The highest ever recorded individual cricket score, 1,009 not out, is made by Pranav Dhanawade.

Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their schism in 1054.

Barack Obama visits Cuba, the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since president Calvin Coolidge in 1928

Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War

A gunman, claiming allegiance to ISIS, opens fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others

British Labour MP Jo Cox is murdered in Birstall, West Yorkshire

The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union

Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic candidate at the 2016 DNC, the first female to be nominated for a major political party

86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in Nice, France, during Bastille Day celebrations

Swiss Solar Impulse 2 is the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth

Proxima Centauri B is discovered as the closest exoplanet to Earth

North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test

Businessman and television personality Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States in a surprise victory against his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2334 condemning "Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967"