(CNN)Here is a look back at the events of 2016. Notable US Events: January 26 - After occupying a federal wildlife refuge headquarters in Oregon for 26 days to denounce federal land policies, protest leader Ammon Bundy and several fellow occupiers are pulled over on US Highway 395. Bundy is arrested, and LaVoy Finicum is killed. February 9 - Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wins the New Hampshire primary, claiming victory with 603A+rss3A+CNNi+-+U.S.)">Alton Sterling is shot and killed after an encounter with two Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police officers. Video shows Sterling on the ground, underneath officers, when shots are fired. July 6 - Philando Castile is shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. His girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, live-streams the aftermath of the confrontation with the police officer, and says Castile was reaching for his identification when he was shot. July 7-8 - Five police officers are killed, and seven other officers and two civilians are wounded when a sniper fires ambush-style during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas. After a lengthy standoff with police in a parking garage, a Dallas police bomb squad robot kills the gunman, identified as Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, of Mesquite, Texas, a veteran who served in Afghanistan. July 12 - Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) endorses Hillary Clinton for president. July 15 - GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump tweets that he has chosen Governor Mike Pence of Indiana to be his running mate. July 17 - A gunman ambushes and kills three law officers and wounds three other officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooter, later identified as Gavin Long, 29, of Kansas City, is killed by police officers in the ensuing gun battle. July 19 - Donald Trump officially becomes the Republican Party nominee for president. July 21 - Roger Ailes resigns as chairman and CEO of Fox News amid sexual harassment allegations. July 22 - Wikileaks releases nearly 20,000 emails from Democratic National Committee staffers. The leaked emails appear to show the committee favoring presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders during the US presidential primary season. July 22 - US Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia is named as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate.
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July 26 - Hillary Clinton officially becomes the Democratic Party nominee for president and the first woman in the history of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party. July 27 - A federal judge grants John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, "full-time convalescent leave" from St. Elizabeths Hospital. July 27 - Baltimore prosecutors drop charges against the three remaining officers awaiting trial in connection with Freddie Gray's death. The other three officers charged in the case have already been acquitted. July 30 - A hot air balloon carrying 16 people catches fire and crashes in central Texas. It is the deadliest hot air balloon accident in US history. August 10 - The Justice Department releases a report showing that the Baltimore Police Department has engaged in unconstitutional practices that led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans, and excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities. August 12 - Alex Rodriguez plays in his final MLB game at Yankee Stadium as the New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays. September 2 - After serving three months behind bars for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner is released from a California jail. September 16 - Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby fatally shoots Terence Crutcher, a 40-yearold unarmed black man, after his car is found abandoned in the middle of the road. On September 22, Officer Shelby is charged with felony manslaughter in the first degree. September 17 - A garbage can explodes at a Marine Corps charity race in Seaside Park, New Jersey. No one is wounded in the blast, and two other unexploded bombs are found nearby. Later in the evening, an explosion in New York's Chelsea neighborhood injures 29 people. Law enforcement cordons off the area, and investigators find a pressure cooker four blocks away. On September 18, a backpack with five bombs inside is found in a wastebasket near a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey. On September 19, after a shootout with law enforcement in Linden, New Jersey, suspected bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami is taken into custody. September 17 - Dahir Adan, 22, allegedly stabs 10 people at a St. Cloud, Minnesota, mall before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer. September 20 - Keith Lamont Scott, 43, is fatally shot by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Police say the officer opened fire after Scott stepped out of a vehicle with a gun in his hand and didn't obey commands to drop his weapon. September 23 - Five people are killed after a gunman opens fire at a Washington state mall in Burlington, an hour north of Seattle. Shooting suspect Arcan Cetin, 20, is taken into custody on
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September 24 after a nearly 24-hour manhunt. September 28 - A 14-year-old male opens fire on the playground of Townville Elementary School southwest of Greenville, South Carolina. Two children and a teacher are wounded. Jacob Hall, one of the wounded children, dies three days later. Authorities believe before going to the school, the teen shot and killed his father. He is taken into custody. September 29 - A New Jersey commuter train crashes into the Hoboken Terminal during morning rush hour, leaving one dead and more than 100 injured. October 7-8 - Hurricane Matthew hits Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, leading to record-breaking flooding and millions of power outages. At least 45 US deaths are blamed on the storm. Before hitting the United States, Hurricane Matthew tore through Haiti on October 4, killing more than 500 people. October 22 - AT&T announces an $85-billion deal to buy Time Warner, the parent company of CNN. October 28 - In a letter to Congress, FBI Director James Comey says the FBI is reviewing new emails related to Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state. The emails were discovered as part of an investigation into former Congressman Anthony Weiner and were sent or received by his wife, Clinton aide Huma Abedin. November 2 - The Chicago Cubs win their first World Series since 1908 by defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a 10 inning Game 7 at Progressive Field in Cleveland. November 4 - Two former officials linked to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's office are found guilty on all charges in connection with the closure of lanes in 2013 on the George Washington Bridge in an apparent act of political retribution, the fallout for which has come to be known as Bridgegate. Bridget Anne Kelly, the former deputy chief of staff to Christie, and Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, both faced seven counts of various charges including conspiracy, fraud, and civil rights deprivation. November 6 - Based on a review of the newly discovered emails, Comey tells lawmakers that the agency has not changed its opinion that Clinton should not face criminal charges. November 8 - Donald Trump is elected president, defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the general election. Notable International Events: January 2 - Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia college student, is detained in North Korea after being accused of a "hostile act" against the government. In mid-March, Warmbier is sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for crimes against the state. January 6 - North Korea announces it has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test.
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January 8 - Mexican security forces arrest Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in Sinaloa. January 16 - Iran releases four US prisoners including Saeed Abedini, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati and Jason Rezaian, in exchange for clemency for seven Iranians imprisoned in the United States for sanctions violations. January 28 - The trial begins for former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and former Ivorian politician Charles Bl Goud. Gbagbo and Bl Goud are charged with four counts of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, for acts allegedly committed in 2010 and 2011. February 1 - The World Health Organization declares Zika a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) due to the increase of neurological disorders, such as microcephaly, in areas of French Polynesia and Brazil. February 20 - Faustin-Archange Touadera, a former prime minister, is elected president of the Central African Republic. March 21 - The ICC declares former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty on two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of war crimes for failing to keep his forces from raping and killing civilians in Central African Republic in 2002-2003. In June, Bemba is sentenced to 18 years in prison. March 22 - Attacks on the airport and a subway station in Brussels, Belgium, kill more than 30 people and wound about 270 more. ISIS claims responsibility. March 27 - On Easter Sunday, a suicide blast in a park in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore kills 69 people and injures more than 340 others. A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamat-ul-Ahrar, claims responsibility for the deadly attack. April 3 - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists publishes a massive leak of documents, dubbed the "Panama Papers." The more-than 11 million documents, which date back four decades, are allegedly connected to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. ICIJ reports the firm helped establish secret shell companies and offshore accounts for global power players. April 10 - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announces he will resign. April 16 - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes coastal Ecuador, killing 663 people. May 6 - Sadiq Khan is elected mayor of London, becoming the first Muslim mayor of any major Western city. May 17 - Amina Ali Nkeki, one of more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, is the first to be freed after two years in captivity.
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May 21 - Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour is killed in an airstrike in Pakistan. June 3 - The International Olympic Committee reveals the first refugee team to ever compete at the Olympic Games. June 23 - The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union. July 1-2 - Attackers invade the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in a diplomatic enclave of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Gunmen kill 20 hostages and two police officers before authorities raid the restaurant and end the nearly 11-hour standoff. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack. July 3 - A suicide car bomb detonates in a busy shopping district in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 292 people, and injuring at least 200. It is the deadliest single attack in Iraq since 2003. ISIS claims responsibility. July 6 - A South African judge sentences athlete Oscar Pistorius to six years in prison for his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp's murder. Barring an appeal, this will be the final sentencing. July 6 - A Barcelona, Spain, court sentences soccer star Lionel Messi to 21 months in prison for tax fraud. However, because this is the first time Messi has committed an offense, he will not serve jail time. July 13 - Theresa May becomes the second ever female prime minister of Great Britain when David Cameron resigns after the UK votes to leave the European Union. July 14 - Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel plows a truck into crowds on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in Nice, France, during a fireworks celebration on Bastille Day. The attack kills 85 and injures more than 200. July 15-16 - During an attempted coup by a faction of the military in Turkey, at least 290 people died and more than 1,400 were wounded. July 30 - The Tunisian parliament passes a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Habib Essid. August 22 - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes central Italy, killing at least 290 people. August 31 - Brazil's Senate votes to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office. September 4 - Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who devoted her life to helping India's poor, is declared a saint in a canonization Mass held by Pope Francis in the Vatican. September 9 - North Korea claims to have detonated a nuclear warhead. September 20 - A Brazilian judge rules that there is enough evidence for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his wife and six others to stand trial on corruption charges,
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relating to the state-run oil company Petrobus. September 27 - Islamic militant Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to war crimes for destroying religious and historic monuments in the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali. The trial marks the first time the ICC has tried the destruction of cultural heritage as a war crime. October 2 - Colombians narrowly reject a referendum on a peace deal between the government and former rebel group FARC that would have ended five decades of war. October 4 - Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in Haiti, tearing through the small Caribbean nation with 125 mph winds and heavy rains that flood villages, raze crops, sweep away cattle and cut off parts of the island. The official death toll is more than 500, according to Haiti's Civil Protection Service. Four people are also reported dead in the Dominican Republic. October 13 - Boko Haram militants hand over 21 Chibok schoolgirls to authorities after a series of negotiations with the Nigerian government. It's the first mass release of any of the more than 200 girls and women kidnapped from their school in April 2014. As many as 57 girls escaped almost immediately in 2014 and one was found in May 2016. October 17 - Iraqi forces and their allies begin an offensive operation to reclaim Mosul, the largest city under ISIS control and its last remaining stronghold in Iraq. October 21 - More than 70 people are killed and 600 others injured when an overloaded train derails in central Cameroon. October 24 - At least 61 people are killed and 117 injured when militants attack a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan. Awards and Winners: January 10 - The Golden Globes are presented. January 11 - The College Football Playoff National Championship takes place. January 18-January 31 - The Australian Open is played. February 5 - The NAACP Image Awards are presented. February 7 - Super Bowl 50 is played in Santa Clara, California. February 15 - The 58th Annual Grammy Awards are presented. February 21 - The 58th Daytona 500 is run. March 15-April 4 - The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament takes place.
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April 4-10 - The 80th Masters Tournament is played in Augusta, Georgia. April 18 - The Pulitzer Prizes are announced. April 18 - The 120th Boston Marathon takes place. May 7 - The 142nd Kentucky Derby is run. May 22-June 5 - The French Open is played. May 29 - The 100th Indianapolis 500 is run. May 30-June 12 - The Stanley Cup Finals are played. June 2-19 - The NBA Finals take place. June 12 - The 70th Annual Tony Awards are presented. June 13-19 - The 116th US Open golf tournament takes place in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. June 27-July 10 - The Wimbledon tennis tournament takes place. July 2-24 - The Tour de France takes place. July 14-17 - The 145th British Open golf tournament takes place at the Royal Troon in Troon, Scotland. August 5-21 - The Olympic Games are held in Rio de Janeiro. August 29-September 11 - The US Open tennis tournament is played. September 7-18 - The Paralympic Games are held in Rio de Janeiro. September 18 - The 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are presented. October 3-13 - Nobel Prize winners are announced. Notable Deaths in 2016: Dale Bumpers - January 1 Mike Oxley - January 1 Vilmos Zsigmond - January 1 Robert Stigwood - January 4
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Pat Harrington - January 6 Andr Courrges - January 7 David Bowie - January 10 Monte Irvin - January 11 David Margulies - January 11 Alan Rickman - January 14 Dan Haggerty - January 15 Glenn Frey - January 18 Abe Vigoda - January 26 Paul Kantner - January 28 Bob Elliott - February 2 Joe Alaskey - February 3 Dave Mirra - February 4 Edgar Mitchell - February 4 Maurice White - February 4 Antonin Scalia - February 13 George Gaynes - February 15 Denise Matthews "Vanity" - February 15 Boutros Boutros-Ghali - February 16 Umberto Eco - February 19 Harper Lee - February 19 Sonny James - February 22 George Kennedy - February 28
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Bud Collins - March 4 Pat Conroy - March 4 Joey Feek - March 4 Nancy Reagan - March 6 Sir George Martin - March 8 Keith Emerson - March 10 Frank Sinatra Jr. - March 16 Larry Drake - March 17 Rob Ford - March 22 Joe Garagiola Sr.- March 23 Ken Howard - March 23 Garry Shandling - March 24 James Noble - March 28 Patty Duke - March 29 Zaha Hadid - March 31 Merle Haggard - April 6 Will Smith III - April 9 David Gest - April 12 Anne Jackson - April 12 Doris Roberts - April 17 Joanie Laurer "Chyna" - April 20 Prince - April 21 Madeleine LeBeau - May 1
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Guy Clark - May 17 Morley Safer - May 19 Alan Young - May 19 Muhammad Ali - June 3 Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson - June 6 Theresa Saldana - June 6 Gordie Howe - June 10 Christina Grimmie - June 10 Michu Meszaros - June 12 Ann Morgan Guilbert - June 14 Attrell Cordes - June 17 Ron Lester - June 17 Anton Yelchin - June 19 Bernie Worrell - June 24 Bill Cunningham - June 25 Scotty Moore - June 28 Pat Summitt - June 28 Michael Cimino - July 2 Elie Wiesel - July 2 Noel Neill - July 3 Garry Marshall - July 19 Timothy LaHaye - July 25 Youree Dell Harris "Miss Cleo" - July 26
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Jack Davis - July 27 David Huddleston - August 2 Pete Fountain - August 6 Kenny Baker - August 13 Jack Riley - August 19 Steven Hill - August 23 Juan Gabriel - August 28 Gene Wilder - August 29 Jon Polito - September 1 Hugh O'Brian - September 5 Phyllis Schlafly - September 5 Lady Chablis - September 8 Alexis Arquette - September 11 Edward Albee - September 16 W.P. Kinsella - September 16 Charmian Carr - September 17 Curtis Hanson - September 20 Stanley Dural Jr., "Buckwheat Zydeco" - September 24 Bill Nunn - September 24 Jos Fernndez - September 25 Arnold Palmer - September 25 Gloria Naylor - September 28 Agnes Nixon - September 28
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Shimon Peres - September 28 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand - October 13 Pete Burns - October 23 Tom Hayden - October 23 Tammy Grimes - October 30 Janet Reno - November 7 Leonard Cohen - November 7 Gwen Ifill - November 14 Florence Henderson - November 24 Fidel Castro - November 25 Ron Glass - November 26
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2016 In Review Fast Facts
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