Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
NASA revealed that water vapor was discovered in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet, the exoplanet K2-18b.
Margaret Atwood published 'The Testaments,' a sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale,' which she released 15 years prior.
The Indian Space Research Organization's Vikram Moon lander crash-landed on the moon.
74-year-old Erramatti Mangamma became the world's oldest mother after giving birth to twins in India.
YouTube was fined $170 million for collecting data on child users.
Amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a strange comet in another star system.
Nature magazine published findings of a 3.8-million-year-old skull found in Ethiopia, which questioned our previous theories of human evolution.
Jessi Combs broke the female fastest land speed record when her jet-powered vehicle reached a speed of 522.783 mph (841.338 kph).
Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund donated $5 million in the battle against Amazon rainforest fires that were devastating the area.
Indonesia announced they plan to move their capital city from Jakarta to Borneo.
American explorer Victor Vescovo became the first person to journey to the deepest points of every ocean.
Russia launched a robot called FEDOR to the International Space Station to work as a remote operator and carry out various tasks autonomously.
NASA announced they would send a ship to Jupiter's moon, Europa, to look for extraterrestrial life.
A funeral was held in Iceland for the loss of the Okjökull glacier.
President Donald Trump announced that he might want to buy Greenland and claim it for the US.
More than 1,200 tin homes were destroyed after a fire broke out in the Chalantika slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A rainfall survey named 'It is raining plastic' announced that tiny plastic particles were found in 90% of rain samples in Colorado, US.
Thousands of anti-government protesters disrupted Hong Kong International Airport.
Floods swept through India, killing over two hundred people and displacing one million.
In Tanzania, people attempted to siphon petrol from an overturned fuel tanker which exploded.
The Department of Health in Manila, Philippines, declared a national epidemic after the dengue outbreak.
World Resources Institute reported that a quarter of the world's population is running out of water.
French inventor Franky Zapata crossed the English Channel on a hoverboard.
Kenyan cancer survivors protested in Nairobi.
Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' single reached a new record for the longest time on the Billboard charts after spending 17 weeks at number one.
Meghan Markle became the first-ever guest editor for UK Vogue.
The UK had its hottest day on record.
An asteroid, dubbed 'City Killer,' came closer to Earth than the moon and was almost undetected.
The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
Marvel's 'Avengers: Endgame' became the most financially successful movie of all time.
Due to climate change, a deadly heatwave landed in North-East America.
Japanese whaling ships officially resumed activities after a thirty-one-year hiatus.
Donald Trump became the first US president to visit North Korea while meeting Kim Jong Un.
Babe Ruth's baseball jersey became the most expensive sports memorabilia when it sold for $5.6 million.
Toy Story 4 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in LA, California.
More than 100,000 people attended a vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Transgender became no longer classified as a mental health illness by the World Health Organization.
Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.
Theresa May announced her resignation as British Prime Minister.
Lauv released his single 'I Like Me Better,' which earned platinum recognition in seven countries, including the USA.
The last episode of the 12 season TV sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' aired, starring Jim Parson, Johnny Galecki, and Kaley Cuoco.
Alabama passed the Human Life Protection Act, enacting a near-total ban on abortions.
A new study was published in the journal 'Nature Geoscience,' which showed that the moon is still shrinking with recent moonquakes as it cools.
Uber became a public company, opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
Singapore passed anti-fake news laws.
The UN reported that one million plant and animal species were at risk of extinction.
Kanye West claimed that African-American slaves in the US remained slaves by choice.
Crown Prince Naruhito became the Emperor of Japan following his father's abdication.
Indonesia announced plans to move its capital city from Jakarta due to the city sinking.
HBO's Game of Thrones aired the longest battle ever to be shown on screen.
