2016 In a Nutshell:

-       Britain voted to leave the EU. Donald Trump was elected president

-       The Ross Sea has been categorized as a Marine Protected Area

-       Mother Teresa was canonized as St. Teresa of Calcutta

-       Pandas are not classified as an endangered species anymore

-       The tiger population has increased for the first time in a century.

-       The world lost John Glenn, Harper Lee, Morely Safer, Gwen Ifill, Patty Duke, Alan Rickman, Gene Wilder, Muhammed Ali, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, David Bowie, Prince, Leon Russell, Marni Nixon, George Michael, Leonard Cohen, among many others.

-       Researchers found new genes that might help cure ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease that causes nerve cells to break down and weakens muscles

-       West Africa is ebola-free and a vaccine is 100% effective

-       Pokémon took the world by storm.

-       Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature.