North Korea tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
The World Health Organization estimated that Yemen had over 200,000 cases of cholera.
Montenegro became the 29th country to join NATO.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
Donald Trump launched 59 missiles into Syria.
The Pink Star Diamond sold for a record USD 71 million in Hong Kong.
North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.
The world's largest dinosaur footprint was discovered.
The UK issued a new 12-sided £1 coin into circulation.
The world's largest banana split was made in Innisfail, Australia.
Four people died, and at least twenty were injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London.
Chemical elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were added to the Periodic Table of Elements.
Transgender people were no longer allowed to use public toilets after Obama's rule was rebuked by Donald Trump.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope discovered a star with seven Earth-sized planets orbiting it.
A potential new continent was discovered in the South Pacific.
After a near collision with another aircraft at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, Star Wars actor Harrison Ford was almost killed.
MP's in the UK voted in favor of triggering the European Union Bill (Article 50), which gave the government the power to prepare to leave the European Union.
Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, founded the 'Biden Foundation.'
Researchers identified the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans.
Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women's Tennis.
President Donald Trump banned citizens of seven countries from entering the US.
Over two million women worldwide marched against Trump's anti-women and offensive slews.
The underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended.
Obama surprised Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony.
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.
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.
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.
Selena Gomez achieved a world record for being the first person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram.
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.
Verizon bought Yahoo for $4.8 billion in cash.
Funai Electric announced that the world's last VCR would be manufactured this month.
