The almanac
The 2016 Edition
Limited to about 145 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 2016. About 138 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 2016
- Zootopia opened in theatersA rookie bunny cop and a sly fox cracked a case in a city of animals.March 4 · Source: The Numbers
- Pokemon Go was releasedPlayers took to the streets to catch Pokemon on their phones.July · Source: The Pokemon Company
- Juno reached JupiterNASA's spacecraft went into orbit around the giant planet on Independence Day.July 4 · Source: NASA
- Rio de Janeiro hosted the Summer OlympicsThe Games came to South America for the first time.August 5 · Source: Olympedia
- OSIRIS-REx launched to an asteroidNASA's probe set out to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu and bring it home.September 8 · Source: NASA
- Moana opened in theatersDisney's ocean voyager sailed with the demigod Maui.November 23 · Source: The Numbers
No. 1 songs of 2016
- HelloAdele · first week at No. 1: January 2, 2016
- SorryJustin Bieber · first week at No. 1: January 23, 2016
- Love YourselfJustin Bieber · first week at No. 1: February 13, 2016
- PillowtalkZayn · first week at No. 1: February 20, 2016
- WorkRihanna Featuring Drake · first week at No. 1: March 5, 2016
- PandaDesiigner · first week at No. 1: May 7, 2016
- One DanceDrake Featuring WizKid & Kyla · first week at No. 1: May 21, 2016
- Can't Stop The Feeling!Justin Timberlake · first week at No. 1: May 28, 2016
- Cheap ThrillsSia Featuring Sean Paul · first week at No. 1: August 6, 2016
- CloserThe Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey · first week at No. 1: September 3, 2016
- Black BeatlesRae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane · first week at No. 1: November 26, 2016
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 2016. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 2016
- Older than the first black hole photoAstronomers released the first image of a black hole on April 10, 2019.
- Older than the PlayStation 5The PlayStation 5 went on sale in the US and six other markets on November 12, 2020.
- Older than the Perseverance roverNASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021.
- Older than the first flight on MarsNASA's Ingenuity helicopter made the first powered flight on another planet on April 19, 2021.
- Younger than the Pluto flybyNASA's New Horizons became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto on July 14, 2015.
- Younger than the Apple WatchThe Apple Watch went on sale on April 24, 2015.
- Younger than the Curiosity roverNASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars (August 5 in US time zones; August 6 in UTC) on August 6, 2012.