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2016 was designated as:
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Ankara
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following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil
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; Queues outside a bank to exchange demonetized banknotes during the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation; the UK votes to leave
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** Permitted absence from work
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the EU in 2016; The Girardet bridge in Düsseldorf
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with its four pokéstops; Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
is elected as U.S. President in 2016 during a period of intensifying political polarization in the United States
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rect 200 400 400 600 Brexit
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rect 400 400 600 600 2016 Indian banknote demonetisationInternational Year of Pulses
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by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly
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.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH).
2016 marked the deaths of famous musicians including David Bowie
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, Prince
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, and George Michael, as well as prominent world leaders including Shimon Peres, Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...
, and Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
.
2016 was declared the "hottest year on record" by various media outlets including NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
, and NOAA
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Events
January
*January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
and several other countries end their diplomatic relations
Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...
with Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
* January 8 – Joaquín Guzmán
Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim.
Given name
* Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder
* Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger
* Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) ...
, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum-security prison in Mexico.
* January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
*1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned s ...
– Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
.
* January 16
** The International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...
announces that Iran has adequately dismantled its nuclear weapons program, allowing the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
to lift sanctions immediately.
** 30 people are killed and 56 injured in terrorist attacks
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Definitions of terrori ...
in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's ...
, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
, targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant. A siege occurs and 176 hostages are released afterwards, by government forces.
** In the general election of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Democratic Progressive Party, led by Tsai Ing-wen
Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served as ...
, secured a majority in the Legislative Yuan, resulting in the first majority by a non-KMT party and the first majority won by the DPP. Tsai become the 14th President for Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, and also become the first female leader for China.
* January 28
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
* 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession ...
– The World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
announces an outbreak
In epidemiology, an outbreak is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire ...
of the Zika virus
''Zika virus'' (ZIKV; pronounced or ) is a member of the virus family ''Flaviviridae''. It is spread by daytime-active '' Aedes'' mosquitoes, such as '' A. aegypti'' and '' A. albopictus''. Its name comes from the Ziika Forest of Uganda, w ...
.
February
*February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
– North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
launches a reconnaissance satellite named Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4
Kwangmyongsong-4 () or KMS-4 is a reconnaissance satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016.
The launch happened after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on 6 January and as the United Nations Security Council was deciding on san ...
into space, it is condemned internationally as a long-range ballistic missile test.
* February 12
Events Pre-1600
*1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.
*1429 – English forces under ...
– Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
and Patriarch Kirill
Kirill or Cyril (russian: link=Russian, Кирилл, chu, , secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, russian: link=no, Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became ...
sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic
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and Russian Orthodox Church
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es since their schism in 1054.
March
* March 14 – TheESA
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and Roscosmos
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
launch the joint ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
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on a mission to Mars
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.
* March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
** The International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals f ...
finds former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (born 4 November 1962) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to December 2 ...
guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the first time the ICC convicted someone of sexual violence.
** Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
visits Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
, marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since president Calvin Coolidge visited in 1928.
* March 22
Events Pre-1600
* 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
* 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.
* 871 – Æthelr ...
– 2016 Brussels bombings: Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels' Zaventem airport
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and Maalbeek metro station
Maelbeek ( French, former Dutch spelling) or Maalbeek (Dutch, ) is a Brussels Metro station in the City of Brussels, Belgium. Its name originates from the Maalbeek stream.
The station opened as a ''premetro'' (underground tram) station on 1 ...
kill 35 people and injure 300 more.
* March 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
*1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate o ...
– Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić ( sr-cyr, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tr ...
is sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of genocide
Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Latin ...
and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War.
April
*April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
– 5 – 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also known as the Four-Day War,, IPA: ʰɑroɾjɑ pɑtɛɾɑzm az, Dördgünlük müharibə April War,; or April clashes, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on 1 April 2016 with the Artsakh D ...
: Clashes occur along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact
The Line of Contact ( hy, շփման գիծ, ''shp’man gits'', az, təmas xətti) was the line of military control which separated Armenian forces (the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army and the Armenian Armed Forces) and the Azerbaijan Armed Fo ...
with the Artsakh Defense Army
The Artsakh Defence Army ( hy, Արցախի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության բանակ, Artsakhi Hanrapetut’yan pashtpanut’yan banak) is the defence force of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh ( Nagorno-Karabakh). E ...
, backed by the Armenian Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի զինված ուժեր, Hayastani zinvats uzher), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army ( hy, Հայկական Բանակ, Haykakan Banak), is the national military of Armenia. It consist ...
, on one side and the Azerbaijani Armed Forces
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces ( az, Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Armed Forces from 9 October 1991. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) had originally formed ...
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.
* April 3
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
*1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
*1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
* ...
– The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Inc. (ICIJ), is an independent global network of 280 investigative journalists and over 140 media organizations spanning more than 100 countries. It is based in Washington, D.C. with ...
(ICIJ) and the German newspaper ''Süddeutsche Zeitung
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History ...
'' publish a set of 11.5 million confidential documents from the Panamanian corporate Mossack Fonseca
Mossack Fonseca & Co. () was a Panamanian law firm and corporate service provider.offshore companies, including the identities of shareholders and directors including noted personalities and heads of state.
* January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930)
* January 2 – Nimr al-Nimr, Sheikh Nimr, Saudi Shia religious leader (b. 1959)
*
* February 1 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
* February 3 – Joe Alaskey, American voice actor (b. 1952)
* February 4
** Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (b. 1930)
** Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
* February 6 – Eddy Wally, Belgian schlager singer (b. 1932)
* February 8 – Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
* February 9 – Sushil Koirala, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
* February 13
** Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965)
** Slobodan Santrač, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1946)
* February 15
** Vanity (singer), Vanity, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1959)
** George Gaynes, Finnish-born American actor (b. 1917)
* February 16 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922)
* February 17
** Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)
** Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director and writer (b. 1940)
* February 19
** Umberto Eco, Italian writer and philosopher (b. 1932)
** Harper Lee, American writer (b. 1926)
* February 22
** Sonny James, American country singer (b. 1928)
** Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (b. 1913)
* February 23 – Donald E. Williams, American astronaut (b. 1942)
* February 24 – Peter Kenilorea, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
* February 28
** George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
** Frank Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1938)
* February 29 – Hannes Löhr, German footballer (b. 1942)
* March 2 – Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader (b. 1971)
* March 5
** Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese spiritual leader (b. 1932)
** Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (b. 1929)
** Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (b. 1941)
* March 6 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
* March 8
** Sir George Martin, English record producer, composer, arranger and engineer (b. 1926)
** Claus Ogerman, German conductor and composer (b. 1930)
* March 9 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist (b. 1944)
* March 10
** Anita Brookner, English novelist (b. 1928)
** Keith Emerson, British musician (b. 1944)
** Roberto Perfumo, Argentine footballer and sport commentator (b. 1942)
*March 11 – Ben Bagdikian, Armenian-American journalist, critic and political commentator (b. 1920)
* March 12 – Lloyd Shapley, American Nobel mathematician (b. 1923)
* March 13 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1926)
* March 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934)
* March 17 – Meir Dagan, Israeli general and former Director of Mossad (b. 1945)
* March 18 – Guido Westerwelle, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1961)
* March 20 – Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)
*
*
* May 1 – Solomon W. Golomb, American mathematician (b. 1932)
* May 2 – Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman (b. 1947)
* May 4
** Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (b. 1946)
** Bob Bennett (politician), Bob Bennett, American politician (b. 1933)
* May 5
** Siné, French political cartoonist (b. 1928)
** Isao Tomita, Japanese composer (b. 1932)
* May 6 – Margot Honecker, East German politician (b. 1927)
* May 8
** Nick Lashaway, American actor (b. 1988)
** William Schallert, American actor (b. 1922)
* May 10 – Kang Young-hoon, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1922)
* May 16 – Giovanni Coppa, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
* May 17
** Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
** Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress (b. 1964)
*
* June 2 – Tom Kibble, British physicist (b. 1932)
* June 3
** Muhammad Ali, American Olympic and professional boxer (b. 1942)
** Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1991)
* June 4 – Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (b. 1937)
* June 5 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
* June 6
** Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born Swiss chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
** Theresa Saldana, American actress and author (b. 1954)
** Peter Shaffer, British playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
** Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, wrestler and actor (b. 1974)
* June 7 – Stephen Keshi, Nigerian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
* June 8 – Qahhor Mahkamov, 1st President of Tajikistan (b. 1932)
* June 9 – Hassan Muhammad Makki, 10th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1933)
*
* July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, French poet (b. 1923)
*
* August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania, French-born consort of former Michael I of Romania, King Michael of Romania (b. 1923)
* August 2
** David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
** Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
** Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American Nobel chemist (b. 1946)
* August 3 – Chris Amon, New Zealand motor racing driver (b. 1943)
* August 9 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b. 1951)
* August 13
** Kenny Baker (English actor), Kenny Baker, English actor (b. 1934)
** Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (b. 1930)
* August 14
** Hermann Kant, German writer (b. 1926)
** Fyvush Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)
* August 15
** Dalian Atkinson, English footballer (b. 1968)
** Stefan Henze, German canoeist and coach (b. 1981)
** Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz musician (b. 1941)
* August 16
** Andrew Florent, Australian tennis player (b. 1970)
** João Havelange, Brazilian athlete and football executive (b. 1916)
* August 17 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director (b. 1923)
* August 18 – Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923)
* August 19
** Lou Pearlman, American music manager and record producer (b. 1954)
** Nina Ponomaryova, Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1929)
** Jack Riley (actor), Jack Riley, American actor (b. 1935)
** Mohammad Ali Samatar, 5th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1931)
* August 22
** S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
** Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician (b. 1922)
* August 23
** Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)
** Berit Mørdre Lammedal, Norwegian cross-country skier (b. 1940)
** Reinhard Selten, German Nobel economist (b. 1930)
* August 24
** Michel Butor, French writer (b. 1926)
** Walter Scheel, 8th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (b. 1919)
** Roger Y. Tsien, American Nobel biologist (b. 1952)
* August 25
** James Cronin, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
** Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (b. 1930)
** Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (b. 1924)
* August 26 – Harald Grønningen, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1934)
* August 28
** Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli politician and former Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1936)
** Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager (b. 1934)
** Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
* August 29 – Gene Wilder, American actor (b. 1933)
* August 30
** Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (b. 1942)
** Marc Riboud, French photographer (b. 1923)
* September 1 – Jon Polito, American actor (b. 1950)
* September 2
** Islam Karimov, 1st President of Uzbekistan (b. 1938)
** Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist (b. 1956)
* September 3
** Johnny Rebel (singer), Johnny Rebel, American white supremacist singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
** Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, French mathematician (b. 1957)
* September 5
** Hugh O'Brian, American actor (b. 1925)
** Phyllis Schlafly, American writer and political activist (b. 1924)
* September 7
** Joseph Keller, American mathematician (b. 1923)
** Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (b. 1924)
* September 8
** Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
** Dragiša Pešić, 5th Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro (b. 1954)
* September 11 – Alexis Arquette, American actress, cabaret performer, underground cartoonist, and activist (b. 1969)
* September 12 – Sándor Csoóri, Hungarian poet (b. 1930)
* September 13 – Jonathan Riley-Smith, English medieval historian (b. 1938)
* September 16
** Edward Albee, American playwright (b. 1928)
** Gabriele Amorth, Italian Catholic priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
** Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10th President and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
** António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
** Qiao Renliang, Chinese singer and actor (b. 1987)
* September 17
** Charmian Carr, American actress (b. 1942)
** Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)
* September 20 – Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
* September 23 – Marcel Artelesa, French footballer (b. 1938)
* September 24
** Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
** Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
* September 25
** José Fernández (pitcher), José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball pitcher (b. 1992)
** David Padilla, 53rd President of Bolivia (b. 1927)
** Arnold Palmer, American professional golfer (b. 1929)
** Jean Shepard, American honky-tonk singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
** Rod Temperton, English songwriter, record producer and musician (b. 1949)
* September 26 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
* September 27 – Jamshid Amouzegar, 71st Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1923)
* September 28 – Shimon Peres, 9th President and 8th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1923)
* September 29 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino politician (b. 1945)
* September 30 – Trịnh Thị Ngọ, Vietnamese radio personality (b. 1931)
* October 1 – David Herd (footballer), David Herd, Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
* October 2 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
* October 4 – Brigitte Hamann, German-Austrian historian and author (b. 1940)
* October 5 – Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (b. 1930)
* October 8
** Gary Dubin, American actor and voice actor (b. 1959)
** Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military officer (b. 1912)
* October 9
** Mamadou Dembelé, 3rd Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1934)
** Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (b. 1926)
* October 11 – Teatao Teannaki, 2nd President of Kiribati (b. 1936)
* October 12 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
* October 13
**
* November 2 – Oleg Popov, Soviet and Russian clown (b. 1930)
* November 3 – W. D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan Musician (b. 1927)
* November 4 – Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music producer (b. 1929)
* November 5 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (b. 1982)
* November 6 – Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1952)
* November 7
** Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
** Janet Reno, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (b. 1938)
* November 11
** Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (b. 1921)
** Željko Čajkovski, Croatian football player (b. 1925)
** Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
* November 12 – Lupita Tovar, Mexican-born American actress (b. 1910)
* November 13
** Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver (b. 1931)
** Leon Russell, American musician (b. 1942)
* November 14
** Gwen Ifill, American journalist (b. 1955)
** Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (b. 1913)
* November 15
** Mose Allison, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
** Sixto Durán Ballén, 37th President of Ecuador (b. 1921)
* November 16
** Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918)
** Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922)
** Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972)
* November 17 – Whitney Smith, American vexillologist (b. 1940)
* November 18
** Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (b. 1920)
** Sharon Jones, American soul singer (b. 1956)
* November 20
** Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)
** Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 5th President of Greece (b. 1926)
** William Trevor, Irish writer (b. 1928)
* November 22 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer (b. 1930)
* November 23 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)
* November 24
** Florence Henderson, American actress (b. 1934)
** Pauline Oliveros, American composer (b. 1932)
* November 25
**
* December 2 – Sammy Lee (diver), Sammy Lee, American Olympic diver (b. 1920)
* December 4 – Gotlib, French comic artist (b. 1934)
* December 5
** Geydar Dzhemal, Russian Islamic philosopher (b. 1947)
** Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Indian politician (b. 1948)
* December 6 – Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923)
* December 7
** Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist (b. 1964)
** Paul Elvstrøm, Danish Olympic yachtsman (b. 1928)
** Greg Lake, British musician (b. 1947)
* December 8
** John Glenn, American aviator, astronaut and politician (b. 1921)
** Joseph Mascolo, American actor (b. 1929)
* December 10 – Esma Redžepova, Macedonian-Romani singer (b. 1943)
* December 12
** E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (b. 1912)
** Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Spanish bishop (b. 1932)
* December 13
** Thomas Schelling, American Nobel economist (b. 1921)
** Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter (b. 1947)
* December 14
** Paulo Evaristo Arns, Brazilian prelate (b. 1921)
** Bernard Fox (actor), Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (b. 1927)
* December 16 – Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1945)
* December 17 – Henry Heimlich, American physician (b. 1920)
* December 18 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917)
* December 19 – Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat (b. 1954)
* December 20 – Michèle Morgan, French actress (b. 1920)
* December 22 – Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian long-distance runner (b. 1944)
* December 23
** Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist (b. 1951)
** Piers Sellers, British-American astronaut and meteorologist (b. 1955)
** Vesna Vulović, Serbian air disaster survivor (b. 1950)
* December 24
** Richard Adams, British author (b. 1920)
** Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948)
** Liz Smith (actress), Liz Smith, British actress (b. 1921)
* December 25
** George Michael, British singer (b. 1963)
** Vera Rubin, American astronomer (b. 1928)
* December 26 – Ashot Anastasian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1964)
* December 27
** Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer (b. 1956)
** Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, 12th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)
* December 28
** Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, President of Uruguay (b. 1925)
** Michel Déon, French writer (b. 1919)
** Debbie Reynolds, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1932)
* December 29
** Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1936)
** Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss racing cyclist (b. 1919)
* December 30 – Tyrus Wong, Chinese-born American artist (b. 1910)
* December 31 – Henning Christophersen, Danish politician (b. 1939)
May
*May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
*1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
*1386 – England and Portugal formally rati ...
– Rodrigo Duterte is elected the President of the Philippines
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.
* May 10– 14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is held in Stockholm
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, Sweden
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, and is won by Ukrainian
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* So ...
entrant Jamala
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with the song " 1944".
* May 19
Events
Pre-1600
* 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
* 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
*1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
*1445 &nda ...
– EgyptAir Flight 804
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crashes into the Mediterranean Sea
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en route from Paris
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to Cairo
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, killing all 66 people on board.
* May 20
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
– Tsai Ing-wen
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is sworn in as the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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.
* May 28
Events Pre-1600
*585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from ...
- Harambe
Harambe (May 27, 1999 – May 28, 2016) was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo from 2014 to 2016, and previously at the Gladys Porter Zoo for 15 years. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy climbed into a gorilla enclosu ...
was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and becoming a meme.
* May 30 – Former Chadian President
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A total of six people have served as head of state of Chad (not counting two Interim Heads of State). Additionally, one per ...
Hissène Habré
Hissène Habré (Arabic: ''Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī'', Chadian Arabic: ; ; 13 August 1942 – 24 August 2021), also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 5th president of Chad from 1982 u ...
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.
June
*June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed k ...
– The Gotthard Base Tunnel
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, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.
* June 10
Events Pre-1600
* 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
*1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I ...
– July 10
Events Pre-1600
* 138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
* 645 – Isshi Incident: Prin ...
– France
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hosts the UEFA Euro 2016
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football tournament, which is won by Portugal
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.
* June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
* 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
– 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
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votes in a referendum to leave the European Union
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.
*June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
– 2016 Atatürk Airport attack: ISIL
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is suspected to be responsible for attacking Atatürk Airport
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in Istanbul
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, Turkey, killing 45 people and injuring around 230 others.
July
* July 1 –Latvia
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becomes the 35th member of the OECD
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.
* July 2
Events Pre-1600
* 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome.
* 626 – Li Shimin, t ...
– 2016 Australian federal election: Malcolm Turnbull
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Turnbull grad ...
's Liberal/National Coalition Government is narrowly re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by Bill Shorten
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.
* July 5
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus ( Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius.
* 1316 – The Burgundian a ...
– NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
's ''Juno
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*Juno (film), ''Juno'' (film), 2007
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*Juno, in the film ''Jenny, Juno''
*Ju ...
'' spacecraft enters orbit around Jupiter
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and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
* July 6
Events Pre-1600
* 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
* 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt ...
– The augmented reality mobile game ''Pokémon Go
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'' is released, breaking numerous records in terms of sales and revenue.
* July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II o ...
– The Philippines
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wins the arbitration case they filed at the Permanent Court of Arbitration
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regarding the legality of China
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's " Nine-Dash Line" claim over the South China Sea
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under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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.
* July 14
Events Pre-1600
* 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
* 1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
* 142 ...
– 2016 Nice truck attack: 86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in Nice
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, France, during Bastille Day
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celebrations.
* July 15
Events Pre-1600
*484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
* 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
* 756 – ...
– 16 – In Turkey
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, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces that organized themselves as the Peace at Home Council, 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, unsuccessfully stages a coup against the state institutions, resulting in the deaths of at least 240 people and triggering a series of unprecedented 2016–17 purges in Turkey, purges throughout the country.
* July 22 – The final videocassette recorder is manufactured by the Japanese company Funai.
* July 26 – Switzerland, Swiss ''Solar Impulse, Solar Impulse 2'' becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
August
* August 5–August 21, 21 – The 2016 Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the first time in South America. * August 24 – August 2016 Central Italy earthquake, A 6.2 earthquake hits central Italy, killing 299 people. * August 31 – The Brazilian Senate votes (61–20) to Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, 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 ofBrazil
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during Rousseff's suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.
September
* September 1 – An Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016, annular solar eclipse was visible from Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar. * September 3 – The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's Greenhouse gas, carbon emissions, both formally join the Paris Agreement, Paris global climate agreement. * September 8 – NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first Sample return mission, asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu, Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023. * September 9 – The government ofNorth Korea
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conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest September 2016 North Korean nuclear test, nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".
* September 28
** International investigators conclude that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Buk missile system, Buk missile that came from an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
** Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Global levels exceed 400 ppm at the time of year normally associated with minimum levels. A 400 ppm level is believed to be higher than anything experienced in human history.
* September 30 – Two paintings by Vincent van Gogh with a combined value of $100 million, ''Seascape at Scheveningen'' and ''Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen'', are recovered after having been stolen on December 7, 2002 from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
October
* October 7 – Three events that played a significant role in the2016 United States presidential election
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all take place on the same afternoon: (1) U.S. intelligence agencies publicly accuse the Russian government of Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)#October–November 2016, using computer hacking to interfere with the U.S. election process; (2) ''The Washington Post'' releases Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape, a videotape showing candidate Donald Trump privately bragging about sexual improprieties; (3) WikiLeaks releases thousands of private emails from inside the political campaign of candidate Hillary Clinton.
* October 13 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
* October 15 – 150 nations meet at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) summit in Rwanda and agree to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as an amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
November
* November 2 – The Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series, win the World Series for the first time since 1908, ending the longest championship drought in American sports history. * November 6 – The Government of India announced the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation, demonetisation of certain banknotes, causing prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that followed and significant disruption throughout the economy. * November 8 –2016 United States presidential election
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: Businessman and television personality Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
is 2016 United States presidential election, elected the 45th President of the United States in a surprise victory against his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
* November 18 – The remains of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos Burial of Ferdinand Marcos, are buried in a private ceremony at the Libingan ng mga Bayani prompting Burial of Ferdinand Marcos#Protests, protests throughout the Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
* November 24 – The Government of Colombia, Colombian government and the FARC, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army sign a Colombian peace process, revised peace deal, slowing the Colombian conflict.
* 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 Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, Chapecoense football squad.
December
* December 4 – A 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, constitutional referendum is held in Italy, resulting in the resignation of the Prime Minister. *December 19 ** Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, is Assassination of Andrei Karlov, assassinated by an off-duty Turkish police officer at an art exhibition inAnkara
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.
** 2016 Berlin truck attack, Berlin truck attack: A Vehicle-ramming attack, 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 22 – A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
* December 23 – The United Nations Security Council adopts United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, Resolution 2334 condemning "Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories occupied since 1967".
* 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.
* December 31 – Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan (2011-2016), Withdrawal of the majority of U.S. troops from Afghanistan after 15 years of war.
General
* Pemon conflict in Venezuela.Births
* February 5 – Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, heir apparent to the throne of Bhutan * March 2 – Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne, third in the line of succession to the Swedish throneDeaths
January
* January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930)
* January 2 – Nimr al-Nimr, Sheikh Nimr, Saudi Shia religious leader (b. 1959)
* January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
** Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
** Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist (b. 1928)
* January 4 – Michel Galabru, French actor (b. 1922)
* January 5 – Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor and writer (b. 1925)
* January 6 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (b. 1925)
* January 7
** André Courrèges, French fashion designer (b. 1923)
** Ashraf Pahlavi, Princess Ashraf of Iran (b. 1919)
* January 8
** Otis Clay, American soul singer (b. 1942)
** Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926)
* January 10
** David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1947)
** Yusuf Zuayyin, 51st and 53rd Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1931)
** Michael Galeota, American actor (b. 1984)
* January 11 – Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919)
* January 14
** René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (b. 1942)
** Alan Rickman, English actor and director (b. 1946)
* January 18
** Glenn Frey, American musician (b. 1948)
** Michel Tournier, French writer (b. 1924)
* January 19 – Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
* January 23 – Jimmy Bain, Scottish musician (b. 1947)
* January 24 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist (b. 1927)
* January 26
** Black (singer), Black, English singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
** Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1921)
* January 28
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
* 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession ...
– Paul Kantner, American singer and musician (b. 1941)
* January 29
** Jean-Marie Doré, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
** Jacques Rivette, French film director and critic (b. 1928)
* January 30
** Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926)
** Francisco Flores Pérez, President of El Salvador (b. 1959)
* January 31 – Terry Wogan, Irish broadcaster (b. 1938)
February
* February 1 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
* February 3 – Joe Alaskey, American voice actor (b. 1952)
* February 4
** Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (b. 1930)
** Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
* February 6 – Eddy Wally, Belgian schlager singer (b. 1932)
* February 8 – Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
* February 9 – Sushil Koirala, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
* February 13
** Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965)
** Slobodan Santrač, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1946)
* February 15
** Vanity (singer), Vanity, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1959)
** George Gaynes, Finnish-born American actor (b. 1917)
* February 16 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922)
* February 17
** Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)
** Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director and writer (b. 1940)
* February 19
** Umberto Eco, Italian writer and philosopher (b. 1932)
** Harper Lee, American writer (b. 1926)
* February 22
** Sonny James, American country singer (b. 1928)
** Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (b. 1913)
* February 23 – Donald E. Williams, American astronaut (b. 1942)
* February 24 – Peter Kenilorea, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
* February 28
** George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
** Frank Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1938)
* February 29 – Hannes Löhr, German footballer (b. 1942)
March
* March 2 – Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader (b. 1971)
* March 5
** Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese spiritual leader (b. 1932)
** Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (b. 1929)
** Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (b. 1941)
* March 6 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
* March 8
** Sir George Martin, English record producer, composer, arranger and engineer (b. 1926)
** Claus Ogerman, German conductor and composer (b. 1930)
* March 9 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist (b. 1944)
* March 10
** Anita Brookner, English novelist (b. 1928)
** Keith Emerson, British musician (b. 1944)
** Roberto Perfumo, Argentine footballer and sport commentator (b. 1942)
*March 11 – Ben Bagdikian, Armenian-American journalist, critic and political commentator (b. 1920)
* March 12 – Lloyd Shapley, American Nobel mathematician (b. 1923)
* March 13 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1926)
* March 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934)
* March 17 – Meir Dagan, Israeli general and former Director of Mossad (b. 1945)
* March 18 – Guido Westerwelle, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1961)
* March 20 – Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)
* March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American electronic executive (b. 1936)
* March 23 – Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)
* March 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
*1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate o ...
** Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (b. 1970)
** Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1947)
** Garry Shandling, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
* March 26 – Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1928)
* March 29 – Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
* March 31
** Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian (b. 1930)
** Georges Cottier, Swiss cardinal (b. 1922)
** Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1927)
** Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-British architect (b. 1950)
** Imre Kertész, Hungarian Nobel author (b. 1929)
April
* April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
– Pratyusha Banerjee, Indian television actress (b. 1991)
* April 2 – Gato Barbieri, Argentine jazz saxophonist (b. 1932)
* April 3
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
*1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
*1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
* ...
** Don Francks, Canadian actor, musician and singer (b. 1932)
** Cesare Maldini, Italian football player and manager (b. 1932)
* April 4 – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
* April 6 – Merle Haggard, American country singer (b. 1937)
* April 8 – Erich Rudorffer, German fighter ace (b. 1917)
* April 10 – Howard Marks, Welsh drug smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)
* April 12
** Anne Jackson, American actress (b. 1925)
** Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler (b. 1972)
** Arnold Wesker, British playwright (b. 1932)
* April 16 – Louis Pilot, Luxembourgian football player and manager (b. 1940)
* April 17
** Chyna, American professional wrestler (b. 1969)
** Doris Roberts, American actress, author, and philanthropist (b. 1925)
* April 19
** Patricio Aylwin, 32nd President of Chile (b. 1918)
** Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress and film director (b. 1964)
** Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
* April 20
** Guy Hamilton, British film director (b. 1922)
** Victoria Wood, British comedian (b. 1953)
* April 21
** Lonnie Mack, American singer-guitarist (b. 1941)
** Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1958)
* April 23 – Banharn Silpa-archa, 21st Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1932)
* April 24
** Billy Paul, American soul singer (b. 1934)
** Klaus Siebert, German Olympic biathlete (b. 1955)
** Papa Wemba, Congolese singer and musician (b. 1949)
* April 26 – Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
* April 27 – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster (b. 1957)
* April 30 – Harry Kroto, English Nobel chemist (b. 1939)
May
* May 1 – Solomon W. Golomb, American mathematician (b. 1932)
* May 2 – Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman (b. 1947)
* May 4
** Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (b. 1946)
** Bob Bennett (politician), Bob Bennett, American politician (b. 1933)
* May 5
** Siné, French political cartoonist (b. 1928)
** Isao Tomita, Japanese composer (b. 1932)
* May 6 – Margot Honecker, East German politician (b. 1927)
* May 8
** Nick Lashaway, American actor (b. 1988)
** William Schallert, American actor (b. 1922)
* May 10 – Kang Young-hoon, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1922)
* May 16 – Giovanni Coppa, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
* May 17
** Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
** Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress (b. 1964)
* May 19
Events
Pre-1600
* 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
* 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
*1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
*1445 &nda ...
** Alexandre Astruc, French film critic and director (b. 1923)
** Marco Pannella, Italian politician (b. 1930)
** Alan Young, British-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
* May 21
** Akhtar Mansour, Afghan militant, Supreme leader of the Taliban
** Sándor Tarics, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1913)
** Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (b. 1964)
* May 22 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
* May 25 – Yang Jiang, Chinese playwright, author, and translator (b. 1911)
* May 26
** Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (b. 1915)
** Arturo Pomar, Spanish chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
* May 28
Events Pre-1600
*585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from ...
** Giorgio Albertazzi, Italian actor (b. 1923)
** David Cañada, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
** Harambe
Harambe (May 27, 1999 – May 28, 2016) was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo from 2014 to 2016, and previously at the Gladys Porter Zoo for 15 years. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy climbed into a gorilla enclosu ...
, endangered gorilla (b. 1999)
* May 31
** Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician), Mohamed Abdelaziz, 3rd Secretary-General of the Polisario Front (b. 1947)
** Corry Brokken, Dutch singer (b. 1932)
** Antonio Imbert Barrera, Dominican politician (b. 1920)
June
* June 2 – Tom Kibble, British physicist (b. 1932)
* June 3
** Muhammad Ali, American Olympic and professional boxer (b. 1942)
** Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1991)
* June 4 – Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (b. 1937)
* June 5 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
* June 6
** Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born Swiss chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
** Theresa Saldana, American actress and author (b. 1954)
** Peter Shaffer, British playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
** Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, wrestler and actor (b. 1974)
* June 7 – Stephen Keshi, Nigerian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
* June 8 – Qahhor Mahkamov, 1st President of Tajikistan (b. 1932)
* June 9 – Hassan Muhammad Makki, 10th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1933)
* June 10
Events Pre-1600
* 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
*1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I ...
** Christina Grimmie, American singer (b. 1994)
** Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
* June 11 – Rudi Altig, German road racing cyclist (b. 1937)
* June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
* 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
** Omar Mateen, American mass murderer (b. 1986)
** George Voinovich, American politician (b. 1936)
** Janet Waldo, American actress (b. 1919)
* June 14 – Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (b. 1928)
* June 16 – Jo Cox, English politician (b. 1974)
* June 17 – Rubén Aguirre, Mexican actor and comedian (b. 1934)
* June 18 – Vittorio Merloni, Italian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
* June 19
** Götz George, German actor (b. 1938)
** Victor Stănculescu, Romanian general and politician (b. 1928)
** Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (b. 1989)
* June 20 – Edgard Pisani, French politician (b. 1918)
* June 23
** Michael Herr, American writer, journalist and screenwriter (b. 1940)
** Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician (b. 1927)
* June 25 – Maurice G. Dantec, French writer (b. 1959)
* June 27
** Bud Spencer, Italian actor, swimmer, and water polo player (b. 1929)
** Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (b. 1928)
* June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
** Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931)
** Pat Summitt, American basketball coach (b. 1952)
* June 30 – Martin Lundström, Swedish Olympic cross country skier (b. 1918)
July
* July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, French poet (b. 1923)
* July 2
Events Pre-1600
* 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome.
* 626 – Li Shimin, t ...
** Michael Cimino, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1939)
** Rudolf E. Kálmán, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer (b. 1930)
** Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)
** Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France (b. 1930)
** Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Nobel writer and political activist (b. 1928)
** Caroline Aherne, English actress, comedian and writer (b. 1963)
* July 3 – Noel Neill, American actress (b. 1920)
* July 4 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director (b. 1940)
* July 6
Events Pre-1600
* 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
* 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt ...
** John McMartin, American actor (b. 1929)
** Turgay Şeren, Turkish footballer (b. 1932)
* July 8
** Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, and ascetic (b. 1928)
** William H. McNeill (historian), William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1917)
* July 9 – Silvano Piovanelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1924)
* July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II o ...
– Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician and convicted war criminal (b. 1958)
* July 13
** Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian film director (b. 1946)
** Bernardo Provenzano, Italian criminal (b. 1933)
** Zygmunt Zimowski, Polish bishop (b. 1949)
* July 14
Events Pre-1600
* 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
* 1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
* 142 ...
– Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer (b. 1950)
* July 16
** Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (b. 1941)
** Alan Vega, American vocalist and visual artist (b. 1938)
* July 19
** Garry Marshall, American film director, television producer and actor (b. 1934)
** Anthony D. Smith, British historical sociologist (b. 1939)
* July 22 – Ursula Franklin, German-born Canadian scientist (b. 1921)
* July 23 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, 2-Time Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1926)
* July 25
** Halil İnalcık, Turkish historian (b. 1916)
** Dwight Jones (basketball), Dwight Jones, American basketball player (b. 1952)
** Tim LaHaye, American evangelist and author (b. 1926)
* July 27
** Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b. 1928)
** Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1915)
* July 28
** Mahasweta Devi, Indian social activist and writer (b. 1926)
** Vladica Kovačević, Serbian footballer (b. 1940)
** Émile Derlin Zinsou, 4th President of Dahomey (b. 1918)
* July 30 – Gloria DeHaven, American actress (b. 1925)
* July 31
** Fazil Iskander, Russian writer (b. 1929)
** Bobbie Heine Miller, South African tennis player (b. 1909)
** Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1955)
** Seymour Papert, South African-born American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1928)
August
* August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania, French-born consort of former Michael I of Romania, King Michael of Romania (b. 1923)
* August 2
** David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
** Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
** Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American Nobel chemist (b. 1946)
* August 3 – Chris Amon, New Zealand motor racing driver (b. 1943)
* August 9 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b. 1951)
* August 13
** Kenny Baker (English actor), Kenny Baker, English actor (b. 1934)
** Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (b. 1930)
* August 14
** Hermann Kant, German writer (b. 1926)
** Fyvush Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)
* August 15
** Dalian Atkinson, English footballer (b. 1968)
** Stefan Henze, German canoeist and coach (b. 1981)
** Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz musician (b. 1941)
* August 16
** Andrew Florent, Australian tennis player (b. 1970)
** João Havelange, Brazilian athlete and football executive (b. 1916)
* August 17 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director (b. 1923)
* August 18 – Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923)
* August 19
** Lou Pearlman, American music manager and record producer (b. 1954)
** Nina Ponomaryova, Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1929)
** Jack Riley (actor), Jack Riley, American actor (b. 1935)
** Mohammad Ali Samatar, 5th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1931)
* August 22
** S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
** Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician (b. 1922)
* August 23
** Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)
** Berit Mørdre Lammedal, Norwegian cross-country skier (b. 1940)
** Reinhard Selten, German Nobel economist (b. 1930)
* August 24
** Michel Butor, French writer (b. 1926)
** Walter Scheel, 8th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (b. 1919)
** Roger Y. Tsien, American Nobel biologist (b. 1952)
* August 25
** James Cronin, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
** Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (b. 1930)
** Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (b. 1924)
* August 26 – Harald Grønningen, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1934)
* August 28
** Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli politician and former Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1936)
** Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager (b. 1934)
** Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
* August 29 – Gene Wilder, American actor (b. 1933)
* August 30
** Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (b. 1942)
** Marc Riboud, French photographer (b. 1923)
September
* September 1 – Jon Polito, American actor (b. 1950)
* September 2
** Islam Karimov, 1st President of Uzbekistan (b. 1938)
** Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist (b. 1956)
* September 3
** Johnny Rebel (singer), Johnny Rebel, American white supremacist singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
** Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, French mathematician (b. 1957)
* September 5
** Hugh O'Brian, American actor (b. 1925)
** Phyllis Schlafly, American writer and political activist (b. 1924)
* September 7
** Joseph Keller, American mathematician (b. 1923)
** Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (b. 1924)
* September 8
** Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
** Dragiša Pešić, 5th Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro (b. 1954)
* September 11 – Alexis Arquette, American actress, cabaret performer, underground cartoonist, and activist (b. 1969)
* September 12 – Sándor Csoóri, Hungarian poet (b. 1930)
* September 13 – Jonathan Riley-Smith, English medieval historian (b. 1938)
* September 16
** Edward Albee, American playwright (b. 1928)
** Gabriele Amorth, Italian Catholic priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
** Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10th President and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
** António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
** Qiao Renliang, Chinese singer and actor (b. 1987)
* September 17
** Charmian Carr, American actress (b. 1942)
** Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)
* September 20 – Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
* September 23 – Marcel Artelesa, French footballer (b. 1938)
* September 24
** Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
** Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
* September 25
** José Fernández (pitcher), José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball pitcher (b. 1992)
** David Padilla, 53rd President of Bolivia (b. 1927)
** Arnold Palmer, American professional golfer (b. 1929)
** Jean Shepard, American honky-tonk singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
** Rod Temperton, English songwriter, record producer and musician (b. 1949)
* September 26 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
* September 27 – Jamshid Amouzegar, 71st Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1923)
* September 28 – Shimon Peres, 9th President and 8th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1923)
* September 29 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino politician (b. 1945)
* September 30 – Trịnh Thị Ngọ, Vietnamese radio personality (b. 1931)
October
* October 1 – David Herd (footballer), David Herd, Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
* October 2 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
* October 4 – Brigitte Hamann, German-Austrian historian and author (b. 1940)
* October 5 – Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (b. 1930)
* October 8
** Gary Dubin, American actor and voice actor (b. 1959)
** Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military officer (b. 1912)
* October 9
** Mamadou Dembelé, 3rd Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1934)
** Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (b. 1926)
* October 11 – Teatao Teannaki, 2nd President of Kiribati (b. 1936)
* October 12 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
* October 13
** Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...
(Rama IX), Monarchy of Thailand, King of Thailand (b. 1927)
** Dario Fo, Italian actor, Nobel playwright and comedian (b. 1926)
* October 14 – Klim Churyumov, Soviet-Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1937)
* October 16
** Kigeli V of Rwanda, Kigeli V, King of Rwanda (b. 1936)
** Viktor Zubkov (basketball), Viktor Zubkov, Russian basketball player (b. 1937)
* October 20 – Junko Tabei, Japanese Mountaineering, mountaineer (b. 1939)
* October 23 – Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1932)
* October 24
** Jorge Batlle, 38th President of Uruguay (b. 1927)
** Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
* October 25 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer (b. 1944)
* October 27 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa (b. 1915)
* October 28 – Nicholas Brathwaite, 3rd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1925)
* October 29
** Roland Dyens, French classical guitarist and composer (b. 1955)
** Pen Sovan, 32nd Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1936)
* October 31 – Silvio Gazzaniga, Italian sculptor (b. 1921)
November
* November 2 – Oleg Popov, Soviet and Russian clown (b. 1930)
* November 3 – W. D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan Musician (b. 1927)
* November 4 – Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music producer (b. 1929)
* November 5 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (b. 1982)
* November 6 – Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1952)
* November 7
** Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
** Janet Reno, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (b. 1938)
* November 11
** Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (b. 1921)
** Željko Čajkovski, Croatian football player (b. 1925)
** Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
* November 12 – Lupita Tovar, Mexican-born American actress (b. 1910)
* November 13
** Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver (b. 1931)
** Leon Russell, American musician (b. 1942)
* November 14
** Gwen Ifill, American journalist (b. 1955)
** Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (b. 1913)
* November 15
** Mose Allison, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
** Sixto Durán Ballén, 37th President of Ecuador (b. 1921)
* November 16
** Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918)
** Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922)
** Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972)
* November 17 – Whitney Smith, American vexillologist (b. 1940)
* November 18
** Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (b. 1920)
** Sharon Jones, American soul singer (b. 1956)
* November 20
** Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)
** Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 5th President of Greece (b. 1926)
** William Trevor, Irish writer (b. 1928)
* November 22 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer (b. 1930)
* November 23 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)
* November 24
** Florence Henderson, American actress (b. 1934)
** Pauline Oliveros, American composer (b. 1932)
* November 25
** Fidel Castro
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, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the State Council of Cuba (b. 1926)
** Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)
** David Hamilton (photographer), David Hamilton, British photographer (b. 1933)
* November 27 – Ioannis Grivas, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1923)
* November 28
** Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (b. 1981)
** Mark Taimanov, Russian chess Grandmaster and concert pianist (b. 1926)
**Van Williams, American actor (b. 1934)
* November 29 – Luis Alberto Monge, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)
December
* December 2 – Sammy Lee (diver), Sammy Lee, American Olympic diver (b. 1920)
* December 4 – Gotlib, French comic artist (b. 1934)
* December 5
** Geydar Dzhemal, Russian Islamic philosopher (b. 1947)
** Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Indian politician (b. 1948)
* December 6 – Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923)
* December 7
** Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist (b. 1964)
** Paul Elvstrøm, Danish Olympic yachtsman (b. 1928)
** Greg Lake, British musician (b. 1947)
* December 8
** John Glenn, American aviator, astronaut and politician (b. 1921)
** Joseph Mascolo, American actor (b. 1929)
* December 10 – Esma Redžepova, Macedonian-Romani singer (b. 1943)
* December 12
** E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (b. 1912)
** Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Spanish bishop (b. 1932)
* December 13
** Thomas Schelling, American Nobel economist (b. 1921)
** Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter (b. 1947)
* December 14
** Paulo Evaristo Arns, Brazilian prelate (b. 1921)
** Bernard Fox (actor), Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (b. 1927)
* December 16 – Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1945)
* December 17 – Henry Heimlich, American physician (b. 1920)
* December 18 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917)
* December 19 – Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat (b. 1954)
* December 20 – Michèle Morgan, French actress (b. 1920)
* December 22 – Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian long-distance runner (b. 1944)
* December 23
** Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist (b. 1951)
** Piers Sellers, British-American astronaut and meteorologist (b. 1955)
** Vesna Vulović, Serbian air disaster survivor (b. 1950)
* December 24
** Richard Adams, British author (b. 1920)
** Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948)
** Liz Smith (actress), Liz Smith, British actress (b. 1921)
* December 25
** George Michael, British singer (b. 1963)
** Vera Rubin, American astronomer (b. 1928)
* December 26 – Ashot Anastasian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1964)
* December 27
** Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer (b. 1956)
** Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, 12th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)
* December 28
** Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, President of Uruguay (b. 1925)
** Michel Déon, French writer (b. 1919)
** Debbie Reynolds, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1932)
* December 29
** Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1936)
** Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss racing cyclist (b. 1919)
* December 30 – Tyrus Wong, Chinese-born American artist (b. 1910)
* December 31 – Henning Christophersen, Danish politician (b. 1939)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Ben Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Oliver Hart (economist), Oliver Hart, Bengt R. Holmström * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Bob Dylan * Nobel Prize for Peace, Peace – Juan Manuel Santos * Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – John M. Kosterlitz, Duncan Haldane, David J. Thouless * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Yoshinori OhsumiNew English words
*''ghost kitchen, dark kitchen'' *''moscovium'' *''nihonium'' *''oganesson'' *''tennessine''See also
* 2010s political history * International observance#2010s, List of international years *References
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