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.
Terrorist Attack in Nice, France Kills 85 and Injures More than 300 People.
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.
Mass Shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida Kills 49 People.
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.
Aaron Carpenter swam with dolphins for the first time.
Zack Snyder's 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' premiered at Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional.
At 340 days, Astronaut Scott Kelly completed the longest single mission aboard the International Space Station.
8th Century Muslim graves were discovered in Nimes, France.
A John Lennon fan bought a lock of his hair for $35,000 at an auction in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Researchers announced that gravitational waves had been discovered.
North Korea launched the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 reconnaissance satellite atop an Unha rocket.
Zayn Malik's 'Pillowtalk' single was released.
The X-Files returned for Season 10 after a thirteen-year hiatus.
A category five blizzard occurred in the Mid-Atlantic and North East US, which covered the area in 3 feet of snow.
Astronaut Scott Kelly Tweeted a photo of the first flower ever grown in space.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched the Belarussian government's Belintersat-1 satellite into orbit.
A state of emergency was declared in California after a gas leak.
The Ebola epidemic in Guinea was declared by The World Health Organization.
The mayor of Flint, Michigan, declared a state of emergency over contaminated water.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams, had its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
