January
6 Star Wars surpassed Avatar (North America only).
10 David Bowie died at the age of 69.
14 Alan Rickman a.k.a. Severus Snape died.

February
28 1 Leonardo Di Caprio finally won an Oscar!!!



March
13 Ankara Bombing killed 37 people.
21 Obama visited Cuba as the first president to visit in nearly century.
24 Johan Cruijff died of cancer at the age of 68.



June
3   Muhammad Ali died at the age of 74.

23 Brexit Referendum in which 52% of votes preferred to leave the EU.

July
15 A coup d'etat was attempted in Turkey but finally failed. The government of Turkey blamed the coup on Fethulah Gulen, one of well-known Turkey's politician.

October
13 King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away.



November
4 Jakarta protest: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama considered having insulted Holy Quran.

8 Donald Trump elected as US president.


SPORTS
January
31 Djokovic beat Murray and Kerber beat Williams to win Australian Open.

March
8-13 All England Super Series Premier was held in Birmingham. Lin Dan and Nozomi Okuhara took the first place of Men's Singles and Women's Single respectively. Russia and Japan were the champion of Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles respectively while Indonesian's Paveen and Debby won Mixed Doubles.

April
25 Juventus won consecutive fifth Serie A after Napoli loss.

May
2  Leicester won Premier League after Chelsea held Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

28 Real Madrid grabbed the 11th UEFA Champions League title after defeating Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout on second All Madrid Final.

June
10 Portugal grabbed its first title of Euro after beating France 1-0 (a.e.t.)

27 Chile won Copa America once again after defeating Argentina (again)
19 Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Golden State Warriors 4-3 in 2016 NBA Finals.

August
5 Summer Olympics was held in Rio De Janeiro from August 5th to August 21st. USA collected     most gold medal, while Great Britain surpassed China this year.


November
So many surprises happened in F1 2016 season: Verstappen as the youngest ever winner (Spanish GP) and the retirement of the champion of this year; Nico Rosberg! Rosberg also followed his father's success in 1982.
Source: Miscellaneous