It was a leap year, therefore the year began on a Friday. By the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the year 2016 will be remembered as the international year of pulses. The International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), and the International Social Science Council declared it the International Year of Global Understanding (ISSC).
One of the highest-grossing films of all time was Captain America: Civil War. LL Cool J presented the 58th Annual Grammy Trophies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the sixth year in a row, with Kendrick Lamar taking home five awards.
On July 7, Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton became the first woman to lead a major political party in the United States’ history. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America on November 8th.
Funai, a Japanese electronics company, manufactured the world’s last video cassette recorder as the globe transitioned to the digital era. Luke Tufts and Jason Love, two volunteer palaeontologists, discovered one of the largest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons on August 24. The skeleton was discovered by Seattle Burke Museum of National History and Culture workers on a site they were working on in Montana’s northern region, poking out from a hillside. It was one of only 15 complete T-Rex skulls discovered so far. A substantial number of fossils, including fish, mammals, reptiles, and over a dozen dinosaur species, have been discovered at the site. About 20% of the T. Rex’s skeleton was discovered, according to scientists.
According to a September environmental report, the United States and China are responsible for 40% of global carbon emissions. The Paris global climate accord was accepted by 193 UNFCCC member countries as of November 2016, and it entered into force on November 4, 2016. On October 15, 150 countries gathered in Rwanda for a UNEP conference and resolved to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The Montreal Protocol was amended in this way.
Prince, one of the greatest artists of all time, died on April 21, 2016, making 2016 the year that the world lost one of the greatest musicians of all time.
Continue reading to discover more about the events of 2016.
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![]() (November 07, 2016) Janet Reno, the first female attorney general of the United States (1993–2001), died at the age of 78. photo source: wikimedia.org |
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