2016 part of 2010s
2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th  year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the  7th   year of the 2010s decade.
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