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2016 was designated as: International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. [1] 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). [2]
Jan 1 After floods along the Mississippi River kill 31, Exxon Mobil Corp decides to close a plant in flood threatened Memphis. Jan 1 Dubai skyscraper "The Address" burns as the New Year is rung in. Fire started on the 31st. Jan 2 Saudi Arabia executes 47 alleged terrorists, including Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
