What happened in 2016

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The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey · 12 weeks at #1 in 2016

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1. Jan 2HelloAdele3 wks
2. Jan 23SorryJustin Bieber3 wks
3. Feb 13Love YourselfJustin Bieber2 wks
4. Feb 20PillowtalkZayn1 wk
5. Mar 5WorkRihanna Featuring Drake9 wks
6. May 7PandaDesiigner2 wks
7. May 21One DanceDrake Featuring WizKid & Kyla10 wks
8. May 28Can't Stop The Feeling!Justin Timberlake1 wk
9. Aug 6Cheap ThrillsSia Featuring Sean Paul4 wks
10. Sep 3CloserThe Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey12 wks
11. Nov 26Black BeatlesRae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane6 wks

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1. Feb 12In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.
2. Mar 31NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a yearlong mission at the International Space Station.
3. Apr 3The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
4. May 27Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
5. May 28Harambe was shot and killed after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, drawing widespread criticism and inspiring internet memes.
6. Jun 12An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.
7. Jun 23Citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favour of leaving the European Union.
8. Jul 7A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers in Dallas, killing five of them and injuring nine others, before being killed by a bomb attached to a police robot.
9. Jul 13Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.
10. Jul 26Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
11. Sep 19In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
12. Oct 13The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
13. Nov 2The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
14. Nov 8Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.

Event summaries from Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Each links to its article.

• U.S. President

  Barack Obama

• UK Prime Minister

  David Cameron → Theresa May

• Prime Minister of Canada

  Justin Trudeau

• President of France

  François Hollande

• German Chancellor

  Angela Merkel

• Prime Minister of Japan

  Shinzō Abe

• President of Russia

  Vladimir Putin

Everyone who held the office at some point in 2016, from Wikidata.

A selection of the best-documented titles on Wikidata, by first release year; not a box-office ranking.

• Jigme Namgyel WangchuckBhutanese prince · Feb 5
• Prince OscarDuke of Skåne · Mar 2
• The RizzlerAmerican internet personality · Apr 19

From Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0.