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2016 (<a href="/facts/Roman_numerals/7BA8nn78">MMXVI</a>) was a <a href="/facts/Leap_year_starting_on_Friday/V2IAsIV8">leap year starting on Friday</a> of the <a href="/facts/Gregorian_calendar/axJfTXV1">Gregorian calendar</a>, the 2016th year of the <a href="/facts/Common_Era/e5DpqUoe">Common Era</a> (CE) and <a href="/facts/Anno_Domini/NmQwnQNj">Anno Domini</a> (AD) designations, the 16th year of the <a href="/facts/3rd_millennium/MYuG4Hzd">3rd millennium</a> and the <a href="/facts/21st_century/0v01MLms">21st century</a>, and the 7th year of the <a href="/facts/2010s/qUX1pjJD">2010s</a> decade.

2016 was designated as:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Year_of_Pulses/9Q5cWWay">International Year of Pulses</a> by the <a href="/facts/Sixty-eighth_session_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly/toTuDhEv">sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly</a>.</li>
<li>International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH).</li></ul>

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