The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness". Date: September 9, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023. Date: September 8, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement. Date: September 3, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office. Date: August 31, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. Date: August 28, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the European Southern Observatory. Date: August 24, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence. Around 300 people are killed. Date: August 24, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey. Date: August 20, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Date: August 12, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others. Date: August 8, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)