What is 2016?
{{Year nav|2016}} {{Year in various calendars|2016}} {{Year article header|2016}} ==Events== ===January=== * [[January 3]] – Following [[2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran|the fallout]] caused by the [[Nimr_al-Nimr#Execution_and_reaction_against|execution of Nimr al-Nimr]], [[Saudi Arabia]] ends its [[Iran–Saudi Arabia relations|diplomatic relations]] with [[Iran]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Agence France-Presse on Twitter|url = https://twitter.com/AFP/status/683742509407801346|website = Twitter|access-date = 2016-01-03}}</ref> * [[January 8]] – [[Joaquín Guzmán]], widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35275070 |title='El Chapo': Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture |date=10 January 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref> * [[January 10]] – Singer, musician and actor [[David Bowie]] died of cancer two days after his 69th [[birthday]]. * [[January 16]] &ndash; The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] announces that Iran has adequately dismantled its nuclear weapons program, allowing the [[United Nations]] to lift sanctions immediately.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran nuclear deal: 'New chapter' for Tehran as sanctions end|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35336707|date=17 January 2016|access-date=17 January 2016|work=BBC}}</ref> * [[January 28]] - WHO announces an outbreak of the [[Zika Virus]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/health/zika-virus-global-response/index.html |title='Zika virus spreading explosively'|date=28 January 2016 |access-date= 28 January 2016 |work=CNN}}</ref> ===February=== ===March=== * [[March 22]] - 34 people are killed in [[2016 Brussels bombings|bombings]] in [[Brussels]]. ===June=== * [[June 22]] - The majority of [[United Kingdom]] residents vote to leave the [[European Union]]. ===July=== * [[July 10]] – Brum released after 1991, 1994, 2001 and 2002. *