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History

2016

Generations

1

Lynn Thomas Lowe 77
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 73

0

Peggy Lynette Lowe (Phillips) 50
Sandra LaNae Lowe (Johnson) 49
Ronald Evan Johnson 58
Debra Eileen Lowe 43
Michelle Ann Lowe 41
Lori Ellen Lowe (Hatfield) 39
Geoffrey Georg Hatfield 36

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Jennifer Lyn Atwood (Dean) 29
David Dean (Ap 3)
Jeremy Scott Atwood 25
Michael Evan Johnson 15
Alena Ann Hatfield 10
Vivienne Marie Hatfield 7

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Athena Lyn Dean 7
Gwendolyn Alexandria Dean 1

World

General:

Population: Approximately 7.4 billion

Astronomy: "Ninth Planet" found in outer solar system by CalTech
Culture: For first time, American songwriter (Bob Dylan) wins Nobel Prize in Literatures
Economics: Volitale world markets, Oil drops below $30 a barrel
Environment: US and China join UN global climate pact
Health: World Health Organization expects 3-4 million Zika virus cases, causing microcephaly
Politics: US abstains from UN Security Council vote allowingfor condemnation of Israel
Religion: Mother Teresa declared a saint
Science: Gravitational waves detected
Schiaparelli spacecraft exploded at Mars' surface
Technology: Twitter suspends 125,000 ISIL-related accounts
Yahoo reveals 500M accounts were stolen in 2014 - number increased to 1b
Tesla motors releases self-driving cars
Weather: First hurricane to form in January since 1938
Deaths: Singer Natalie Cole, Singer David Bowie, Actor Alan Rickman, Actor "Grizzly Adams" Dan Haggerty, Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey, Actor Abe Vigoda, Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner, Earth Wind & Fire musician Maurice White, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Author Harper Lee, First Lady Nancy Reagan, Beatles producer George Martin, Frank Sinatra Jr., Controversial Canadian politician Rob Ford, Actor Garry Shandling, Actress Patty Duke, Musician Merle Haggard, Actress Doris Roberts, Musical artist Prince, Newsman Morley Safer, Boxer Muhammad Ali, "Mr Hockey" Gordie Howe, Singer Christina Grimmie (murdered), Actor Anton Yelchin, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, Extreme skier Matilda Rapaport, Director Garry Marshall, Political pundit John McLaughlin, Actor Gene Wilder, Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, Playwright Edward Albee, Golfer Arnold Palmer, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej, Actor Wayne Rogers, Political Figure Janet Reno, Songwriter Leonard Cohen, Acter Robert Vaughn, Musician Leon Russel, Reporter Gwen Ifill, Actress Florence Henderson, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Astronaut John Glenn, Actor Alan Thicke, Doctor Henry Heimlich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Singer George Michael, Author Richard Adams, Actress Carrie Fisher, Actress Debbie Reynolds, BYU coach LaVell Edwards, Actor William Christopher

Africa

General:
Congo: Ex-warlord jailed 18 years for war crimes
Egypt: Cairo church blast kills many
Ivory Coast: Gunmen kill 12 at resort
Libya: US attack ISIS
Hundreds die in migrant shipwrecks off coast
Hijacking to Malta
Somalia: 14 killed in hotel siege

Americas

General: America and Cuba begin reestablishing relations, including presidential visit
Brazil: President Dilma Rousseff impeached
Olympics amid zika virus
ISIS Attack plot at Olympics foiled
Ryan Lochte and US swimmers vandalize Rip gas station
Canada: Assisted suicide legalized
Cuba: Pope Francis meets in Havanna
US begins commercial flights
Ecuador: 7.8 quake kills 233+
Government restricts Wikileaks' Julian Assange's interenet
Haiti: Hurricane Matthew kills 572+
Mexico: Capture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
52 die in prison fire
Shootouts kills 11 in Ciudad Victoria
Massive fireworks blast kills 10+

Asia

Bangladesh: Islamists attack restaurant - 20 killed
China: Minivan kills four in farmer's market
India: Bridge collapse injures 150 and kills 10
60+ killed in temple fire
Attack on base in Kashmir kills 17+
Indonesia: Explosions and gunshots in Jakarta shopping mall kill 6
Quake kills 54+
Japan: Earthquakes about 7.3, 7.3
Knife attack in Sagmihara kills at least 15
Emperor Akihito steps down
Myanmar: 6.8 quake
North Korea: Reported detonation of nucler bomb doubted by experts
Long-range rockets fired
BYU Student kidnapped 2004 was reported having taught Kim Jong un
Thailand: Dead tiger cubs found at temple

Europe

General: Apple computers given $14.5 billion tax bill
Belgium: Terrorist explosions at airport killing at least 31
Cops injured in machete attack - Islamist
France: Bastille day attack of truck in Nice - 84+ killed and 100+ injured
Hostages taken, priest killed, in Rouen, Normandy and attackers killed
"Burkini" ban overturned
Germany: Two-train collision kills 8, injures 150
Munich stabber injures at least four
Gunman storms movie theater
ISIS Axe and knife attacker injures 15 on train
German-Iranian Gunman kills 9 at McDonalds
Explosive device in Ansbach by Syrian asylum-seeker
Truck plows into Berlin Christmas market, killing 9
Great Britain: MP dies in shooting attack
Britain votes to leave European Union (Brexit), markets decline
Prime Minister Cameron resigns after Brexit vote, May leads
Scotland brings up independence
Italy: 6.1 quake in Perugia kills 247 (Aug)
5.5 then 5.0 quakes hit central Italy (Oct)
6.6 quake rocks central/southern Italy (Oct)
Russia: Judge rules that Putin probably knew about assassination of Vladimir Litvinenko in 2006
Multiple athletes banned from Olympic games for doping
US-Russian relations strained over Syria
Switzerland: Attacker stabs passengers and lights train car on fire

Middle East

General: Saudis involved in Yemeni conflict strike embassy
ISIS (mostly Iraq and Syria) spreads conflict
Genocide against Christians
Houthi rebels fires on US Navy in Red Sea (Iran-backed)
Afghanistan: Taliban resurgence
Suicide bombings kill police recruits
7 killed and 30+ wounded in U.S. university in Kabul
Iran: Two U.S. boats held by Iran military in border problem
Four freed in deals
Relief of sanctions against Iran
Iran detains US soldiers
Iranian ships apprach US in Persian Gulf - warning shots fired
Kabul mosque suicide attack kills dozens
Iraq: Ten killed as gunmen take 75 hostages in mall
157 die in 3 simultaneous bombings
US airstrikes kill hundreds
115 killed in bombings
Bombing at Shiite shrine
Chemical attack near US troops by ISIS
Israel: Shooting in bar kills 5
Stabbings in Tel Aviv wounds 9
Mall shooting
Shimon Peres suffers stroke, dies
Jordan: US trainers killed
5 killed by gunmen in Karak
Pakistan: Taliban kills at least 19 at Bacha Khan University
Bombing of hospital kills 53+
Saudi Arabia: Suicide bombing in Medina
Syria: Russia pulls out, civil war escalates
US increases airstrikes
Siege and air strikes trap 250,000
Mass killings and refugees - Aleppo evacuated
City recaptured, truce created
Turkey: Explosion by Syrian ills 10 in Istanbul tourist region
Military target explosion kills 18 in Ankara attack
Explosion kills multiple people
Car bombing (May)
Car bombing (Jun)
Over 40 dead in airport bombing - may be related to Russian areas (Jun)
Attempted military coup kills at least 190 (Jul), leads to mass firings of government workers
Large explosion in Ankara (Jul)
Parliament declares temporary state of emergency (Jul), 130+ media organizations shut and 1700 military discharged (Jul)
Wedding bombing by ISIS kills 50 (Aug)
Car bombong kills 8 police, wounds 45+ (Aug)
Car bomb outside of soccer stadium
Car bombs kill 21
Russian diplomat shot at embassy, dies
Yemen: US launches airstrikes

Pacific

Australia:
Fiji: Cyclone Winston causes major destruction - largest recorded in Southern Hemisphere
New Zealand: 7.4 quake near Amberly

U.S. History

President:

Barack H. Obama
Elected: Donald J. Trump

General

Business: Apple refuses to help FBI break into system
Delta airlines systems go down
Crime: Man shoots pastor in Idaho and is caught throwing items on White House lawn
Wounded Warrior Project fires executives after spending issues
Politician Dennis Hastert guilty of multiple crimes
Cyber attacks rampant
Obama commutes sentences of 214 (Aug), then 102 (Oct) totalling 325
Rolling Stone liable for defamation against U of VA
Culture: Government passes law allowing transgender individuals to use restroom of choice with controversy
Economy: Dow Jones has several 3-600 point drops
Education: Emergence of "Trigger Warnings" and "Safe Spaces" free of "harmful speech" emerge
Environment: President orders Atlantic and Artic off-limits for oil drilling
Government: Federal government sues to get iPhone opened, but alternate deal made
Law: Supreme Court says juvenile murders can seek reduced sentences
Carbon emissions regulations blocked by court
Immigration plan blocked by court
Transgender restroom issues observed by Court
9/11 victims allowed to sue Saudi Arabia - vetoed - overridden
Mass Killings making news: B: DC,VA,MI,NC,WA,TX; C: MI,GA,MD,MA,DC; G: CO,FL,TX,FL,TX,NC; H: PA,OH; M: TX,TX; P: TX,LA,KS,CA,FL,IA,NY,TX,WA,GA; S: CA,TX,SC,OH,GA; W: FL;
[Code: B=Building, C=Cluster, G=Public Gathering, H=Home, P=of Police, M=Military, S=School, W=Work]
Stabbings: CA,MN,NJ
Medicine: Double-digit premium hikes for govt. sponsored healthcare
Military: Ban on transgender service lifted
Politics: Executive actions on gun control
Protests on campaign reform lead to 400 arrested
Democrats stage sit-in for gun control
Hillary Clinton will not be charged over improperly handled emails - although FBI reports her untrue statements
Election becomes strange and hostile
Melania Trump's speech largely plagiarized
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz steps down after showing anti-Bernie Sanders bias
Hillary Clinton becomes first female presidential candidate of major party
CEP and officers resign after email hack
Clinton under FBI investigation
Clinton seems to collapse - pheumonia diagnosed
Recording of Donald Trump with vulgar comments released
Russian hacks listed as influence of 2016 election
US expells Russian diplomats over hacks
Sports: Cubs beat Indians ending 108-year drought
Technology: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 banned because of fires

East

General:
Connecticut: 3o injured in buss rollover
New Jersey: Explosive devices found - also related to some in New York
Train crash injures over 100, kills one
"Bridgegate" scandal politicians convicted
New York: Salt mine accident
Shooting of imam in NYC
Pennsylvania: 5 killed in group in Wilkinsburg
Penn State fined $2.4M for failing to report Sandusky sex abuse
West Virginia: Severe flooding kills 20

Midwest

Illinois: Chicago plans to hire 1000 cops to combat violence
Michigan: Flint has contaminated drinking water, officials charged
Random shooter in Kalamazoo
Mass hit-and-run deaths of bicyclists - 5 die
Inmate takes officer's gun, kills two
North Dakota: Protests over pipeline on Standing Rock Sioux tribal land
South and North Dakota: Protest at Standing Rock as popeline declares imminent domain to take Native lands

South

Alabama: nearly 10k firefighters exposed to ricin
Florida: Seven shot at Tampa nightclub
Zika virus spreading locally
Mass shooting at Pulse nightclub with sizable gay population kills 50
Boy killed by alligator at Disneyworld resort
SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral
Hostages taken in Jacksonville bank
Georgia: Law protecting religious freedom vetoed as thought to discriminate against same-sex marriages
Louisiana: Massive flooding strands thousands
Mississippi: Two nuns killed after break-in
North Carolina: Hurricane Matthew kills 7
Oklahoma: 5.6 magnitude quake near Pawnee
Tulsa officer charged with manslaughter after death of black man
5.3 quake
Tennessee: Semi-intentional elementary bus crash kills many, injures 23
Juveniles start wildfires that kill 14
Texas: Grand Jury rules against anti-abortion activists who made videos inside of Planned Parenthood
Massive flooding
Military truck overturns in floods killing 3
Walmart hostages
Five police killed by sniper - bomb materials found
Hot air ballon crash kills 16

West and Pacific

Alaska: 7.1 quake
California: Limits to 2nd amendment rights by circuit court
White supremacists clash with counter-protestors
Oakland warehouse fire kills 24+
6.9 quake off coast
Colorado: Two shot in Denver Coliseum bike rally
Oregon: Armed takeover of federal building by militia results in death of one - militia actuitted
Utah: Eagle Valley Elementery evacuated after threat
VidAngel stopped from movie filtering
Washington: 2 killed shot in "The Jungle" homeless camp
9 firefighters hurt as massive explosion rocks Seattle

Church History

Choir asked to sing at inauguration under controversy

Vietnam officially recognizes Church