North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world. Date: February 7, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people. Date: February 6, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest. Date: February 5, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Barack Obama announces the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement intended to limit Iran's nuclear program. Date: January 17, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant. Date: January 16, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle. Date: January 15, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Multiple explosions reported near the Sarinah Building, Jakarta, followed by shootout between perpetrators and the police, killing seven people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility. Date: January 14, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day…
Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Date: January 12, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed. Date: January 8, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico. Date: January 8, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)