2016 history
This reality TV star and businessman defeated Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States.
Who is Donald Trump?
This messaging-meets-gaming app, featuring characters like Pikachu, became a massive summer 2016 phenomenon that had people wandering around with their phones.
What is Pokémon Go?
This artist's visual album "Lemonade," featuring the hit "Formation," dropped in April 2016.
Who is Beyoncé?
This sitting U.S. President delivered Howard University's 2016 commencement address on May 7, becoming the sixth sitting president to do so.
Who is Barack Obama?
These are our 3 colors
Maroon, Fuscia, Orange
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in this June 2016 referendum, known by this nickname.
What is "Brexit"?
This "Hamilton" creator won a MacArthur "Genius Grant" in 2015 and was still riding the show's cultural wave through 2016.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
This "Purple Rain" icon and Minneapolis music legend died unexpectedly in April 2016.
Who is Prince?
This man served as Howard University's president throughout 2016, having taken office in 2014.
Who is Wayne A. I. Frederick?
This is our flower
hibiscus
This African-American gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history at the Rio Olympics, winning four gold medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
This word, referring to false information disguised as news, was named 2016's Word of the Year by several dictionaries.
What is "post-truth" (or "fake news")?
This British singer released "25," featuring the hit single "Hello," which broke first-week sales records when released in late 2015 and dominated charts into 2016.
Who is Adele?
Howard University was preparing throughout 2016 to celebrate this milestone anniversary, to be marked in March 2017.
What is its 150th anniversary?
This was our founding date
April 1st 2016
This Cuban revolutionary leader, who had ruled Cuba for decades, died in November 2016.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This NFL quarterback sparked national debate in 2016 by kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
This rapper's album "Coloring Book," a mixtape-only streaming release, made history in 2016 as the first streaming-exclusive album to win a Grammy.
Who is Chance the Rapper?
This Washington, D.C. quadrant is home to Howard University's main campus.
What is Northwest (D.C.)?
This is the date of our Saturday Service Event
10/3
In 2016, Howard's School of Communications produced a documentary series for this PBS member station, owned and operated by Howard, focused on stories often overlooked by mainstream DC news outlets.
What is WHUT?
This western lowland gorilla was fatally shot at the Cincinnati Zoo in May 2016 after a child fell into his enclosure, and he subsequently became one of the year's most inescapable internet memes.
Who is Harambe?
this Compton rapper released the surprise compilation album "untitled unmastered." in March 2016.
Who is Kendrick Lamar
In August 2016, this Supreme Court justice-to-be delivered Howard's Constitution Day address that fall — but he's better known for his stalled 2016 SCOTUS nomination by Obama that the Senate refused to consider.
Who is Merrick Garland?
This is our founder
Daisha Lebeau