World In 2016 Presented by

Faheesa Grade X AFathima Amal X A

January• Jan 1 Dubai skyscraper

"The Address" burns as the New Year is rung in. Fire started on the 31st.

• Feb 2 First case of Zika contracted on US mainland (Texas) and second known sexually transmitted case confirmed in Texas

• Feb 15 58th Grammy Awards: Best Song "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran, Best Album "1989" by Taylor Swift

February

March

• Mar 1 Forbes Richest List released, Bill Gates No. 1 with $75 billion, number of world's billionaires shrinks to 1,810

April• April 3 ICC World Twenty20 won by the West Indies, beating at England by 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare at Eden Gardens in Kolkata

May• May 10 Indian fertility clinic

announces that a 70 year old woman has successfully gave birth to a baby boy

• May 21 EgyptAir flight MS804 goes missing over the Mediterranean on route Paris to Cairo

• Jun 7 "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", a play written by Jack Thorne with JK Rowling, premieres in London

• Jun 12 Christiano Ronaldo becomes 1st footballer to top Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, earning $88 million

June

July• Jul 5 NASA's Juno spacecraft

successfully enters Jupiter's orbit

• Jul 6 Pokémon Go, the real-world mobile game by Niantic, is first released

August• Aug 5 31st Summer Olympics

offically opens in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Aug 13 American swimmer Michael Phelps ends his career at Rio Olympics winning 4x100 medley relay, his 23rd Gold medal, as world's most decorated Olympian

September• Sep 19 68th Emmy Awards:

hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, "Game of Thrones“.

• Sep 21 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to medical research to "cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century"

October• Oct 7 Donald Trump, A US

election candidate was accused of sexually harassing many citizens.

• Oct 12 James Charles (17) becomes the 1st male face of make-up label CoverGirl.

• Oct 13, António Guterres appointed next UN Secretary-General by acclamation

November• Nov 8 Republican Donald Trump is elected

President of The United States of America, defeating democrat Hillary Clinton despite Clinton winning 2.9 million more votes

• Nov 8 Indian government scraps 500 and 1000 rupees notes effective at midnight

December• Dec 12 Cristiano Ronaldo

wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the 4th time

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