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December 2016 Aden suicide bombings. An explosion outside a military camp in southern Yemen kills at least 49 people and injures many more. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest. (AP) (BBC) Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
It took place on December 18, 2016, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The name of the event was a reference to it being WWE's final PPV of 2016. This was the final Roadblock until 2022 when WWE revived the event as a television special for the NXT brand.
Presidential transition of Donald Trump. Outgoing President Barack Obama (left) and President-elect Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office of the White House as part of the presidential transition. Date of election. November 8, 2016.
On December 4, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch, a 28-year-old man from Salisbury, North Carolina, arrived at Comet Ping Pong and fired three shots from an AR-15 style rifle that struck the restaurant's walls, a desk, and a door.
2015 – Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes. 2017 – Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.
President-elect Donald Trump nominates Ben Carson for United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. ( The Guardian) Italian constitutional referendum, 2016. Following the result of the constitutional referendum, Matteo Renzi will resign from his office as Prime Minister of Italy.
Hot 100 number ones of 2016. "Closer" by The Chainsmokers ( pictured) featuring Halsey spent twelve weeks at number one, becoming the longest-running number one single of the year. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen ...
The latter also became the first film in history to gross over $800 million at the domestic box office. The Revenant reached #1 on its third weekend in wide release and fifth overall weekend of release. It also became the first film since The Martian to top the box office in its fifth weekend.
Goings-on in the week starting Sunday, December 18, 2016. Collaborations by topic ... (18 Dec) Creaking Pagoda (23 Dec) The De Goyer Family and the Painter (24 Dec)
December 18: Republic Day in Niger ; National Day in Qatar Epimetheus 1867 – In Angola, New York , U.S., the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed , plunged 40 ft (12 m) down a gully , and caught fire, resulting in 49 deaths.