2016 AD

• February 1 – The World Health Organization classifies the spread of the Zika virus. as an international emergency. The last time it happened was during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
• March 22 – 2016 Brussels bombings: Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels’ Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station kill 35 people and injure 300 more.
• Prins Alexander was born on April 19 in Danderyd, Sverige
• May 10–14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is held in Stockholm, Sweden, and is won by Ukrainian entrant Jamala with the song “1944“.
• June 1 – The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.
• 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.
• June 23 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union.
• July 5 – NASA‘s Juno spacecraft enters orbit around Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
• July 14 – 2016 Nice truck attack: 86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in Nice, France, during Bastille Day celebrations.
• August – 2016 clown sightings
• August 5–21 – The 2016 Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the first time in South America.
• November 8 – 2016 United States presidential election: Businessman and television personality Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States in a surprise victory against his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
• December 19 – Berlin truck attack: A truck is deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured.
• December 25 – 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash: A Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner of the Russian Defence Ministry crashes into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, Russia, while en route to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria. All 92 people on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir of the Russian Armed Forces, are killed.