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2016 by topic:

News by month

Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Arts

Architecture - Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video

Politics and economics

Countries - Economics - Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - Meteorology - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight

Sports

Sport - Athletics (Track and Field) - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motorsport - Tennis - National Rugby League

By place

Argentina - Australia - Canada - China - European Union - France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Japan - Kenya - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Norway - Pakistan - Singapore - South Africa - Turkey - United Kingdom - United States - Zimbabwe

Other topics

Deaths - Awards - Games - Law - Religious leaders - Video gaming

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

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2016 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2016 MMXVI
Ab urbe condita	2769
Armenian calendar	1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ
Bahá'í calendar	172 – 173
Berber calendar	2966
Buddhist calendar	2560
Burmese calendar	1378
Byzantine calendar	7524 – 7525
Chinese calendar	乙未年十一月廿二日 (4652/4712-11-22) — to — 丙申年十二月初三日 (4653/4713-12-3)
Coptic calendar	1732 – 1733
Ethiopian calendar	2008 – 2009
Hebrew calendar	5776 – 5777
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2071 – 2072
- Shaka Samvat	1938 – 1939
- Kali Yuga	5117 – 5118
Holocene calendar	12016
Iranian calendar	1394 – 1395
Islamic calendar	1437 – 1438
Japanese calendar	Heisei 28 (平成28年)
Korean calendar	4349
Thai solar calendar	2559
Unix time	1451606400 – 1483228799
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2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

April

• April 4 - Square root day.

May

• May 9 - Transit of Mercury

June

• June 11 – July 3 - 2016 European Football Championship
• June 29 - Analog shut-off in Brazil

August

• August - 2016 Olympics

November

• November 8 - United States Presidential and Congressional elections.

Unknown dates

• European Capital Of Culture 2016 - European Union choose two European cities, from Poland and from Spain to become the European Capitals Of Culture in this year.
• 2016 Summer Olympics — Host city to be chosen in 2009. Candidate cities are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; and Chicago, United States.
• The right for the U.S. forces to use Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands as a military base will end at this year, but there will be a provision for an automatic extension for another 20 years for the US forces to remain stationed on the island.
• Start of unmanned test flights of Altair for future U.S. lunar landings.
• ITER, an international scientific experiment (2nd largest worldwide ever) into developing nuclear fusion as an energy source is set to boot up for the first time.
• Files concerning Rudolf Hess made open to the public
• The Centralia, Pennsylvania time capsule will open
• NASA Juno, Jupiter orbiter

2016 in fiction

Computer and video games

• Games set in 2016:
  • Metal Gear Acid (2004)
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2005)
  • Body Harvest (1998)
  • Rockman 2: The Power Fighters, Rockman Battle & Chase and Rockman & Forte: Challenger From the Future

Film

• Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14.

Television series

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The controversial completion of the top-secret Human Instrumentality Project brings about the apocalyptic Third Impact, merging all human individuals into a single consummate being.
• In an episode of Phil of the Future, Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016.