Dozens of people died after drinking bath lotion in Siberia.
The US State Department increased the reward for information on the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million.
A five-day pollution red alert was declared in Beijing and 21 other Chinese cities.
Amazon announced its first drone delivery.
Malta became the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.
An international research team published their discovery of 1,500 new viruses that were in invertebrates in Australia and China.
Disney's Moana premiered in Los Angeles, California, US.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kaikōura, New Zealand.
Jackie Chan was awarded an honorary Oscar at the 8th Annual Governors Awards for starring in over 200 movies.
Donald Trump won an election to become the 45th president of the United States of America.
New Delhi air pollution was declared a public emergency, causing the city to close many schools and construction sites.
The Paris Climate Change Agreement went into force.
The 85-year-old athlete Ed Whitlock broke a world record after completing a sub-4-hour marathon.
The American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
The cosmetics company CoverGirl featured their first-ever boy on the cover.
Samsung stopped producing Note 7 phones due to batteries exploding on users.
Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris, France.
China finished building the world's largest radio telescope at 1,640 feet (500 meters) long.
Selena Gomez achieved a world record for being the first person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan gave $3 billion to fight and end all diseases.
An African American man, Keith Lamont Scott, was shot dead by police on Old Concord Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
The Central Italy earthquake occurred.
Astronomers announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet named Proxima b.
A suicide bomber killed 57 people while injuring 66 in Gaziantep, Turkey.
Georgian heavyweight-lifting champion Lasha Talakhadze smashed a world record by lifting an incredible 473 kg.
Scientists discovered the oldest living Greenland Shark, with an estimated age of 392 years old.
Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers won the 100-meter freestyle gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The South Korean band 'Blackpink' released their debut single album 'Square One.'
Authorities blamed climate change for an Anthrax outbreak in the Arctic Circle of Russia.
The first edition of the script for 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' was published.
Verizon bought Yahoo for $4.8 billion in cash.
Funai Electric announced that the world's last VCR would be manufactured this month.
British prime minister, Theresa May of the Conservative Party, was elected by the Party's MPs.
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
At 340 days, Astronaut Scott Kelly completed the longest single mission aboard the International Space Station.
8th Century Muslim graves were discovered in Nimes, France.
A John Lennon fan bought a lock of his hair for $35,000 at an auction in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Researchers announced that gravitational waves had been discovered.
North Korea launched the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 reconnaissance satellite atop an Unha rocket.
Zayn Malik's 'Pillowtalk' single was released.
The X-Files returned for Season 10 after a thirteen-year hiatus.
A category five blizzard occurred in the Mid-Atlantic and North East US, which covered the area in 3 feet of snow.
Astronaut Scott Kelly Tweeted a photo of the first flower ever grown in space.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched the Belarussian government's Belintersat-1 satellite into orbit.
A state of emergency was declared in California after a gas leak.
