2016

Full moon telegram 2016

Born at full moon

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Deceased at full moon

• 24.01.2016 – James Stewart “Jimmy” Bain (1947–2016), Scottisch rock musician
• 22.02.2016 – Douglas Slocombe (1913–2016), British cameraman
• 23.03.2016 – Malik Izaak Taylor Stewart “Phife Dawg” (1970–2016), American rapper
• 22.04.2016 – Mudene “Dene” Smuts (1949–2016), South African politician
• 21.05.2016 – Akhtar Mohammed Mansour (1963–2016), leader of the Taliban
• 20.06.2016 – Edgard Pisani (1918–2016), French statesman, philosopher and writer
• 20.07.2016 – Radu Beligan (1918–2016), Romanian actor, director and essayist
• 18.08.2016 – Ernst Nolte (1923–2016), German historian and philosopher
• 16.09.2016 – Edward Albe (1928–2016), US American writer
• 16.10.2016 – Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (1936–2016), last ruling King of Rwanda, Africa
• 14.11.2016 – Gwen Ifill (1925–2016), American journalist, television newscaster, and author
• 14.12.2016 – Bernhard Fox (1927–2016), Welsh actor

Events at full moon

• 24.01.2016 – In Portugal, Lisbon, the conservative politician Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wins the presidential election with absolute majority.
• 22.02.2016 – In Harare, Zimbabwe, seven diamond mines are being seized by the government, under President Robert Mugabe.
• 23.03.2016 – The airport bombers in Brussels, Belgium are identified after a thorough investigation.
• 22.04.2016 – A Sheriff’s office in Minnesota, USA conducts an autopsy on Prince, who died the day before.
• 21.05.2016 – The soccer team FC Bayern Munich wins for the 18th time in the club’s history the DFB Cup.
• 20.06.2016 – New York: Solar Impulse 2, a plane powered only by the sun, leaves on the 15th leg of its round-the-world journey, a 90-hour flight over the Atlantic Ocean to Western Europe.
• 20.07.2016 – Ankara, Turkey: President Erdogan declares a state of emergency for three months, after Friday night’s failed coup.
• 18.08.2016 – Rio de Janeiro, Olympics: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) wins the gold medal in men’s 200-meters, his eights Olympic gold medal.
• 16.09.2016 – Samsung announces a recall of 1 million Galaxy Note 7 cell phones, due to numours injuries of consumers after the batteries exploded.
• 16.10.2016 – Three days before its arrival on Mars, the Schiaparelli EDM lander separates successfully from the TGO orbiter and enters the atmosphere with a speed of 13,000 mph.
• 14.11.2016 – Egypt: Spanish archaeologists discover an approximately 3000 year old mummy in “near perfect” condition.
• 14.12.2016 – San Francisco: UBER begins testing its self-driving car, which has been created in partnership with VOLVO.