21st century

====2016====
* [[June 5]] – [[Hillary Clinton]] becomes the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s nominee for president of the United States, making her the first woman to be nominated for president by a major party.
* [[June 12]] – In [[Orlando, Florida]], [[Omar Mateen]], a 29-year-old security guard, kills 49 people and wounds 53 others in a [[Orlando nightclub shooting|terrorist attack]] inside [[Pulse (nightclub)|Pulse]], a gay nightclub.
* [[June 23]] – The [[United Kingdom]] votes to [[Brexit|leave the European Union]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|June 2016 membership referendum]].
* [[July 15]] – [[July 16|16]] – A [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|coup d'état]] is attempted in Turkey against state institutions, including but not limited to the government and President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]. The attempt is carried out by a faction within the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] that organized themselves as the [[Peace at Home Council]].
* [[September 2]] – 1st President of Uzbekistan [[Islam Karimov]] dies at age of 78, after 25 years in office.
* [[November 8]] – [[Donald Trump]] is [[2016 United States presidential election|elected]] as the 45th president of the United States, defeating [[Hillary Clinton]].
* [[December 19]]: [[Andrei Karlov]], the [[List of ambassadors of Russia to Turkey|Russian Ambassador to Turkey]], is [[Assassination of Andrei Karlov|killed]] by Turkish police officer Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş.
* [[Cuba]]n political and revolutionary leader [[Fidel Castro]] [[Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro|dies]] at the age of 90.
* Former [[President of Israel]] and [[Nobel Peace Prize|1994 Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate [[Shimon Peres]] dies at the age of 93, from a massive stroke.
* [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], the [[List of longest-reigning monarchs|longest-reigning]] [[Thailand|Thai]] monarch dies at the age of 88, from a long illness.