2016
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| Centuries: | 20th Century · 21st century · 22nd century |
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| Years: | 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 |
| 2016 by topic: |
| News by month |
| Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec |
| Arts |
| Architecture - Art - Literature - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Fiction - Film - Television - Home video |
| Politics |
| Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - Meteorology - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motor Racing - Tennis |
| By place |
| Argentina - Australia - Canada - Denmark - France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Italy - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Philippines - Singapore - South Africa - Switzerland - United Kingdom - Wales - Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Deaths - Awards - Gay rights - Games - Law - Religious leaders - Video gaming |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 2016 MMXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2769 |
| Armenian calendar | 1465 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 172 – 173 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2560 |
| Chinese calendar | 4652/4712-11-22 (乙未年十一月廿二日) — to —
4653/4713-12-3(丙申年十二月初三日) |
| 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) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2676 (皇紀2676年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 12016 |
| Julian calendar | 2061 |
| Korean calendar | 4349 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2559 |
2016 (MMXVI) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents |
[edit] Predicted events
[edit] February
- February - Super Bowl L
[edit] April
- 100th Anniversary of The Easter Rising
[edit] May
[edit] June
[edit] November
- November 8 - United States Presidential and Congressional elections
[edit] Unknown dates
- 2016 Summer Olympics - Host city to be chosen in 2009. Montreal, Canada will make a run at it, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the prior Olympics of 1976 that were held in the city. The United States is also expected to be the front-runner for the games choosing between two finalist cities, Chicago or Los Angeles. The city of Tokyo is Japan's bid to host the event. The Indian capital of New Delhi will also be bidding for the event. Other frontrunners are considered to be Bangkok in Thailand and Dubai in the UAE.
- The right for the US 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 the Lunar Surface Access Module 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
- Sinn Féin predict this is when a United Ireland will come about.
- A satellite signal from Pluto, containing pictures of the dwarf "planet", is received.
- Former President Gerald Ford Presidential Dollar Coin Program coin becomes issued.
- Yemen might join the GCC.
[edit] 2016 in fiction
[edit] Computer and video games
- Games set in 2016:
- Metal Gear Acid (2004)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2005)
[edit] Film
- Ghostbusters II (1989): According to a guest on Peter Venkman's talk show, the end of the world will occur on February 14.
[edit] Literature
- Perfect Dark: Initial Vector by Greg Rucka (2005): On January 7, an influenza subtype H17N22 outbreak infects 23,442 Canadians.
- Tarragona 2016 http://tarragona2016.blogspot.com/
[edit] Television series
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996): The Third Impact occurs, killing all humanity except two survivors.
- In an episode of Phil of the Future, Phil states that chores were banned in the year 2016.
[edit] Media franchises
- .hack: The World R:2 game is released.
| Preceded by 2015 |
Years 2016 |
Succeeded by 2017 |
