And all the Earth shall be in commotion
Happy New Year everyone. We're one year closer to the Savior's coming!
JANUARY:
• There are 7,362,350,168 people living on Earth
• Deadly Attack at Istanbul Nightclub
• French Law: Right to Disconnect
• Donald J Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States
• Britain's Ivan Rogers Resigns
• China Issues First-Ever Smog Red Alert
• Israeli Soldier Convicted of Manslaughter
• Volkswagen Executive Arrested for Conspiracy
• Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Dies
FEBRUARY:
• Israel Begins Construction of New Settlements in West Bank
• Brexit Bill Passes in UK House of Commons
• United Nations Releases Report on Rohingya Persecution
• Police Strike in Brazilian State of Espírito Santo
• Queen Elizabeth II Becomes First British Monarch to Reach 65th Anniversary
• Domestic Violence Decriminalized in Russia
• Kenyan Court Blocks Attempt to Remove Somali Refugees
• Arrest Warrant Issued for Former Peruvian President Toledo
• Suicide Bomber Targets Protest Rally in Lahore, Pakistan
• Kim Jong-nam, Brother of Kim Jong-un, Assassinated in Malaysia
• Bomber Attacks Sufi Gathering in Sehwan, Pakistan
• China Lays Sanctions Against North Korea Due to Missile Tests
• South African Court Rules That Country Must Revoke Withdrawal From ICC
• Arrest Warrant Issued for Philippine Opposition Leader
• 330 People Put on Trial For Involvement in Failed Coup in Turkey
• Incredibly Rare Species of Frog Captured for Breeding
• New Evidence Supports Existence of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes
• Indian Rocket Carries Record 104 Nanosatellites Into Space
• SpaceX Falcon 9 Reusable Rocket Successfully Takes Off and Lands
• New Species of Tiny Frogs Discovered in India
• Fire Displaces 15,000 People in Manila
• Residents Around Oroville Dam in California Evacuated
• Cyclone Dineo Destroys 20,000 Homes in Mozambique
• Heavy Rainfall Leads to Major Flooding in Jakarta
• Famine in South Sudan Leaves 4.9 Million in Need of Aid
MARCH:
• Hosni Mubarak Acquitted of Protester Deaths in 2011 Revolution
• Mexico Opens Legal Aide Centers Across United States
• South Korea Boosts Incentives for Defection From North
• U.S. Begins Deployment of THAAD in South Korea,
• South Korean President Park Geun-hye Removed From Office
• Diplomatic Incident Arises Between Netherlands and Turkey
• Khamenei Criticizes Foreign Investments and Iran Nuclear Deal
• International Criminal Court Makes First Ever Ruling for Reparations
• Belarusian Citizens Protest New "Social Parasite" Tax
• Peace Talks Stall in Mali as Tuareg Groups Boycott Conference
• $4.5 Million, 220-pound Coin Stolen From Berlin Museum
• The live-action remake of “Beauty and The Beast” becomes the highest grossing movie of the year
• United Kingdom Begins Formal Separation From European Union
• Simone Gbagbo Acquitted of Crimes Against Humanity
• Mass Protests After Venezuela Supreme Court Expands Presidential Powers
• Protestors Set Fire to Congress of Paraguay
• Fossils Found in Canada Contain Earliest Evidence of Life
• U.S. Congress Orders NASA to Put People on Mars by 2033
• Study Published on Synthesis of Time Crystals
• Rare Australian Parrot Documented for the First Time in a Century
• Testing Begins on New Drug to Treat Ovarian Cancer
• At Least 110 Die in Drought-hit Region of Bay, Somalia
• Cyclone Enawo Strikes Madagascar
• Orphanage Fire in Guatemala Claims 38 Lives
• Heavy Flooding in Peru Kills 67 and Drives Out Thousands
• Australia Braces for Cyclone Debbie
APRIL:
• Iraqi Airstrike Kills ISIL Second-in-Command, Ayad al-Jumaili
• Archaeologists Discover Ruins of Thirteenth Dynasty Pyramid
• Over 100 Gay Men Rounded Up in Chechnya Due to Orientation
• North Korea Launches Missile Into Sea of Japan
• Thailand Approves New Democratic Constitution
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints hosts its 187th Semi-annual General Conference
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announces it has 15.8 million members
• Gambia Holds First Election After Jammeh's Departure
• United States Launches Airstrike Against Syrian Government Base
• Terrorists Attack Coptic Christian Churches on Palm Sunday
• US Air Force Drops "Mother of All Bombs" on Suspected ISIL Militants,
• Car Bomb Targets Convoy Fleeing Syrian Conflict
• North Korean Ballistic Missile Test Fails on Launch
• Taliban Assaults Afghan Military Base, Kills Over 140 Personnel
• Venezuelan Protestors Honor Victims Killed During Protests
• People Around the World March for Science
• Macron and Le Pen Advance to Second Round of French Elections
• Sir Timothy Berners-Lee Wins the A.M. Turing Award
• Majority of the Great Barrier Reef Threatened by Bleaching
• Washington State University Team Creates Negative-Mass Fluid
• China Launches Tianzhou-1, Their First Cargo Spacecraft
• Peggy Whitson Breaks the American Record for Most Time in Space
• Landslide Kills 254, Injures Hundreds More in Colombia
• Nearly 100 Drown Off the Coast of Libya
• Flash Floods Hammer Northwestern Iran
• Bus in the Philippines Falls Into Ravine, Killing 26 Passengers
• Bus and Truck Collide on Main Road Through Kenya
MAY:
• Over 200 Arrested in Turkey During May Day Demonstrations
• North Korea Announces Expansion of Nuclear Weapons Program
• Venezuelan President Calls for New Constitutional Assembly
• Emmanuel Macron Wins the French Elections
• Former Jakarta Governor Convicted of Blasphemy
• South Korea Elects Liberal Moon Jae-in as President
• Erdogan Critics and Supporters Battle Outside Turkish Embassy in U.S.
• Iranian President Rouhani Wins Re-election by 8 Million Votes
• Bombs Detonated at Ariana Grande Concert in United Kingdom
• Martial Law Declared on Philippine Island of Mindanao
• World Health Organization Elects First African Director-General
• Taiwan Set to Become First Country in Asia to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
• G7 Meeting in Italy Ends in Disagreement Over Paris Agreement
• Justin Trudeau Asks Pope Francis to Apologize to the First Nations Community
• Manuel Noriega Dies at Age 83
• Gray Wolves Return to Denmark After 200 Years
• Unmanned X-37B Research Vessel Lands at Kennedy Space Center
• Mouse Study Provides New Insight Into Cause of Baldness and Graying
• 7.2 Million-Year-Old Hominin Fossil Discovered in Balkans
• Extremely Large Telescope Begins Construction in Chilean Desert
• Coal Mine Explosion in Iran Kills 35 and Traps More
• State of Emergency Called in Montreal in Response to Floods
• 34 Refugees Drown Off Coast of Libya
• Mudslides and Floods Lead to Mass Displacement in Sri Lanka
• A Half Million People Flee Homes Before Cyclone in Bangladesh
JUNE:
• Trump Administration Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement
• New Members Elected to United Nations Security Council
• Coalition of Middle Eastern Nations Cut Ties with Qatar
• Brazilian President Temer Faces Removal from Office
• Labour Party Makes Massive Gains in UK Elections
• Japanese Emperor Akihito Allowed to Abdicate
• Hundreds Arrested at Anti-Corruption Protests in Russia
• More Soldiers Defect from North Korea to the South
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of ISIL, Claimed Dead
• Macron’s En Marche! Party Wins in a Landslide
• Displaced Population Exceeds 65 Million Globally
• King of Saudi Arabia Proclaims New Heir
• Israel and Syria Resume Hostilities Over Golan Heights
• Disarmament Complete as Colombian Conflict Draws to a Close
• Same-Sex Marriage Made Legal in Germany
• New Moon Discovered Orbiting Jupiter
• Oldest Ever Human Fossils Discovered in Morocco
• Rare Two-Headed Porpoise Found Near Netherlands
• Republic of Turkey Stops Teaching Evolution Before College
• New Study Makes Insight into Colony Collapse
• Military Craft with 120 Passengers Crashes in Myanmar
• Over 130 Dead in Landslides in Bangladesh
• At Least 80 Die in West London Apartment Fire
• Cholera Outbreak in Yemen Passes 200,000 Cases
• Tanker Truck Accident Kills Over 150 in Pakistan
JULY:
• India Undergoes Sweeping Tax Reform
• In Midst of Civil War, Syria Issues Assad Bank Notes
• North Korea Tests First ICBM on Fourth of July
• Two New World Heritage Sites Announced in Contested West Bank
• G20 Summit Held in Hamburg
• Venezuelan Opposition Leader Released from Prison
• Huge Crowds March to Oppose President Erdogan
• Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Dies
• Polish Citizens Rally Against Judicial Reform
• Turkish Police Arrest Amnesty International Director
• South Korea Declares New Holiday Memorializing “Comfort Women”
• Ram Nath Kovind Elected President of India
• Palestinians Protest Israeli Restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Chris Froome Wins Third Consecutive Tour de France
• Nawaz Sharif Disqualified as Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Variety of Frog Species Linked to Dinosaur Extinction
• Face of Peruvian Mummy Reconstructed with Forensic Archaeology
• New Analysis Suggests World is Facing Mass Extinction
• Photon Teleported from Tibet to Orbiting Satellite
• Hints of Substantial Water Reserves Found on Moon
• Bus Crash and Fire Kills 18 in Germany
• Flooding in South China Displaces Hundreds of Thousands
• Truck Accident Results in Nearly 80 Deaths in Central African Republic
• Fire in Jiangsu Province of China Kills 22
• Heavy Rains Result in At Least 300 Deaths Across Northern India
AUGUST:
• Large 12th Century Statue Uncovered in Angkor Wat
• Chile Legalizes Limited Abortions
• The Dow Industrial Average reaches 23,000 points
• National Guard Members Declare Rebellion in Venezuela
• Filipino Journalists Face Continued Persecution and Violence
• Tension Escalate Between Peru and Venezuela
• Sino-Indian Border Dispute Escalates
• Korean Archive Receives New Records of Japanese War Crimes
• Terror Attack Strikes Barcelona
• Duterte's Drug War Continues at Full Speed
• "Triple Talaq" Divorce Banned in India
• Qatar Renews Relationship with Iran
• Apple Watch becomes the world’s most renowned smartwatch
• India and China Reach Agreement Over Border
• Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Bill Sent to Congress in Chile
• North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan
• IAEA Declares Iran Within Nuclear Deal Limits
• Researchers Successfully Edit Genes to Prevent Heart Disease
• Chilesaurus Declared Possible Missing Link to Tyrannosaurus
• U.S. Views Total Solar Eclipse
• Taiwanese Space Program Launches Satellite
• Scientists Detect New Radio Bursts From Space
• Philippines Sees Huge Rise in HIV/AIDS
• Nearly 300 Cast Into Sea Off Horn of Africa
• Train Crash in Egypt Results in Over 200 Dead and Wounded
• Upwards of 500 Killed in Mudslide in Sierra Leone
• Hurricane Harvey Hits Texas
SEPTEMBER:
• Kenyan Court Voids Election Results
• South Korea and U.S. Revise Defense Treaty
• Cambodian Government Cracks Down on Media and Opposition
• North Korea Conducts Historic Nuclear Test
• Catalonia Begins Bid for Independence
• The Philippines Suspends Trade with North Korea
• Myanmar Government Rejects ARSA Proposal
• 30 Injured in Train Collision
• Suspected Russian Airstrike in Syria
• Senator Hontiveros Calls for Aguirre Resignation
• Norwegian Prime Minister Re-elected
• 3 Dead in Kabul Bombing
• Paris to Host 2024 Summer Olympics
• Multiple ISIL Attacks near Nasiriya
• 23 Dead in Kuala Lumpur School Fire
• 30 Injured in London Bombing
• The astronomical sign of (the Joseph Smith Translation) Revelation 12 makes is debut
• New High Tech Laser Debuts in Germany
• Apple Announces 2 New iPhones including the iPhone X
• Snow Leopards no Longer Endangered
• Hurricane Irma
• Earthquake in Mexico Kills 90
• 8 Dead in Livorno Flooding
• 250 Dead After Earthquake in Mexico
OCTOBER:
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints hosts it’s 187th Semi-annual General Conference
• American Family Freed From Afghanistan
• Catalonia Officials Continue to Seek Independence
• Parsons Green Bomber Receives Trial Date
• Turkey Enters Syria
• Over 300 Die in Somalia Bomb Attacks
• 69 Dead in Afghanistan Taliban Attack
• Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in Pakistan
• Madagascar Suffers a Plague Outbreak
• LDS missionaries are relocated from Madagascar due to the plague outbreak
• New Zealand Elects its Youngest Female Prime Minister
• Suicide Bombers Kill 72 at Afghanistan Mosques
• Bombing Kills 4 Yemeni Soldiers
• Senate to Hold Hearing for Yahoo and Equifax Data Breach
• Fourth Satellite Launched by Japan
• Tesla Recalls 11,000 Model X SUVs
• Penguins Face Difficulties in Antarctic Breeding Season
• Qualcomm Files Lawsuit Against Apple
• Hackers Exploit Issues with Adobe’s Flash Software
• 1.3 MIllion Vehicles Recalled by Ford
• The Boy Scouts Of America Decide To Let Girls Into Some Of Their Programs
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announces major changes to the missionary program
• Amazon Continues to Receive Proposals
• Death Toll Continues to Rise After Maria Struck Puerto Rico
• California Wildfire Continues its Rampage
• Texas Inmates Come Together to Aid Hurricane Harvey Victims
• A robot named “Sophia” becomes the first robot in the world to gain citizenship
• Thousands of Buildings Destroyed in The California Wildfires
• Puerto Rico Faces Another Disaster
• Storm Ophelia Hits Ireland, Killing 3
• Wildfires in Portugal and Spain Kill 39
• California Fire Estimated to have Caused $1.5 Billion in Damages
• The 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation
• Terror attack in New York City kills 8, injures 11
• 2,800 JFK Assassination Files Are Released
NOVEMBER:
• Actor Kevin Spacey Is Put On-Trial For Pedophilia In Hollywood
• A Newly Discovered Orangutan Species Is Also The Most Endangered
• Ozone Hole Shrinks To Smallest Peak Since 1988
• Gut Microbes Can Shape Responses To Cancer Immunotherapy
• Cosmic-Ray Particles Reveal Secret Chamber In Egypt's Great Pyramid
• Plans To Promote German research excellence come under fire
• Controversial chairman of US House science committee to retire
• Church Shooting in Texas Leaves 26 Dead
• Dozens Killed As Typhoon Damrey Lashes Vietnam
• A Nazi-Era Art Display Opens in Europe
• Deadly ‘Ebola-Like’ Virus discovered in Uganda
• France Ends State of Emergency
• US Citizen Charged in Zimbabwe
• US Government approves ‘killer’ mosquitos to fight disease
• Future Saudi King Seeks Anti-Corruption
• Kenyatta’s Victory Challenged by Petition
• Vietnam Storm kills 61
• New Delhi Declares Pollution Emergency
• A 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Iran
• 61% of Australia’s Population Votes ‘Yes’ For Same-Sex Marriage
• Leonardo Divinci’s Long Lost “Salvator Mundi” is put for auction at $100 million
• Zimbabwe’s President Under House Arrest
• France Announced as Host of 2023 Rugby World Cup
• 70 Years of Marriage for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
• New Orangutan Species Identified
• 1 Million Vehicles Recalled by BMW
• EU Expected To Cut CO2 Emissions by 2030
• Trackable Pill Approved By FDA
• Landslide In Colombia
• 2017’s Deadliest Earthquake Hits Iraq And Iran
• Dozens of people In The Media Exposed For Sexual Harassment And Pedophilia
• Costa Rica Struck by an Earthquake
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Announces its Annual December Advent Program
• Deadly Floods Hit Greece
• Rare Earthquake in South Korea
DECEMBER
• Switzerland Expected to Return Stolen Funds to Nigeria
• Number of IS Fighters Dwindles
• U.S. Media Barred from Russia
• Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
• Japan to Acquire Missiles
• Putin Orders Withdrawal of Troops
• School Bus Accident in France
• Putin to Run for Reelection
• Nokia Wins Dispute with Blackberry
• YouTube Announces Music Subscription
• U.S. Government Bans Kaspersky
• California Wildfires Continue to Burn
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Announces Major Changes To its Baptisms for The Dead
• The Federal Communications Commission votes to end Net Neutrality
• There are 7,591,917,750 people living on Earth