January 1, 2016,
January 1, 2016,
January 1, 2016, The two-child policy takes effect in China, allowing couples in the country to have at most two children, replacing the controversial one-child policy. The change in law was announced by the ruling Communist Party on October 29 and passed the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on December 27, five days prior to its effect. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
January 2, 2016, 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests: The Saudi Arabian government executes 47 people, including Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia Muslim cleric and leader of the anti-government Shia opposition group. His execution generated negative worldwide reactions from politicians, Muslim religious figures, and Shia people. (Reuters)
-Iranian protesters ransack and set fire to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, in response to the Saudi execution of Nimr al-Nimr. (The New York Times)
-Iranian protesters ransack and set fire to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, in response to the Saudi execution of Nimr al-Nimr. (The New York Times)
January 3, 2016, Series Premiere of Bordertown
January 3, 2016, Series Premiere of Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
January 3, 2016,
January 3, 2016,
January 3, 2016,
January 3, 2016,
January 3, 2016, The United Kingdom designates Ascension Island and its surrounding waters in the Atlantic Ocean as a Marine protected area. The reserve will be almost as big as the UK with just over half of the protected area completely closed to fishing. (BBC)
January 3, 2016, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction: North Korea may be preparing for an imminent thermonuclear weapon test at its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, located in the country's North Hamgyong Province where previous tests took place in 2006, 2009 and 2013, according to a South Korean military report. (Yonhap News Agency)
January 4, 2016,
January 4, 2016, 2016 Northeast India earthquake: At least six people are killed and dozens injured from a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck 20 miles from the city of Imphal, the capital of the Indian state of Manipur, near the border with Myanmar. (NBC News)
January 4, 2016, The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry confirms the addition of four new chemical elements to the periodic table after scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, United States provided sufficient evidence to fill the elements 113, 115, 117 and 118, which were temporarily named ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium and ununoctium, respectively. (The Guardian)
January 5, 2016, Series Premiere of The Shannara Chronicles
January 5, 2016, Season 5 Premiere of New Girl
January 5, 2016,
January 5, 2016, The President of the United States Barack Obama announces executive orders to expand background checks for firearms and toughen regulation of firearms. (The New York Times)
January 6, 2016, Season 2 Premiere of American Crime
January 6, 2016, Season 6 Premiere of Mike and Molly
January 6, 2016, Season 6 Premiere of Mike and Molly
January 6, 2016, Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes the highest-grossing film ever in the United States and Canada, overtaking Avatar. (Hollywood Reporter)
January 6, 2016, TransCanada, the firm that unsuccessfully applied for cross-border permission to build the Keystone XL pipeline, files a lawsuit against the United States alleging that the refusal of permission violated the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Reuters)
January 6, 2016, 2016 North Korean nuclear test: A 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Sungjibaegam, North Korea, is suspected to be a nuclear explosion at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site. North Korea announces it has conducted a hydrogen bomb test. They claim to have tested a miniaturized bomb. If not true it would mean that the test partially failed. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
January 6, 2016, In Major League Baseball, Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Griffey was named on all but three of the 440 ballots received, surpassing Tom Seaver for the highest voting percentage in Hall history. Griffey and Piazza will be formally inducted on July 24. (NBC News)
January 7, 2016, Series Premiere of Angel from Hell
January 7, 2016, Series Premiere of Shades of Blue
January 7, 2016,
January 7, 2016,
January 7, 2016, January 2016 Paris attack: French police shoot dead a knife-wielding man, who was shouting "Allahu Akbar", outside a police station in Goutte d'Or, located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. A piece of paper with an Islamic State flag and claim for the attack written in Arabic was found on his body. The incident is noted for taking place on the anniversary of last year's Charlie Hebdo shooting. (BBC)
January 7, 2016, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces the formation of three new missions, each in Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
January 7, 2016, The Dow Jones Industrial Average declines by just under 400 points as a result of concerns over the Chinese economy. (Fox Business)
January 7, 2016, In the United States, a swarm of 30 (and counting) earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater struck Oklahoma from Wednesday evening through Thursday mid-afternoon. The biggest, a magnitude 4.8, happened yesterday at 10:27 p.m. CST, 32 kilometers (20 miles) northwest of Fairview, Oklahoma. (The Weather Channel)
January 8, 2016, Release of the Forest
January 8, 2016, Release of David Bowie album Blackstar
January 8, 2016, Release of David Bowie album Blackstar
January 8, 2016, Mexican Drug War: The Mexican Navy recaptures escaped drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, also known as "El Chapo", in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. (RT)
January 8, 2016, 2016 Philadelphia police officer shooting: A gunman stating to have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) shoots and seriously wounds a Philadelphia police officer before being arrested. (Reuters)
January 9, 2016,
January 9, 2016,
January 9, 2016,
January 10, 2016, Season 6 Premiere of Shameless
January 10, 2016, British musician and actor David Bowie dies from cancer, aged 69. (BBC)
January 10, 2016, The 73rd Golden Globe Awards are held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. (Los Angeles Times)
-The Martian wins the award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and lead actor Matt Damon winning Best Performance by an actor in a musical or comedy. (AP)
-The Revenant wins the award for best drama with lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio winning best actor in a drama. (Variety)
-The Martian wins the award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and lead actor Matt Damon winning Best Performance by an actor in a musical or comedy. (AP)
-The Revenant wins the award for best drama with lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio winning best actor in a drama. (Variety)
January 10, 2016, Mexican Drug: War Mexican authorities want to question American actor Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo about a secret October meeting and interview with Joaquín Guzmán, published by Rolling Stone magazine yesterday. Mexico Attorney General Arely Gomez says it was the Penn interview that led authorities to a Guzman hiding place. (CNN)
January 10, 2016, Catalan independence: The newly appointed President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, vows to continue his predecessor Artur Mas i Gavarró's plans to secede from Spain within 18 months. (BBC)
January 11, 2016, 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship: In American football, the Alabama Crimson Tide defeat the Clemson Tigers 45-40 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship. (NCAA)
January 11, 2016,
January 11, 2016, Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge: Armed militiamen, also known as the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, who are occupying the USFWS administered Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, tear down a part of a fence that they claim was erected by the federal government in order to allow privately owned cattle to graze on the adjacent public land. USFWS condemns the actions through a written statement which states that, "Removing fences, damaging any refuge property, or unauthorized use of equipment would be additional unlawful actions by the illegal occupiers. Any movement of cattle onto the refuge or other activities that are not specifically authorized by [the Fish and Wildlife Service] constitutes trespassing." (The Guardian)
January 11, 2016, Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge: Armed militiamen, also known as the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, who are occupying the USFWS administered Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, tear down a part of a fence that they claim was erected by the federal government in order to allow privately owned cattle to graze on the adjacent public land. USFWS condemns the actions through a written statement which states that, "Removing fences, damaging any refuge property, or unauthorized use of equipment would be additional unlawful actions by the illegal occupiers. Any movement of cattle onto the refuge or other activities that are not specifically authorized by [the Fish and Wildlife Service] constitutes trespassing." (The Guardian)
January 11, 2016, In association football, Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona and Argentina wins the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, for his fifth time. Barça manager Luis Enrique is named FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football. Carli Lloyd of the Houston Dash and the USA is named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, and USA coach Jill Ellis is named FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football. (AP via Sportsfan)
January 12, 2016, Series Premiere of Shadowhunters
January 12, 2016,
January 12, 2016, Series Premiere of Shadowhunters
January 12, 2016,
January 12, 2016,
January 12, 2016, The St. Louis Rams and potentially San Diego Chargers are approved for relocation to Los Angeles by a 30-2 NFL Vote. (NFL)
January 12, 2016, A Bronze Age village is discovered in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. (BBC)
January 12, 2016, In accordance with a major point of a nuclear agreement reached with several world powers, Iran removed a plutonium core and filled with concrete the Arak nuclear reactor, setting the stage for the removal of sanctions against Iran. (Washington Post)
January 12, 2016, Iran–United States relations: Iran seizes the crew of two small United States Navy boats near Farsi Island, in the Persian Gulf, after they had allegedly entered Iranian waters. Pentagon spokesman, Peter Cook, told Associated Press that Iran has assured the United States that the crew and vessels will be returned promptly. (AP)
January 13, 2016, Series Premiere of Second Chance
January 12, 2016, A Bronze Age village is discovered in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. (BBC)
January 12, 2016, In accordance with a major point of a nuclear agreement reached with several world powers, Iran removed a plutonium core and filled with concrete the Arak nuclear reactor, setting the stage for the removal of sanctions against Iran. (Washington Post)
January 12, 2016, Iran–United States relations: Iran seizes the crew of two small United States Navy boats near Farsi Island, in the Persian Gulf, after they had allegedly entered Iranian waters. Pentagon spokesman, Peter Cook, told Associated Press that Iran has assured the United States that the crew and vessels will be returned promptly. (AP)
January 12, 2016, Windows 8 along with Internet Explorer versions 8, 9 and 10 are now officially unsupported by Microsoft. (Forbes)
January 13, 2016, Series Premiere of Second Chance
January 13, 2016, Three winning Powerball
lottery tickets are sold in the U.S. states of California, Florida, and
Tennessee. Each will share the estimated jackpot of US $1.6 billion
dollars, the largest lottery jackpot in world history. (ABC News)
January 13, 2016, Al Jazeera America announces that it will close in April due to poor ratings. (The New York Times)
January 13, 2016, 2016 Atlantic hurricane season: Subtropical Storm Alex is located 785 miles (1,260 km) south-southwest of the Azores. Alex is one of just four tropical or subtropical storms to occur in January since 1851, the first year records were kept. The hurricane season begins on June 1 of each year. Alex is expected to hit the Azores on Friday with average rain accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. (The Washington Post)
January 14, 2016, Series Premiere of Colony
January 13, 2016, Al Jazeera America announces that it will close in April due to poor ratings. (The New York Times)
January 13, 2016, 2016 Atlantic hurricane season: Subtropical Storm Alex is located 785 miles (1,260 km) south-southwest of the Azores. Alex is one of just four tropical or subtropical storms to occur in January since 1851, the first year records were kept. The hurricane season begins on June 1 of each year. Alex is expected to hit the Azores on Friday with average rain accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. (The Washington Post)
January 14, 2016, Series Premiere of Colony
January 14, 2016, Actor Alan Rickman dies from cancer, aged 69. (BBC)
January 14, 2016, Archbishops of the Anglican Communion meeting in England vote to sanction the U.S. branch of the Communion for its unilateral decision to allow same-sex marriages.(New York Times)
January 14, 2016, René Angélil, manager and husband of singer Celine Dion, dies at age 73 after a long battle with throat cancer.(BBC)
January 14, 2016, 2016 Atlantic hurricane season: Hurricane Alex becomes the first hurricane to form in the Atlantic Ocean in January since 1938 with warnings issued for the Azores. (Weather Channel)
January 14, 2016, Astronomers announce the discovery of supernova ASASSN-15lh, the biggest yet seen by scientists. (Los Angeles Times)
January 15, 2016, Release of 13 Hours
January 15, 2016, Release of Ride Along 2
January 15, 2016, Release of Norm of The North
January 14, 2016, 2016 Atlantic hurricane season: Hurricane Alex becomes the first hurricane to form in the Atlantic Ocean in January since 1938 with warnings issued for the Azores. (Weather Channel)
January 14, 2016, Astronomers announce the discovery of supernova ASASSN-15lh, the biggest yet seen by scientists. (Los Angeles Times)
January 15, 2016, Release of 13 Hours
January 15, 2016, Release of Ride Along 2
January 15, 2016, Release of Norm of The North
January 15, 2016,
January 15, 2016, Wikipedia celebrates its 15th anniversary. (Wikipedia)
January 15, 2016, Wikipedia celebrates its 15th anniversary. (Wikipedia)
January 16, 2016,
Iran–United States relations Iran releases four Iranian-American
prisoners including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and Christian
pastor Saeed Abedini. The United States is to release seven
Iranian-Americans held in the United States for violating sanctions
against Iran. (New York Times)
January 16, 2016,
January 16, 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama declares the city of Flint, Michigan, to be in a federal public health state of emergency due to an ongoing crisis that involves lead contamination (and possibly Legionella which has caused 87 cases of Legionnaires' disease which has led to 10 deaths) in its local water supply. (The Flint Journal on MLive)
January 16, 2016,
January 16, 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama declares the city of Flint, Michigan, to be in a federal public health state of emergency due to an ongoing crisis that involves lead contamination (and possibly Legionella which has caused 87 cases of Legionnaires' disease which has led to 10 deaths) in its local water supply. (The Flint Journal on MLive)
January 17, 2016, Series Premiere of Angie Tribeca
January 17, 2016, Series Premiere of Billions
January 17, 2016, Series Premiere of Mercy Street
January 17, 2016,
January 17, 2016,
January 17, 2016,
January 17, 2016, Series Premiere of Billions
January 17, 2016, Series Premiere of Mercy Street
January 17, 2016,
January 17, 2016,
January 17, 2016,
January 18, 2016, Glenn Frey, a founding member of The Eagles, dies of complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia. (BBC)
January 19, 2016, Season 2 Premiere of Agent Carter
January 19, 2016, Former Governor of Alaska, vice presidential candidate (2008), and Tea Party activist Sarah Palin endorses Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump for President of the United States. (CNN)
January 19, 2016,
January 19, 2016, Pakistan lifts a three-year ban on YouTube after Google launches a local version that allows the government to demand removal of material it considers to be offensive. Similar systems have existed in China for many years. (Reuters via Yahoo)
January 19, 2016, The price of oil drops below $28 a barrel, the lowest since 2003. (The Huffington Post via MSN)
January 20, 2016, A team of astronomers at Caltech infer the existence of a potential new planet (Planet Nine) in the outer Solar System (Washington Post)
January 20, 2016, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announce that 2015 was the hottest year on record since the beginning of meteorological records in 1890. (NASA)
January 21, 2016, Series Premiere of Baskets
January 21, 2016, Series Premiere of DC: Legends of Tomorrow
January 21, 2016, Season 3 Premiere of The 100
January 21, 2016,
January 22, 2016, Release of Dirty Grandpa
January 22, 2016, Release of The 5th Wave
January 22, 2016, Release of The Boy
January 22, 2016, Series Premiere of Mad Dogs
January 22, 2016, La Loche shootings A former La Loche Community School student shot and killed two brothers at home, and two females, one a teacher, at the school in La Loche, Saskatchewan, Canada, while injuring others. A suspect has been arrested. (CBC)
January 23, 2016, Season 3 Premiere of Black Sails
January 23, 2016, January 2016 United States blizzard: This potentially record storm, which is predicted to generate blizzard conditions through a third day on Sunday, has caused at least 10 deaths, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, led to more than 8,300 canceled flights, stranded many travelers on major highways and, with up to 70 mph winds, produced record-high tides along the Delaware and New Jersey shores. (NBC News)
January 23, 2016, Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard has been reflown in Texas. (BBC)
January 23, 2016,
January 24, 2016, Season 10 Premiere of The X-Files
January 24, 2016, Heavy snowfall in western and central Japan leaves at least two people dead and over a hundred injured. Snowfall was also recorded for the first time in 155 years on Amami Ōshima, a subtropical island in Japan's southern Kagoshima Prefecture. (The Japan Times)
January 24, 2016, A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes southwestern Alaska, leaving 10,000 in the Anchorage area without power and forcing the evacuation of several homes on the Kenai Peninsula. The National Weather Service reported that there was no tsunami following the earthquake. (USGS)
January 24, 2016, 2015–16 NFL playoffs: The Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots 20-18 to win the AFC Championship and qualify for Super Bowl 50. (Washington Post)
-The Carolina Panthers beat the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 to win the NFC Championship and qualify for Super Bowl 50. (The Guardian)
January 25, 2016, Series Premiere of Lucifer
January 25, 2016, Series Premiere of The Magicians
January 25, 2016, Season 13 Premiere of American Dad
January 25, 2016, British explorer Henry Worsley dies at the age of 55 while attempting to be the first person to cross Antarctica unaided. (BBC)
January 25, 2016, The United States Supreme Court ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016) that its prohibition of mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of murder (under Miller v. Alabama (2012)), had to be applied retroactively, potentially affecting 1300 to 2300 cases nationally.(New York Times)
January 26, 2016, Series Premiere of Outsiders
January 26, 2016,
January 26, 2016,
January 26, 2016, U.S. federal authorities arrest militia leader Ammon Bundy and several of his followers following an exchange of gunfire at a traffic stop on U.S. Route 395 in Harney County, Oregon. One person, LaVoy Finicum, a rancher from Arizona and spokesman for the militia, was killed in the shootout. (CNN)
January 26, 2016,
January 26, 2016, The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, man who is alleged to have been planning a machine gun mass shooting at a local Masonic Temple. (The Washington Post)
January 27, 2016, The World Health Organization forms an emergency committee to tackle the spread of the Zika virus in the Americas. (The Washington Post)
January 27, 2016, A computer program called AlphaGo, powered by DeepMind, beats the European Go champion Fan Hui, 5-0. This is the first time artificial intelligence has defeated a professional player in this ancient Chinese abstract strategy board game. (BBC)
January 28, 2016, Series Premiere of You, Me and The Apocalypse
January 28, 2016,
January 28, 2016, Six people, including the gunman, are dead in a murder-suicide in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. (Yahoo! News)
January 29, 2016, Release of Jane Got a Gun
January 29, 2016, Release of Fifty Shades of Black
January 29, 2016, Release of Kung Fu Panda 3
January 29, 2016, Release of The Finest Hours
January 29, 2016, The Government of the United States rules that 22 emails on Hillary Clinton's home server contained closely guarded information rated as "Top Secret". (AP)
January 29, 2016,
January 29, 2016, Scientists from the University of California conclude that study of the geology of the Earth and Moon indicate that both consist of a mixture of rocks from the original Earth and a hypothesized planetary-mass object called Theia after a collision. (The Telegraph)
January 31, 2016, Premiere of Grease Live
January 31, 2016,
January 31, 2016,
January 31, 2016,
January 31, 2016,
January 18, 2016,
January 18, 2016,
January 18, 2016,
January 19, 2016, Season 2 Premiere of Agent Carter
January 19, 2016, Former Governor of Alaska, vice presidential candidate (2008), and Tea Party activist Sarah Palin endorses Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump for President of the United States. (CNN)
January 19, 2016,
January 19, 2016, Pakistan lifts a three-year ban on YouTube after Google launches a local version that allows the government to demand removal of material it considers to be offensive. Similar systems have existed in China for many years. (Reuters via Yahoo)
January 19, 2016, The price of oil drops below $28 a barrel, the lowest since 2003. (The Huffington Post via MSN)
January 20, 2016, A team of astronomers at Caltech infer the existence of a potential new planet (Planet Nine) in the outer Solar System (Washington Post)
January 20, 2016, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announce that 2015 was the hottest year on record since the beginning of meteorological records in 1890. (NASA)
January 21, 2016, Series Premiere of Baskets
January 21, 2016, Series Premiere of DC: Legends of Tomorrow
January 21, 2016, Season 3 Premiere of The 100
January 21, 2016,
January 22, 2016, Release of Dirty Grandpa
January 22, 2016, Release of The 5th Wave
January 22, 2016, Release of The Boy
January 22, 2016, Series Premiere of Mad Dogs
January 22, 2016, La Loche shootings A former La Loche Community School student shot and killed two brothers at home, and two females, one a teacher, at the school in La Loche, Saskatchewan, Canada, while injuring others. A suspect has been arrested. (CBC)
January 23, 2016, Season 3 Premiere of Black Sails
January 23, 2016, January 2016 United States blizzard: This potentially record storm, which is predicted to generate blizzard conditions through a third day on Sunday, has caused at least 10 deaths, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, led to more than 8,300 canceled flights, stranded many travelers on major highways and, with up to 70 mph winds, produced record-high tides along the Delaware and New Jersey shores. (NBC News)
January 23, 2016, Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard has been reflown in Texas. (BBC)
January 23, 2016,
January 24, 2016, Season 10 Premiere of The X-Files
January 24, 2016, Heavy snowfall in western and central Japan leaves at least two people dead and over a hundred injured. Snowfall was also recorded for the first time in 155 years on Amami Ōshima, a subtropical island in Japan's southern Kagoshima Prefecture. (The Japan Times)
January 24, 2016, A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes southwestern Alaska, leaving 10,000 in the Anchorage area without power and forcing the evacuation of several homes on the Kenai Peninsula. The National Weather Service reported that there was no tsunami following the earthquake. (USGS)
January 24, 2016, 2015–16 NFL playoffs: The Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots 20-18 to win the AFC Championship and qualify for Super Bowl 50. (Washington Post)
-The Carolina Panthers beat the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 to win the NFC Championship and qualify for Super Bowl 50. (The Guardian)
January 25, 2016, Series Premiere of Lucifer
January 25, 2016, Series Premiere of The Magicians
January 25, 2016, Season 13 Premiere of American Dad
January 25, 2016, British explorer Henry Worsley dies at the age of 55 while attempting to be the first person to cross Antarctica unaided. (BBC)
January 25, 2016, The United States Supreme Court ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016) that its prohibition of mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of murder (under Miller v. Alabama (2012)), had to be applied retroactively, potentially affecting 1300 to 2300 cases nationally.(New York Times)
January 26, 2016, Series Premiere of Outsiders
January 26, 2016,
January 26, 2016,
January 26, 2016, U.S. federal authorities arrest militia leader Ammon Bundy and several of his followers following an exchange of gunfire at a traffic stop on U.S. Route 395 in Harney County, Oregon. One person, LaVoy Finicum, a rancher from Arizona and spokesman for the militia, was killed in the shootout. (CNN)
January 26, 2016,
January 26, 2016, The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, man who is alleged to have been planning a machine gun mass shooting at a local Masonic Temple. (The Washington Post)
January 27, 2016, The World Health Organization forms an emergency committee to tackle the spread of the Zika virus in the Americas. (The Washington Post)
January 27, 2016, A computer program called AlphaGo, powered by DeepMind, beats the European Go champion Fan Hui, 5-0. This is the first time artificial intelligence has defeated a professional player in this ancient Chinese abstract strategy board game. (BBC)
January 28, 2016, Series Premiere of You, Me and The Apocalypse
January 28, 2016,
January 28, 2016, Six people, including the gunman, are dead in a murder-suicide in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. (Yahoo! News)
January 29, 2016, Release of Jane Got a Gun
January 29, 2016, Release of Fifty Shades of Black
January 29, 2016, Release of Kung Fu Panda 3
January 29, 2016, Release of The Finest Hours
January 29, 2016, The Government of the United States rules that 22 emails on Hillary Clinton's home server contained closely guarded information rated as "Top Secret". (AP)
January 29, 2016,
January 29, 2016, Scientists from the University of California conclude that study of the geology of the Earth and Moon indicate that both consist of a mixture of rocks from the original Earth and a hypothesized planetary-mass object called Theia after a collision. (The Telegraph)
January 31, 2016, Premiere of Grease Live
January 31, 2016,
January 31, 2016,
January 31, 2016,
January 31, 2016,
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