Editing 2016 (section)

=== August ===
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* [[August 3]] – [[Emirates Flight 521]] crashed at [[Dubai International Airport]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. 1 person was killed and 39 people were injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plane catches fire at Dubai airport; Emirates confirms 'incident'|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/plane-catches-fire-at-dubai-airport-emirates-confirms-incident-1.146723/}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]&ndash;[[August 21|21]] &ndash; The [[2016 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]], the first time in South America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Games |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en|access-date=2015-02-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224233603/http://www.rio2016.com/en|archive-date=2015-02-24}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; An [[August 2016 Central Italy earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 6.2]] hits central Italy, killing 299 people.
* [[August 31]] &ndash; The [[Brazilian Senate]] votes (61–20) to [[Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff|impeach]] the [[President of Brazil]] [[Dilma Rousseff]]. The [[Vice President of Brazil]], [[Michel Temer]], who had assumed the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of [[Brazil]] during Rousseff's suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazil impeachment: Key questions|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36028117|access-date=2016-09-05|work=BBC News|date=2016-08-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831195954/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36028117|archive-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref>