What Happened on January 1, 2016

• After floods along the Mississippi River kill 31, Exxon Mobil Corp decides to close a plant in flood threatened Memphis
• Dubai skyscraper "The Address" burns as the New Year is rung in. Fire started on the 31st.

• Dale Bumpers, American politician (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-99), dies at 90
• Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet, novelist and journalist who helped develop Dagestani in Russian literature, dies from heart failure at 83
• Michael G. Oxley, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1981-2007), dies at 71
• Tony Lane, American art director (Rolling Stone magazine), and Grammy Award-winning album cover art designer (Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees; Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water; Michael Jackson - Bad), dies of brain cancer at 71
• Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-born American cinematographer (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), dies at 85

Holidays: New Year's Day (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States)

• #1 Song: Hello - Adele
• #1 Song: Love Yourself - Justin Bieber