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5th
The ‘Gangnam Style’ video is uploaded to YouTube
JULY 15, 2012
The popularity of Psy’s K-pop ode to materialism–and its signature horsey-dance move (above)–would eventually require the video-streaming site to upgrade its views counter to track large enough numbers.
Also in style: May 7 marks 80 years of Ray-Ban sunglasses.
10th
Apple releases the iPhone to U.S. customers
JUNE 29, 2007
In honor of the retail debut of the much anticipated device, which had been unveiled by Steve Jobs that January, every Apple store in the U.S.–164 at the time–remained open until midnight.
Also in retail: The then 4.2 million-sq.-ft. Mall of America turns 25 on Aug. 11.
20th
Princess Diana’s passing
AUG. 31, 1997
The Paris car wreck that led to the death of the “people’s princess” also killed her companion, Dodi al Fayed, and their driver. An estimated million people came out for her funeral procession later that week.
Also in world-changing women: On Jan. 23, 20 years will have passed since Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be U.S. Secretary of State, was sworn in to office.
30th
AIDS drug AZT gets federal approval
MARCH 20, 1987
The O.K. by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was the first for any life-extending AIDS treatment.
Also in health: June 28 will mark five years since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a crucial component of the Affordable Care Act.
60th
Little Rock’s Central High School is integrated
SEPT. 25, 1957
Under guard by hundreds of federal troops, nine black students (below) made civil rights history by entering their Arkansas school.
Also in integration: March 24 will be the 15th anniversary of Halle Berry’s becoming the first black woman to win an Oscar in the Best Actress category.
75th
FDR signs Executive Order 9066
FEB. 19, 1942
Not long after the infamy of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made his own infamous move, giving the military new powers that would allow it to relocate Japanese Americans.
Also in persecution: On June 12 of the same year, Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.
80th
The Golden Gate Bridge opens
MAY 27, 1937
Members of the public first walked across the San Francisco landmark (above) on the day of its completion. Cars crossed the next day.
Also in California icons: Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on TV 20 years ago on March 10.
100th
The U.S. enters World War I
APRIL 6, 1917
Following years of debate over neutrality, the U.S. formally declared war on Germany, joining Britain, France and Russia in the trenches.
Also in war: The Six-Day War, which redefined Israel’s borders, will have ended 50 years ago June 10.
125th
Walt Whitman dies
MARCH 26, 1892
The poet (above) passed peacefully at home after a career that revolutionized American literature with works like Leaves of Grass.
Also in verse: Twenty years will have passed since rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as the Notorious B.I.G., was fatally shot on March 9.
500th
Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to a church door
OCT. 31, 1517
The priest sparked the Protestant Reformation–forever reshaping Christianity–by posting his radical views on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
Also in faith: Mother Teresa, who became a saint in 2016, will have died 20 years ago on Sept. 5.
Compiled by Lily Rothman
January
1: António Guterres takes office as the new U.N. Secretary-General for a five-year term.
1: Malta assumes the presidency of the Council of the European Union for a six-month term.
17–20: The World Economic Forum gathers leaders at its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
20: Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States.
21: The Women’s March on Washington advocates for women’s rights under Trump’s presidency.
28: Lunar New Year rings in the Year of the Rooster.
February
1: Fifth annual World Hijab Day
13: First anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.
23–26: The Democratic National Committee holds its winter meeting and will vote on a new chair.
27: The U.N. Human Rights Council session begins.
March
1: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Finland.
31: British Prime Minister Theresa May’s self-imposed deadline for triggering Article 50 of the E.U. treaty, which will begin the U.K.’s exit from the union.
31: India’s deadline for exchanging 500- and 1,000-rupee notes, which were discontinued as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s crackdown on crime and corruption.
April
3: Starbucks founder Howard Schultz steps down as CEO; Kevin Johnson, the company’s president and COO, will take over.
29: President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office.
TBD: The NBA opens its first elite basketball training center in India after launching three similar centers in China.
May
1: Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent steps down; president and COO James Quincey will succeed him.
3–5: The World Economic Forum on Africa takes place in South Africa.
26–27: Italy hosts the G-7 summit with the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., as well as representatives from the E.U.
31: Pope Francis (above) invites Catholics to participate in celebrations in Italy marking the 50th anniversary of the Charismatic Renewal.
June
5: Bill Cosby is expected to face trial on sexual-assault charges.
10: Expo 2017, a global conference on the future of energy, begins in Kazakhstan.
12: The annual Fortune 500 list hits newsstands.
30: The last day of Ryan Lochte’s 10-month ban from U.S. swimming following his misbehavior at the Rio Olympics.
July
1: Mexico’s central bank head Agustín Carstens steps down.
7–8: Germany hosts the G-20 summit.
15: France’s state of emergency established after the 2015 terrorist attacks expires.
August
1: NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s temporary asylum permit in Russia is set to expire.
9–10: Australia-China BusinessWeek, organized by the Australian Business Forum, is held in Melbourne.
23–24: The Healthcare Innovation Summit, run by the African Innovator Group, convenes in Johannesburg.
September
12: The U.N. General Assembly convenes in New York City for its 72nd regular session.
27–29: The 40th World Energy Engineering Congress, presented by the Association of Energy Engineers, will be held in Atlanta.
TBD: Spain’s Catalonia region is expected to hold an independence referendum.
October
2: The U.S. Supreme Court begins its annual term.
10: Liberia elects its next president; incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is not running for re-election.
13–15: The World Bank and International Monetary Fund hold annual meetings in Washington.
November
6–17: The U.N. Convention on Climate Change will hold the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties in Germany.
10: Gambia withdraws from the International Criminal Court.
26: Honduras holds a presidential election; incumbent Juan Orlando Hernández (above) is running for re-election after the Supreme Court overturned a one-term limit.
TBD: North Carolina holds a special legislative election after a federal court found racial gerrymandering and required the state to redraw its district lines.
December
10: The Nobel Prizes are bestowed on the winners.
31: The deadline for California to begin issuing sales licenses for recreational-marijuana retailers following a 2016 referendum.
January 3: One of the year’s best meteor showers, the Quadrantids, appears, visible to skygazers in the northern hemisphere. 5–8: The latest electronics and tech gadgets are unveiled at CES in Las Vegas. 13: Nintendo reveals more about its new offering Switch, a video-game console that doubles as a handheld gaming gadget. 28: The highly anticipated sequel to the BBC nature documentary Planet Earth hits U.S. television screens.
February 1: Cardiovascular health is brought to the fore as doctors draw attention to American Heart Month. 16–20: Top researchers present game-changing science at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting. 27: Tech fans descend on Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, where smartphone companies reveal their latest wares. TBD: Samsung is expected to unveil its next Android-powered iPhone rival.
March 10–19: Entrepreneurs, investors and tech fans gather in Austin for the annual SXSW festival, which is where companies like Twitter and Foursquare got their start. 20: Spring begins in the northern hemisphere; autumn begins in the south. TBD: NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin blast to the International Space Station. TBD: The disappearing-photo app Snapchat is expected to become part of a publicly traded company in a hotly anticipated IPO. TBD: Filmmakers show off their latest aerial shorts at the New York City Drone Film Festival. TBD: SpaceX’s three-engine Falcon Heavy rocket, designed to carry humans to the moon and beyond, is expected to have its maiden flight.
April 18–19: Facebook shows off its latest offerings, from virtual reality to drones, at its annual F8 conference. 22: Environmentalists across the globe celebrate the 47th Earth Day. 24–28: Some of the world’s top thinkers share their genius at TED, which is in Vancouver this year. 28: Thousands of students flock to Washington to learn about space exploration, marine biology and other careers at the X-Stem Extreme Stem Symposium.
May 10–12: Windows fans get a peek at upcoming updates at the annual developer conference Microsoft Build. 28: Amateur photographers and tourists flock to New York City for Manhattanhenge (above), a phenomenon in which the sunset perfectly aligns with Manhattan’s street grid. TBD: The search giant unveils its latest software and gadgets at Google I/O. TBD: U.S. language prodigies face off in the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals. 30: The world’s most influential tech leaders gather in California to discuss the future of the industry at the Code Conference.
June 1: Dozens of new emojis are unveiled to help enliven your text-message game. 1: Hurricane season starts over the Atlantic Ocean. 13–15: Gamers of all stripes land in Los Angeles for E3, the year’s top video-game convention. 15: Cellular roaming charges are abolished in the E.U., easing the costs that come with cross-border travel. 19–25: Boeing, Airbus and other aerospace firms show their latest jetliners at the International Paris Air Show, the world’s foremost aviation gathering. 21: Summer begins in the northern hemisphere; winter begins in the south. 29: Happy birthday to you, iPhone. The Apple device turns 10.
July 22–30: Computer hackers from around the world gather in Las Vegas for the Black Hat and DEFCON digital-security conferences. 23–29: Green-thumbed researchers convene in Shenzhen, China, for the XIX International Botanical Congress. 28: For World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization urges people to get vaccinated.
August 14–16: Researchers share big ideas about little machines at Barcelona’s Global Conference on Nanotechnology. 21: Stargazers flock to towns like Hopkinsville, Ky., for the best view of a rare total solar eclipse, one of the most spectacular shows in the sky. 22–26: Video-game makers try to one-up one another with their latest creations at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
September 1–6: Electronics companies from across the world gather in Berlin to flaunt their latest gizmos. 7: Apple is expected to unveil a radical new iPhone, rumored to have a curved screen design. 15: NASA’s Cassini probe crashes into Saturn (on purpose) to protect its moons from earthly bacteria. 22: Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere; spring begins in the south. 27: The world’s smartest teens compete for top honors in the Google Science Fair, a global online science showdown.
October 1: Global charities raise awareness–and cash–during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. TBD: British fighter pilot Andy Green (above) tries to break his own land-speed record in a rocket- and jet-powered vehicle called the Bloodhound SSC. TBD: The Nobel Prizes in science are announced, recognizing the most significant advances in chemistry, physics and medicine. TBD: Apple and Google are expected to launch new versions of their Mac and Android software.
November 13: Planet spotters find Venus and Jupiter just 0.3 degrees apart in the night sky, a rare gathering of the two bodies. TBD: Competitive hopefuls in countless categories will vie for spots in Guinness World Records.
December 1: World AIDS Day raises awareness about HIV treatment and prevention, and highlights progress made around the world. 14: The Geminid meteor shower produces about 100 shooting stars an hour for those in the northern hemisphere; search for the constellation Gemini for the best view. 21: Winter begins in the northern hemisphere; summer begins in the south. 31: The earth’s population is expected to top 7.4 billion for the first time. TBD: Russian billionaire Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Prizes are awarded for advances in life sciences, physics and mathematics. TBD: Microsoft releases Project Scorpio, its most powerful Xbox video-game console to date.
MILD FEAR
SNAPCHAT GOES PUBLIC
The startup’s wildly anticipated IPO is cut short when its new stock ticker disappears after six seconds.
THE TREASURY DOESN’T TURN PLATINUM
Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the smash musical Hamilton, about America’s first Secretary of the Treasury, struggles to come up with a rhyme for the surname of the incoming appointee: Mnuchin.
WESTWORLD IS REAL
The Supreme Court declares that intelligent robots are people too. Robots find the classification beneath them.
IT’S TIME FOR A SPACE STAYCATION
After the eclipse begins, Boeing and SpaceX move up their manned space trials, enabling more of us to join the sun in hiding.
PERMANENT SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
On Aug. 21, there will be a total solar eclipse, the first visible in the contiguous U.S. since 1979; relieved of its view of the world, the sun decides to stay behind the moon.
LIFE ALTERING
LIFE THREATENING
IT’S CHILLY BIGLY
For his Inauguration, President Trump opts to just retweet the oath of office.
THE SUPER BOWL WILL TEAR US APART
After a close loss by the New England Patriots, Green Party leader and Massachusetts resident Jill Stein demands a recount nobody wants. Faith craters in America’s last remaining institution.
FUNK NEVER DIES
After unpublished songs from the late Prince’s archive debut, the Left Coast parties so hard that California quakes and breaks into the sea, finally giving the state the secession many of its liberals wanted.
LONELY PLANET
Climate-change deniers point out that polar bears have always looked that sad.
THE INTERNET OF HACKINGS
After successfully disrupting the 2016 U.S. presidential election, hackers turn their attention to the final four on The Voice.
