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.
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.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
Georgian heavyweight-lifting champion Lasha Talakhadze smashed a world record by lifting an incredible 473 kg.
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.'
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.
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, becoming the first soccer player to do so.
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.
Project Starshot was announced by Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark Zuckerberg.
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.
Zayn Malik's 'Pillowtalk' single was released.
The X-Files returned for Season 10 after a thirteen-year hiatus.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams, had its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
The San Jose, which sank in 1708, was found near Columbia.
The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
English singer-songwriter Adele released her third studio album, '25.'
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.
The twenty-fourth James Bond movie 'Spectre,' starring Daniel Craig, premiered in London.
English singer-songwriter Adele achieved the record of the first song to get over 1 million downloads in a week with her third studio album 'Hello.'
American singer Selena Gomez released her second full-length studio album 'Revival.'
The science-fiction movie 'The Martian,' starring Matt Damon, premiered in Toronto, Canada.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert makes its debut.
Google adopted a new logo design.
Rapper Kanye West publicly announced his plans to run for president at the MTV Video Music Awards.
One billion people logged into Facebook for the first time, surpassing a major milestone.
Jon Stewart hosted his last episode of 'The Daily Show.'
Pittsburgh hosted the world's largest pinball tournament.
Two passenger trains derailed in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog took to Twitter to tell the public that they had broken up.
American superhero movie 'Ant-Man' by Marvel was released.
Harper Lee's second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' was published.
Jurassic World, directed by Colin Trevorrow, premiered in Paris.
Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson set a Guinness World Record for the Most selfies taken in three minutes.
Blurryface, the fourth studio album by Twenty One Pilots, was released.
The first-generation Apple Watch was released.
