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2015 (MMXV) was a common
year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. Contents · 1Events o 1.3March o 1.4April o 1.5May o 1.6June o 1.7July · 3Deaths Events[change | change source] January[change | change source] 12 people are killed
and 11 injured in the Charlie Hebdo
shooting in Paris ·
o The Eurasian
Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic
union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[1] o Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing
the litas,
and becomes the nineteenth Eurozone country.[2] ·
January 7: o A terror attack by
Islamic extremists in Paris, France results in the deaths of 12
people at a French newspaper (Charlie Hebdo) building. o A car
bomb explodes in Yemen, killing at least 38 people, standing near
the entrance of a police officers' academy in central Sana'a. ·
January 14: o 11th President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano,
resigns from his office due to old age. Italian senate president, Pietro Grasso, succeeds him as president. o Two climbers, Kevin Jorgesen and Tommy
Caldwell, become the first people to successfully climb El Capitan in Yosemite National
Park, California. ·
January 23: o Houthi
rebels attack and occupy Yemen's presidential palace. President Abd Rabbuh Mansur
Hadi and his cabinet along with Prime minister Khaled
Bahah resign. o Saudi Arabian king Abdullah of
Saudi Arabia dies from complications of pneumonia at the age of 90. His
half-brother Salman of Saudi
Arabia succeeds him as king. ·
January 30 - Bulgaria's first freely democratically
elected president Zhelyu Zhelev dies at 79. February[change | change source] Members of the Danish press react to the spree-shooting in Denmark ·
February 12 - Leaders from Russia,
Ukraine, Germany and France reach an agreement on the conflict in eastern
Ukraine that includes a ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy
weapons.[3] ·
February 14 - A spree-shooting occurs
in Copenhagen, Denmark at a local cultural center and
synagogue. 3 people are killed including the suspected shooter. ·
February 16 - The Egyptian military begins
conducting airstrikes against a branch of the Islamic militant group ISIL in Libya in retaliation for the group's
beheading of over a dozen Egyptian Christians.[4] March[change | change source] Dawn becomes
the first spacecraft to orbit around a dwarf planet ·
March 5-8 - The ancient city sites of Nimrud, Hatra and Dur-Sharrukin in
Iraq are demolished by the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant.[5][6][7] ·
March 6 - NASA's Dawn probe
enters orbit around Ceres,
becoming the first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet.[8][9] ·
March 12 – The Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant becomes allies with fellow jihadist group Boko Haram, effectively annexing the group.[10] ·
March 24 - An Airbus
A320-211 operated by Germanwings crashes in
the French Alps,
killing all 150 on board.[11] ·
March 25 - A Saudi Arabia-led coalition of Arab countries
starts a military intervention in Yemen in order
to uphold the Yemeni government in its fight against the Houthis' southern offensive.[12][13] April[change | change source] ·
April 2 &ndash 148 people are
killed, the majority students, in a mass shooting at the Garissa
University College in Kenya, perpetrated by the militant terrorist
organization Al-Shabaab.[14] ·
April 25 - A major
earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, results in more than 6,000
deaths[15][16] in Nepal, India,[17] China[18] and Bangladesh.[19] ·
April 29 - The World Health
Organization (WHO) declares that rubella has been eradicated from
the Americas.[20] May[change | change source] People evacuate
after a massive earthquake hits Nepal ·
May 1–October 31 – Expo 2015 is
held in Milan,
Italy.[21] ·
May 2 – Catherine,
Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to Princess
Charlotte of Cambridge in London, England. This is Catherine's and Prince
William, Duke of Cambridge second child. ·
May 11–12 – Version O of Les
Femmes d'Alger by Pablo Picasso sells for US$179.3
million at Christie's auction
in New York, while the sculpture L'Homme
au doigt by Alberto Giacometti sells
for US$141.3
million, setting a new world record for a painting and for a sculpture, respectively.[22][23] ·
May 12 – A second
major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, results in 153 deaths in
Nepal,[24] 62 in India,[25] 1 in China[26] and 2 in Bangladesh[26] with a total of 218 deaths. ·
May 23 – Ireland votes
to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first
country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.[27] June[change | change source] The White House honors the legalization
of same-sex marriage in
the United States ·
June 2 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces his intention to
resign amidst an FBI-led corruption
investigation, and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a
new president as soon as possible.[28] ·
June 7–8 – The 41st G7
summit is held in Schloss
Elmau, Bavaria. ·
June 25–26 – ISIL claim
responsibility for four attacks around the world during the Ramadan: o Kobanî
massacre: ISIL fighters detonate three car bombs, enter Kobanî, Syria, and open fire at civilians, killing
more than 220. o Sousse
attacks: 22-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui opens fire at a tourist
resort at Port
El Kantaoui, Tunisia, killing 40 people. o Kuwait
mosque bombing: A suicide bomber attacks the Shia Mosque Imam
Ja'far as-Sadiq at Kuwait City, Kuwait, killing 27 people and injuring 227
others. ·
June 26 – After the Supreme
Court ruling, the United States legalizes gay marriage across the nation. ·
June 30 o Cuba becomes the first country in the
world to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.[29] o A Lockheed C-130
Hercules operated by the Indonesian
Air Force crashed into a crowded residential
neighborhood in Medan shortly
after take-off from Soewondo
Air Force Base, killing 143 people including 22 others on the
ground, marking the second-deadliest air disaster to ever occur in Medan and
the deadliest crash in Indonesian Air Force peacetime history. July[change | change source] Raúl Castro and Barack Obama restore full diplomatic
relations between the United States and Cuba ·
July 1 – Greek
government-debt crisis: Greece becomes the first advanced
economy to miss a payment to the International
Monetary Fund in the 71-year history of the IMF.[30] ·
July 14 o NASA's New Horizons spacecraft performs a
close flyby of Pluto, becoming the first
spacecraft in history to visit the distant world.[31] o Iran agrees to
long-term limits of its nuclear
program in exchange for sanctions relief.[32] ·
July 20 – Cuba and the United States reestablish full diplomatic relations,
ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations.[33] ·
July 24 – Turkey begins a series of airstrikes against PKK and ISIL targets
after the 2015
Suruç bombing. August[change | change source] ·
August 5 – Debris found on Réunion Island is confirmed to be that
of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, missing since
March 2014.[34] ·
August 12 – Former President
of the United States Jimmy Carter is diagnosed with melanoma in his brain at the age of 90. ·
August 17 – A bombing takes
place inside the Erawan
Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection
in Pathum
Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring
125.[35] September[change | change source] Queen Elizabeth II becomes
the longest reigning monarch in United Kingdom history ·
September 9 – Queen Elizabeth II became
the longest reigning monarch in the history of the United Kingdom. ·
September 10 – Scientists announce the
discovery of Homo naledi,
a previously unknown species of early human in South Africa.[36] ·
September 18 – Automaker Volkswagen is alleged to have been
involved in worldwide rigging of diesel emissions tests, affecting
an estimated 11 million vehicles globally.[37][38] ·
September 24 – A stampede during
the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 2,200
people and injures more than 900 others, with more than 650 missing. ·
September 28 – NASA announces that liquid water has
been found on Mars.[39] ·
September 30 – Russia begins air strikes against ISIL and anti-government
forces in Syria in support of the Syrian government. October[change | change source] Justin Trudeau is elected the new Prime Minister
of Canada ·
October 10 – A suicide
bomb kills at least 100 people at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, and injures more than 400 others. ·
October 19 - Liberals win Canadian
federal elections and Justin Trudeau becomes new Prime
Minister. ·
October 23 – Hurricane Patricia becomes
the most intense hurricane ever recorded in
the Western Hemisphere,
with winds of 200 mph and a pressure of 879 mbar.[40] ·
October 26 – A magnitude
7.5 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region and causes 398
deaths,[41] with 279 in Pakistan, 115 in Afghanistan and 4 in India. ·
October 29 – United
States representative Paul Ryan becomes the new Republican Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after John Boehner resigned. ·
October 31 – Flight KGL9268,
an Airbus A321 airliner
en route to Saint Petersburg from Sharm
el-Sheikh, crashes near Al-Hasana in Sinai, killing all 217
passengers and 7 crew members on board.[42] November[change | change source] ISIS attacks the city of Paris in a mass shooting ·
November 7 – Chinese and Taiwanese
presidents, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, formally
meet for the first time.[43] ·
November 13 – Multiple
terrorist attacks claimed by the terrorist group ISIS (ISIL)
in Paris, France, result in 139 deaths.[44] ·
November 24 – Syrian Civil War: Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet in the first case
of a NATO member destroying a Russian
aircraft since the 1950s.[45] ·
November 30 – The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP
21) is held in Paris, attended by leaders from 147 nations.[46] December[change | change source] ·
December 12 – A global climate change pact is agreed at the COP 21 summit, committing all countries
to reduce carbon
emissions for the first time.[47] ·
December 21 – After a mass corruption
scandal, the FIFA committee
suspended its president Sepp Blatter for 7 years thus forcing
him to resign. ·
December 22 – SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable
rocket to successfully enter orbital space and return.[48] Predicted events[change | change
source] ·
December 31 – Millennium
Development Goals are targeted for achievement. ·
December 31 – Microcredit Summit
Campaign goals are targeted for achievement. Unknown dates[change | change
source] ·
Analog television will
be switched off in the Russian Federation.[49] ·
The
first plasma operation of the fusion reactor ITER is
expected. ·
Target
date for OECD countries to raise aid levels to
0.7% of Gross Domestic Product, as per the Paris Agreement. ·
The United States Navy will commission USS Gerald R. Ford, the first ship in a new class of supercarriers. ·
The
winning nation for the 2022 Winter Olympics will
be announced by the IOC. ·
Brood
XXIII (Lower Mississippi Valley Brood) of the Magicicada will
emerge after a 13-year hiatus. ·
Cricket
World Cup will be played in Australia and New Zealand. ·
NASA
Solar probe, will orbit the Sun ·
ESA Solar
Orbiter (SOLO), will orbit the Sun to perform close observations of
the polar regions of the Sun ·
2015
is the earliest year the European Space
Agency might launch the Darwin
Mission to search for exoplanets that
could possibly harbor life. ·
Tenth
season premiere of SpongeBob
SquarePants. ·
Toronto
will host the 2015 Pan American Games. ·
New
Songdo City, South Korea, a high-tech city of 65,000 will
be completed.[50] ·
A
Mass-Transit specific bridge (Caruthers
Bridge) will open in Portland, Oregon. Sports[change | change source] ·
2015 Pan American
Games, in Toronto, Canada. ·
2015 Rugby World Cup,
in England. ·
2015 Cricket World
Cup, in Australia and New Zealand. Deaths[change | change source] Main article: Deaths in 2015 In fiction[change | change source] Computer and video games[change | change
source] ·
Doom: The Union Aerospace Corporation is founded by Thomas
Kelliher. ·
Star
Control: The Small War of
2015 takes place, a war where many of humanity's nuclear weapons were used,
and resolved in the isolations of the weapons. It is called the "small
war" because it could have been much worse. ·
"Jetfighter
2015" (2005) ·
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation: The first Ace Combat installment
for the Xbox 360. The game
takes place on the Anean continent in a war between Emmeria and Estovakia. ·
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: The first Metal Gear Solid installment
for the PlayStation 3.
The game takes place in the Middle East, South America, Eastern Europe,
Alaska, and a submersible Ark, takes place in 2015. Movies[change | change source] ·
"Firebird
2015 AD" (1981) ·
Dr. Emmett Brown, Marty McFly, and Jennifer
Parker travel to October 21 of this year in the
movie Back to the
Future Part II. According to a holographic newscast, the Chicago Cubs win the World Series against a team from Miami
(in which the movie was released in 1989, there were no teams from Miami,
until 1993 when the Florida Marlins,
a team that plays in Miami was established). Inventions will also include
flying cars, self-fitting clothes and shoes, hoverboards (devices
similar to skateboards),
television goggles, hydrating pizzas, and various other developments.
According to the movie, 2015 is also the year Jaws 19 premieres,
in holographic 3D without requiring 3D glasses. ·
Event
Horizon: The first permanent
colony will be established on the Moon. ·
The 6th Day (2000) Television[change | change source] Set in 2015: ·
Defenders
of the Earth (1986): ·
Future
GPX Cyber Formula (1991): Hayato
Kazami becomes the youngest driver ever in Cyber formula with
Sugo Grand Prix. ·
Neon Genesis
Evangelion (1995–1996):
The main events of the series take place in this year. ·
Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine ("Past Tense," 1995): By 2015, London has its own Major League
Baseball team, the London Kings. ·
Space:
Above and Beyond (1995–1996): Aerospace and defense supplier Aero-Tech is
founded. ·
3rd
Rock from the Sun: According to Dick
Solomon in the episode "Angry Dick", a giant meteor
is destined to collide with Earth. When he says this in his physics class and
all of his students turn towards him in shock, he adds, "which obviously
doesn't exist because I'm kidding!" Media franchises[change | change
source] ·
.hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a
large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from
what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game
system, thus creating The World:R2. Other fiction[change | change
source] ·
John Titor,
a claimed time traveler from year 2036, said that World War III would begin during 2015
on his world line. Hit songs[change | change source] ·
Get Low - Dillon
Francis and DJ Snake ·
Pretty
Girls - Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea ·
Tom's Diner - Giorgio
Moroder and Britney Spears ·
El Perdon - Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias ·
$ave Dat
Money - Lil Dicky, Fetty Wap and Rich
Homie Quan ·
Infinity - Mariah Carey ·
Cheerleader - OMI ·
FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney ·
Earned It - The Weeknd ·
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding ·
Honey,
I'm Good. - Andy
Grammer ·
I
Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen ·
Give You What You
Like - Avril Lavigne ·
Shut
Up and Dance - Walk the
Moon ·
Coming
for You - The Offspring ·
Rock or
Bust - AC/DC ·
Jekyll
and Hyde - Five Finger Death
Punch ·
The
Vengeful One - Disturbed ·
Cirice - Ghost
(band) ·
Vacation - Thomas
Rhett ·
Girl Crush - Little
Big Town ·
Going
Out Like That - Reba McEntire ·
Little
Toy Guns - Carrie Underwood ·
Little
Red Wagon - Miranda Lambert ·
Like
a Wrecking Ball - Eric Church ·
Lose My
Mind - Brett
Eldredge ·
Buy Me a
Boat - Chris
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