2016: a timeline.
With 50-odd days remaining in 2016, this may be added to. But I felt like it was time to start compiling a timeline. Please let me know of stuff I've overlooked.
January 5 - Pierre Boulez dies.
January 10 - David Bowie dies.
January 14 - Alan Rickman dies.
January 18 - Glenn Frey dies.
January 28 - The Zika virus outbreak officially begins.
February 7 - North Korea launches a long-range rocket into space.
March 22 - Suicide bombings in Brussels - 32 killed and 250 injured.
March 27 - Suicide bombing in Lahore - 75 killed and 350 injured.
April 2 - Heaviest day of the Four Day War in Nagorno-Karabakh - 193 killed.
April 6 - Merle Haggard dies.
April 21 - Prince dies.
May 19 - EgyptAir flight 804 crashes - 66 killed.
June 3- Muhammad Ali dies.
June 10 - Christina Grimmie dies.
June 12 - Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando - 49 killed, 53 injured.
June 19 - Anton Yelchin dies.
June 23 - The Brexit vote passes in the UK.
June 28 - Terrorist attack in Istanbul - 48 killed and 230 injured.
August 11 - Arrests of Dakota Access Pipeline protestors at Standing Rock begin.
August 13 - Kenny Baker dies.
August 29 - Gene Wilder dies.
September 9 - North Korea conducts its biggest nuclear test to date.
September 11 - Alexis Arquette dies.
September 28 - Malaysia Airlines flight 17 is confirmed to have been shot down.
October 2 - Neville Marriner dies.
October 23 - Pete Burns dies.
November 7 - Leonard Cohen dies.
November 8 - Donald Trump wins the US presidential election.
January 5 - Pierre Boulez dies.
January 10 - David Bowie dies.
January 14 - Alan Rickman dies.
January 18 - Glenn Frey dies.
January 28 - The Zika virus outbreak officially begins.
February 7 - North Korea launches a long-range rocket into space.
March 22 - Suicide bombings in Brussels - 32 killed and 250 injured.
March 27 - Suicide bombing in Lahore - 75 killed and 350 injured.
April 2 - Heaviest day of the Four Day War in Nagorno-Karabakh - 193 killed.
April 6 - Merle Haggard dies.
April 21 - Prince dies.
May 19 - EgyptAir flight 804 crashes - 66 killed.
June 3- Muhammad Ali dies.
June 10 - Christina Grimmie dies.
June 12 - Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando - 49 killed, 53 injured.
June 19 - Anton Yelchin dies.
June 23 - The Brexit vote passes in the UK.
June 28 - Terrorist attack in Istanbul - 48 killed and 230 injured.
August 11 - Arrests of Dakota Access Pipeline protestors at Standing Rock begin.
August 13 - Kenny Baker dies.
August 29 - Gene Wilder dies.
September 9 - North Korea conducts its biggest nuclear test to date.
September 11 - Alexis Arquette dies.
September 28 - Malaysia Airlines flight 17 is confirmed to have been shot down.
October 2 - Neville Marriner dies.
October 23 - Pete Burns dies.
November 7 - Leonard Cohen dies.
November 8 - Donald Trump wins the US presidential election.