The Orlando nightclub shooting was a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which was holding a Latin night in the early hours of 12 June 2016. A gunman, Omar Mateen, opened fire inside the club and killed 49 people and wounded dozens more before he was killed by police after a standoff of several hours. During the attack he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in calls to emergency services, though investigators did not find that the group had directed it. It was the deadliest attack on LGBT people in the United States and, at that time, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The event prompted mourning across the country and renewed debates about gun laws.
Before and after
- 19 May 2016EgyptAir Flight 804
- from 22 May 2016 to 26 June 2016Battle of Fallujah
- 1 June 2016Construction of Gotthard Base Tunnel
- 3 June 2016Death of Muhammad Ali
- 12 June 2016Orlando nightclub shooting
- 13 June 20162016 Magnanville stabbing
- 23 June 20162016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
- 28 June 20162016 Istanbul airport attack
- 6 July 2016Release of Pokémon Go
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