2016 January 4-5 Record cricket score
The highest ever recorded individual cricket score, 1,009 not out, is made by Pranav Dhanawade.

2016 February 12 Pope and Patriarch in historic meeting
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their schism in 1054.

2016 March 21 US President Barack Obama visits Cuba
Barack Obama visits Cuba, the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since president Calvin Coolidge in 1928

2016 March 24 Radovan Karadžić sentenced for war crimes
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

2016 June 12 ISIS gunman in Florida
A gunman, claiming allegiance to ISIS, opens fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others

2016 June 16 UK MP Jo Cox is murdered
British Labour MP Jo Cox is murdered in Birstall, West Yorkshire

2016 June 23 UK votes out of EU in Brexit referendum
The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union

2016 July 26 Hilary Clinton presidential nomination
Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic candidate at the 2016 DNC, the first female to be nominated for a major political party

2016 July 14 Truck attack in Nice
86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in Nice, France, during Bastille Day celebrations

2016 July 26 Solar-powered world flight
Swiss Solar Impulse 2 is the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth

2016 August 24 Closest planet outside solar system discovered
Proxima Centauri B is discovered as the closest exoplanet to Earth

2016 September 9 North Korea tests nuclear weapons
North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test

2016 November 8 Trump wins US 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

2016 December 23 UN censures Israel over settlements
The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2334 condemning "Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967"