Year2016

What Happenedin 2016

Major Events

El Chapo Finally Recaptured
Jan 8 Mexican PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto announces the recapture of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán six months after his escape from prison
Feb 12 Pope Francis meets Patriarch Kirill in Havana in the first meeting between the heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches in nearly 1,000 years
Obama Family Visit Cuba
Mar 20 Barack Obama becomes thefirst US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a three-day tour withFirst Lady Michelle

Apr 3 Panama Papers are published - 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities, including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion, and the violation of international sanctions by the world's elite in the largest data leak ever
Apr 22 Paris Agreement on climate change signed in New York binding 195 nations to an increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C
Britain Votes for Brexit
Jun 23 United Kingdom votes in the Brexit referendum to leave the European Union
Jun 26 Panama Canal's third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion
Nov 8 RepublicanDonald Trump is elected 45th President of the United States, defeating DemocratHillary Clinton with an Electoral College victory of 304-227; Clinton receives just under 2.9 million more popular votes[1]
More 2016 Events

Oct 13 American singer-songwriterBob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Dec 10 Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden; he does not attend

May 2 Leicester City win the English Premier League title after starting the season at 5,000-1 odds
Sep 1 NFL San Francisco 49ers quarterbackColin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US national anthem before pre-season game against the Chargers at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the US
Nov 2 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs' title in 108 years; MVP: Chicago utility Ben Zobrist

First baby born with DNA from 3 parents through mitochondrial transfer in Mexico

Feb 5 Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, heir to throne of Bhutan, born in Thimphu, Bhutan

University of Toronto scientists present findings of the world's oldest water - 2 billion years old from a mine in Canada

Jan 8 American country music singer Colton Dixon (24) weds longtime love Annie Coggeshall (27) in Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 16 Actress and singer Jamie-Lynn Sigler (35) weds baseball player Cutter Dykstra (53) in Palm Springs, California
Jan 19 Indian "Ghajini" actress Asin Thottumkal (30) weds Micromax consumer electronics co-founder Rahul Sharma in India

Feb 8 American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (31) divorces producer Nick Cokas (50) after 8 years of marriage
Mar 30 ComedianRosie O'Donnell and marketing executive Kelli O'Donnell divorce after 3 years of marriage
May 6 ActressKaley Cuoco and professional tennis player Ryan Sweeting divorce after 2 years of marriage