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.
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 American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The preview of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was shown at the Palace Theater in London.
Andrew Lawrence became the fastest runner to complete a marathon dressed as a fruit.
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.
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.
North Korea launched the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 reconnaissance satellite atop an Unha rocket.
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 US Defense Secretary announced that the US Military would open all combat roles to women.
The San Jose, which sank in 1708, was found near Columbia.
The fourth largest diamond was found in Karowe Mine, Botswana.
ISIL stages series of terrorist attacks in Paris, culminating in massacre at Bataclan theater.
Japan recognized its first legal same-sex couple.
A plane crash in South Sudan at Juba International Airport killed 31 people.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 with Jennifer Lawrence premiered in Berlin, Germany.
The Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 was destroyed by a bomb.
China increased its one-child policy to two children per family.
