John McLaughlin (host)

August 16 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 2005West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
2. 2008Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)
3. 20092009 World Championships in Athletics
4. 2010AIRES Flight 8250
5. 2012South African Police Service
6. 2013MV St. Thomas Aquinas
7. 2015Trigana Air Flight 267
8. 2015Douma massacre (2015)
9. 2015Assassination of Shuja Khanzada
10. 2016John McLaughlin (host)
11. 2020August Complex fire

Also in 2016

• May 1111 May 2016 Baghdad bombingsOne hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
• September 9North KoreaThe government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea cal…
• September 172016 New York and New Jersey bombingsTwo bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
• September 182016 Uri attackThe 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldier…
• July 13Prime Minister of the United KingdomPrime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.
• January 3Nimr al-NimrIn response to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
• September 3ChinaThe U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
• July 5Juno (spacecraft)The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.

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