jackie Chan was awarded an honorary Oscar at the 8th Annual Governors Awards for starring in over 200 movies.
Donald Trump won an election to become the 45th president of the United States of America.
New Delhi air pollution was declared a public emergency, causing the city to close many schools and construction sites.
The Paris Climate Change Agreement went into force.
The 85-year-old athlete Ed Whitlock broke a world record after completing a sub-4-hour marathon.
The American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
The cosmetics company CoverGirl featured their first-ever boy on the cover.
Samsung stopped producing Note 7 phones due to batteries exploding on users.
Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris, France.
China finished building the world's largest radio telescope at 1,640 feet (500 meters) long.
Selena Gomez achieved a world record for being the first person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan gave $3 billion to fight and end all diseases.
An African American man, Keith Lamont Scott, was shot dead by police on Old Concord Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
The Central Italy earthquake occurred.
Astronomers announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet named Proxima b.
A suicide bomber killed 57 people while injuring 66 in Gaziantep, Turkey.
Georgian heavyweight-lifting champion Lasha Talakhadze smashed a world record by lifting an incredible 473 kg.
Scientists discovered the oldest living Greenland Shark, with an estimated age of 392 years old.
Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers won the 100-meter freestyle gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The South Korean band 'Blackpink' released their debut single album 'Square One.'
Authorities blamed climate change for an Anthrax outbreak in the Arctic Circle of Russia.
The first edition of the script for 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' was published.
Verizon bought Yahoo for $4.8 billion in cash.
Funai Electric announced that the world's last VCR would be manufactured this month.
British prime minister, Theresa May of the Conservative Party, was elected by the Party's MPs.
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
British Prime Minister David Cameron resigned after failing to prevent Brexit.
Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, becoming the first soccer player to do so.
The preview of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was shown at the Palace Theater in London.
Harambe the Gorilla was shot to death inside his enclosure in the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.
Merriam-Webster's dictionary published that a hot dog is classified as a sandwich on their website.
Blizzard released its first shooter game, Overwatch, for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Andrew Lawrence became the fastest runner to complete a marathon dressed as a fruit.
The Paris Agreement was opened for signatures.
Project Starshot was announced by Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark Zuckerberg.
PayPal withdrew a $3.6 million investment in North Carolina due to the state passing anti-gay legislation.
11.5 million private documents were leaked and became known as The Panama Papers.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan began.
Researchers in England declared that the skull in William Shakespeare's grave was probably stolen and replaced with someone else's by grave robbers.
