Editing 2016 (section)

=== December ===

* [[December 1]] &ndash; Following a mourning period of seven weeks after the [[death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej]], [[Vajiralongkorn]] formally succeeds his late father as the new [[Monarchy of Thailand|King]] of [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1149219/crown-prince-becomes-king |title=Crown Prince becomes King |work=Bangkok Post|date=December 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; A [[2016 Italian constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] is held in [[Italy]], resulting in the resignation of the Prime Minister.
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[South Korea]]n [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Park Geun-hye]] is suspended after MPs vote to [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye|impeach]] her, following a [[2016 South Korean political scandal|political scandal]].
* [[December 19]] 
** [[Andrei Karlov]], the Russian ambassador to Turkey, is [[Assassination of Andrei Karlov|assassinated]] by an off-duty Turkish police officer at an art exhibition in [[Ankara]].<ref name="BBC-Turkey">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38369962|title=Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara|date=2016-12-19|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20161221214823/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38369962|archive-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref>
** [[2016 Berlin truck attack|Berlin truck attack]]: A [[Vehicle-ramming attack|truck is deliberately driven into]] the [[Christmas market]] next to the [[Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church]] at [[Breitscheidplatz]] in [[Berlin]], leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; A study finds the [[VSV-EBOV]] vaccine against the [[Ebola virus]] between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.<ref>{{cite web|last=Berlinger|first=Joshua|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/health/ebola-vaccine-study/index.html|title=Ebola vaccine gives 100% protection, study finds|publisher=CNN|date=2016-12-23|access-date=2017-01-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227084931/http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/health/ebola-vaccine-study/index.html|archive-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 23]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Security Council]] adopts [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334|Resolution 2334]] condemning "[[Israeli settlement]]s in [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian territories occupied since 1967]]".<ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|title=Israeli settlements: UN Security Council calls for an end|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38421026|access-date=2016-12-27|work=BBC News|date=2016-12-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226190109/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38421026|archive-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash]]: A [[Tupolev Tu-154]] jetliner of the [[Russian Defence Ministry]] crashes into the [[Black Sea]] shortly after taking off from [[Sochi International Airport]], Russia, while en route to [[Khmeimim Air Base]], Syria. All 92 people on board, including 64 members of the [[Alexandrov Ensemble]] choir of the [[Russian Armed Forces]], are killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430164 |title=Russian military plane crashes in Black Sea near Sochi |work=BBC News |date=December 25, 2016 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-date=June 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611195945/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430164 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 28]] &ndash; The [[Chemical element|chemical elements]] 113, 115, 117 and 118 are officially named [[Nihonium]], [[Moscovium]], [[Tennessine]] and [[Oganesson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Periodic Table's 4 New Elements |url=https://www.westlab.com/blog/the-4-new-elements-on-the-periodic-table |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.westlab.com |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012145258/https://www.westlab.com/blog/the-4-new-elements-on-the-periodic-table |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Öhrström |first1=Lars |last2=Reedijk |first2=Jan |date=2016-12-28 |title=Names and symbols of the elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118 (IUPAC Recommendations 2016) |journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry |volume=88 |issue=12 |pages=1225–1229 |doi=10.1515/pac-2016-0501 |issn=0033-4545 |eissn=1365-3075 |s2cid=99429711 |hdl-access=free |hdl=1887/47427}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan (2011-2016)|Withdrawal of the majority of U.S. troops from Afghanistan]] after 15 years of war.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sennott |first=Charles M. |date=May 5, 2015 |title=The First Battle of the 21st Century |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/05/war-afghanistan-spann-qala-i-jangi/392402/ |newspaper=The Atlantic |access-date=May 15, 2015 |quote=Even after 14 years of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has not fully succeeded in restoring security to the country or defeating the Taliban. Now, at the request of the new Afghan government, the United States has delayed the completion of its troop withdrawal from the country until 2016 at the earliest. |archive-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730101144/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/05/war-afghanistan-spann-qala-i-jangi/392402/ |url-status=live }}</ref>