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February
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March
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March 9 – A total solar eclipse was visible from Indonesia, and was the 52nd
solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130.
March 14 – The ESA and Roscosmos launch the joint ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter on
a mission to Mars.[10]
March 21
The International Criminal Court finds former Congolese Vice President
Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the first time
the ICC convicted someone of sexual violence.[11]
Barack Obama visits Cuba, marking the first time a sitting US president has
visited the island nation since president Calvin Coolidge visited in 1928.[12]
March 22 – 2016 Brussels bombings: Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels'
Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station kill 35 people and injure 300 more.
March 23 – A penumbral lunar eclipse was visible from Asia, Oceania, North
America, and South America, and was the 18th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 142.
March 24 – Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is sentenced to 40 years in
prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed
during the Bosnian War.[13]
April
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April 1–5 – 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes: Clashes occur along the Nagorno-
Karabakh line of contact with the Artsakh Defense Army, backed by the Armenian
Armed Forces, on one side and the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the other. The US
State Department estimates that a total of 350 people have been killed in the
clashes, which have been defined as "the worst" since the 1994 ceasefire.[14]
April 3 – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and
the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung publish a set of 11.5 million confidential
documents from the Panamanian corporate Mossack Fonseca that provides detailed
information on more than 214,000 offshore companies, including the identities of
shareholders and directors including noted personalities and heads of state.[15]
May
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May 19 – EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea en route from
Paris to Cairo, killing all 66 people on board.[16]
May 20 – Tsai Ing-wen is sworn in as the 14th President of the Republic of
China (Taiwan).[17]
May 28 – Harambe, a 17-year-old Western lowland gorilla, is shot and killed
after a boy falls into its enclosure, causing worldwide controversy.
May 30 – Former Chadian President Hissène Habré is sentenced to life in prison
for crimes against humanity committed during his tenure from 1982 to 1990, the
first time an African Union-backed court convicted a former ruler of a country
within its jurisdiction.[18]
June
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June 1 – The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway
tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.[19]
June 10 – July 10 – France hosts the UEFA Euro 2016 football tournament, which
is won by Portugal.[20]
June 12 – A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opens fire at a gay
nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others.[21]
June 23 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union.
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June 28 – 2016 Atatürk Airport attack: ISIL is suspected to be responsible for
attacking Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 45 people and injuring
around 230 others.[23]
July
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August
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August 5–21 – The 2016 Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the
first time in a South American nation.[35]
August 24 – A 6.2 earthquake hits central Italy, killing 299 people.
August 31 – The Brazilian Senate votes (61–20) to impeach the President of
Brazil Dilma Rousseff. The Vice President of Brazil, Michel Temer, who had assumed
the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil during Rousseff's
suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.[36]
September
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October
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November
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November 2 – The Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the first time since
1908, ending the longest championship drought in American sports history.[47]
November 8 – Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States as
a Republican after running a campaign widely characterized as populist.[48]
November 24 – The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia—People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the Colombian
conflict.[49]
November 28 – LaMia Flight 2933 crashes into a mountain near Medellín,
Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian
Chapecoense football squad.
December
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