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* [[June 2]] – [[FIFA]] [[List of presidents of FIFA|President]] [[Sepp Blatter]] resigns amidst an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]-led [[2015 FIFA corruption case|corruption investigation]], and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new president as soon as possible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32982449 |publisher=BBC Sport |title=Sepp Blatter to resign as FIFA president amid corruption scandal |date=2015-02-06 |accessdate=2015-02-06}}</ref> |
* [[June 2]] – [[FIFA]] [[List of presidents of FIFA|President]] [[Sepp Blatter]] resigns amidst an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]-led [[2015 FIFA corruption case|corruption investigation]], and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new president as soon as possible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32982449 |publisher=BBC Sport |title=Sepp Blatter to resign as FIFA president amid corruption scandal |date=2015-02-06 |accessdate=2015-02-06}}</ref> |
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* [[June 7]]–[[June 8|8]] – The [[41st G7 summit]] is held in [[Schloss Elmau]], [[Bavaria]]. |
* [[June 7]]–[[June 8|8]] – The [[41st G7 summit]] is held in [[Schloss Elmau]], [[Bavaria]]. |
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2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
2015 has been designated the International Year of Light and the International Year of Soils by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[1]
Events
January
- January 1
- The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[2]
- Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes the nineteenth Eurozone country.[3]
- January 3–7 – A series of massacres in Baga, Nigeria and surrounding villages by Boko Haram kills more than 2,000 people.[4][5][6][7]
- January 15 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.[8][9]
- January 22 – After Houthi forces seize the presidential palace, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns after months of unrest.[10]
February
- 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. However, several days later, the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels claim that, within its first day, the ceasefire was broken 139 times, as both sides failed to withdraw their heavy weapons and fighting had continued.[11][12]
- The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2199 to combat terrorism.[13]
- 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.[14]
March
- 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.[15][16][17]
- March 6 – NASA's Dawn probe enters orbit around Ceres, becoming the first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet.[18][19]
- March 12 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant becomes allies with fellow jihadist group Boko Haram, effectively annexing the group.[20]
- March 24 – An Airbus A320-211 operated by Germanwings crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board.[21]
- 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.[22][23]
April
- April 2 – 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.[24]
- April 25 – A major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, results in nearly 9,000 deaths[25][26] in Nepal, India,[27] China[28] and Bangladesh.[29]
- April 29 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares that rubella has been eradicated from the Americas.[30]
May
- May 1–October 31 – Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy.[31]
- 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.[32][33]
- May 12 – A second major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, results in more than 200 deaths in Nepal,[34] India,[35] China[36] and Bangladesh.[36]
- May 23 – The Republic of Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.[37]
June
- June 2 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter resigns amidst an FBI-led corruption investigation, and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new president as soon as possible.[38]
- June 7–8 – The 41st G7 summit is held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria.
Predicted and scheduled events
July
- July 14 – NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly by Pluto and Charon and explore the area for five months, until the distance becomes too great. New Horizons will then enter the Kuiper belt and eventually leave the Solar System.[39] The spacecraft will be the second to visit a dwarf planet.
September
- The ESA and NASA plan to launch the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft, a gravity research probe and technology testbed.[40]
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- The United States and South Korea will dissolve the post-Korean War Combined Forces Command.[41]
Births
Deaths
January
- January 1
- Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (b. 1944)
- Mario Cuomo, American politician (b. 1932)
- Omar Karami, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
- Boris Morukov, Russian astronaut (b. 1950)
- January 3 – Edward Brooke, American politician (b. 1919)
- January 4 – Pino Daniele, Italian singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1955)
- January 5 – Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver (b. 1937)
- January 6 – Vlastimil Bubník, Czech ice hockey player and footballer (b. 1931)
- January 7
- Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer and film director (b. 1926)
- Rod Taylor, Australian actor (b. 1930)
- January 8 – Andraé Crouch, American singer, songwriter, and pastor (b. 1942)
- January 9 – Józef Oleksy, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1946)
- January 10 – Francesco Rosi, Italian film director (b. 1922)
- January 11
- Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
- Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (b. 1931)
- January 12 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian opera singer (b. 1939)
- January 17 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress (b. 1931)
- January 20
- Edgar Froese, German musician (b. 1944)
- Hitoshi Saito, Japanese judoka (b. 1961)
- January 21 – Leon Brittan, British politician (b. 1939)
- January 23 – King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (b. 1924)
- January 24 – Otto Carius, German WWII tank commander (b. 1922)
- January 25 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer (b. 1946)
- January 27 – Charles Hard Townes, American Nobel physicist (b. 1915)
- January 28 – Yves Chauvin, French Nobel chemist (b. 1930)
- January 29 – Colleen McCullough, Australian writer (b. 1937)
- January 30
- Carl Djerassi, American chemist (b. 1923)
- Geraldine McEwan, British actress (b. 1932)
- Zhelyu Zhelev, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1935)
- January 31
- Lizabeth Scott, American actress (b. 1922)
- Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany (b. 1920)
February
- February 1
- Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist (b. 1925)
- Udo Lattek, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
- February 3 – Martin Gilbert, English historian (b. 1936)
- February 5
- Henri Coppens, Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1930)
- Val Logsdon Fitch, American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
- February 6
- André Brink, South African writer (b. 1935)
- Assia Djebar, Algerian writer (b. 1936)
- February 7 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and writer (b. 1934)
- February 10 – Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal (b. 1928)
- February 12 – Movita Castaneda, American actress (b. 1916)
- February 14
- Michele Ferrero, Italian businessman (b. 1925)
- Louis Jourdan, French actor (b. 1921)
- Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian athlete and coach (b. 1920)
- Wim Ruska, Dutch wrestler and martial artist (b. 1940)
- February 16
- Lesley Gore, American singer (b. 1946)
- Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress (b. 1971)
- February 18 – Claude Criquielion, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1957)
- February 21
- Aleksei Gubarev, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1931)
- Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter and fugelhornist (b. 1920)
- February 27
- Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician (b. 1959)
- Leonard Nimoy, American actor (b. 1931)
- February 28
- Yaşar Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1923)
- Anthony Mason, American basketball player (b. 1966)
March
- March 1
- Joshua Fishman, American linguist (b. 1926)
- Wolfram Wuttke, German footballer (b. 1961)
- March 2 – Dave Mackay, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1934)
- March 5 – Edward Egan, American cardinal (b. 1932)
- March 7 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese manga artist (b. 1935)
- March 8 – Sam Simon, American producer and philanthropist (b. 1955)
- March 9
- Camille Muffat, French swimmer (b. 1989)
- Frei Otto, German architect (b. 1925)
- Alexis Vastine, French boxer (b. 1986)
- March 11 – Walter Burkert, German academic and writer (b. 1931)
- March 12
- Michael Graves, American architect (b. 1934)
- Terry Pratchett, English writer (b. 1948)
- March 13 – Daevid Allen, Australian musician (b. 1938)
- March 14 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (b. 1937)
- March 15
- Xu Caihou, Chinese army general (b. 1943)
- Mike Porcaro, American bass guitarist (b. 1955)
- March 16 – Andy Fraser, English songwriter and bass guitarist (b. 1952)
- March 19 – Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
- March 20 – Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930)
- March 21
- Hans Erni, Swiss artist (b. 1909)
- Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (b. 1925)
- Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (b. 1955)
- March 23 – Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)
- March 26
- Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
- Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish Nobel poet and translator (b. 1931)
- March 27 – Olga Syahputra, Indonesian actor and singer (b. 1983)
- March 29 – Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)
- March 30 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer (b. 1921)
April
- April 2 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese film director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- April 4 – Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author (b. 1931)
- April 6 – James Best, American actor (b. 1926)
- April 7 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935)
- April 8 – Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)
- April 10 – Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
- April 13
- Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer (b. 1940)
- Günter Grass, German Nobel writer (b. 1927)
- Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player (b. 1918)
- April 14
- Percy Sledge, American singer (b. 1940)
- Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal (b. 1921)
- April 15 – Surya Bahadur Thapa, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928)
- April 16 – Stanislav Gross, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)
- April 17
- Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Iraqi general and commander (b. 1942)
- Francis George, American cardinal (b. 1937)
- April 24 – Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish politician and resistance fighter (b. 1922)
- April 27
- Andrew Lesnie, Australian cinematographer (b. 1956)
- Verne Gagne, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
- April 29 – Giovanni Canestri, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
- April 30
- Ben E. King, American singer (b. 1938)
- Patachou, French singer and actress (b. 1918)
May
- May 1
- Geoff Duke, British motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
- Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
- May 2
- Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress (b. 1925)
- Ruth Rendell, British author (b. 1930)
- May 9 – Kenan Evren, Turkish military officer, seventh President of Turkey (b. 1917)
- May 10 – Chris Burden, American artist (b. 1946)
- May 12 – Peter Gay, American psychohistorian (b. 1923)
- May 14 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
- May 15 – Renzo Zorzi, Italian racing driver (b. 1946)
- May 18
- Halldór Ásgrímsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)
- Raymond Gosling, British scientist (b. 1926)
- May 19 – Gerald Götting, German politician (b. 1923)
- May 21 – Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1970)
- May 23
- Anne Meara, American actress and comedian (b. 1929)
- John Forbes Nash, Jr., American Nobel mathematician (b. 1928)
- May 24 – Tanith Lee, British writer (b. 1947)
- May 25 – Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer (b. 1940)
- May 26 – Vicente Aranda, Spanish film director (b. 1926)
- May 27 – Nils Christie, Norwegian criminologist (b. 1928)
- May 29
- Henry Carr, American sprinter (b. 1941)
- Doris Hart, American tennis player (b. 1925)
- Betsy Palmer, American actress (b. 1926)
June
- June 1
- Charles Kennedy, British politician (b. 1959)
- Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican politician, sixth President of Dominica (b. 1934)
- June 2 – Irwin Rose, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1926)
- June 4 – Hermann Zapf, German typeface designer (b. 1918)
- June 5 – Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician (b. 1936)
- June 6 – Pierre Brice, French actor (b. 1929)
- June 7 – Christopher Lee, English actor (b. 1922)
- June 9 – James Last, German composer and big band leader (b. 1929)
- June 11
- Ornette Coleman, American free jazz saxophonist (b. 1930)
- Ron Moody, British actor (b. 1924)
- Dusty Rhodes, American professional wrestler (b. 1945)
- June 14
- June 15
- Jeanna Friske, Russian singer, model, and actress (b. 1974)
- Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman (b. 1917)
- June 16 – Charles Correa, Indian architect (b. 1930)
- June 17
- Ron Clarke, Australian runner (b. 1937)
- Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician, ninth President of Turkey (b. 1924)
- Roberto M. Levingston, Argentine general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)
- June 20 – Esther Brand, South African athlete (b. 1922)
- June 21
- Veijo Meri, Finnish writer (b. 1928)
- Gunther Schuller, American composer, conductor, historian, and jazz musician (b. 1925)
- June 22
- Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (b. 1941)
- James Horner, American film composer (b. 1953)
- June 23
- Magali Noël, French actress and singer (b. 1931)
- Dick Van Patten, American actor (b. 1928)
- June 25
- Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia (b. 1940)
- Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
- June 26 – Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. (b. 1929)
In fiction
See also
References
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- ^ Договор о Евразийском экономическом союзе
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