IT WAS THE MONTH THAT…

Obama out!

At his final White House Correspondents’ dinner, Obama made the coolest exit ever, with an ‘Obama out’ mic drop.

Murray won Wimbledon

It was a second victory at Wimbledon – and helped Murray become the number one player in the world by the end of the year, displacing Novak Djokovic.

Top Gear relaunched

The orginial Top Gear

line-up was dropped after Jeremy Clarkson punched the show’s producer, which left fans revving up for the revamped series. But the new show, hosted by Chris Evans and Matt Le Blanc, had poor viewing figures and, two months later, Evans resigned.

Jo Cox was murdered

Referendum campaigning was suspended when Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in her Batley and Spen constituency by neo-nazi Thomas Mair. A proud defender of refugees and migrants, Cox’s death sent shockwaves through the country – a warning as to how toxic the Brexit debate had become.