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2015 has been designated the [[International Year of |
2015 has been designated the [[International Year of Deleting on wikipedia as well as the year before]] and the [[Soil governance#International Year of Soils|International Year of Soils]] by the [[Sixty-eighth session of the Wikipedia Dictator Assembly|sixty-eighth session]] of the [[United Nations General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=United Nations Observances|url=http://www.un.org/en/events/observances/years.shtml|publisher=[[United Nations]]|accessdate=January 12, 2015}}</ref> |
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== Events == |
== Events == |
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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 Deleting on wikipedia as well as the year before 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 killed more than 2000 people.[4][5][6][7]
- January 7 – Gunmen attack the Paris office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing twelve people and injuring ten.
- 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
Predicted and scheduled events
April
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft is expected to arrive at the dwarf planet Ceres.[11]
May
- May 1–October 31 – Expo 2015 will be held in Milan, Italy.[12]
July
- July – The ESA and NASA plan to launch the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft, a gravity research probe and technology testbed.[13]
- 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.[14]
Date unknown
- The United States and South Korea will dissolve the post-Korean War Combined Forces Command.[15]
Deaths
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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
- Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (b. 1931)
- Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
- 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 author (b. 1937)
- January 30
- Carl Djerassi, American chemist (b. 1923)
- Zhelyu Zhelev, 2nd President of Bulgaria (b. 1935)
- January 31 – Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany (b. 1920)
February
In fiction
- Back to the Future Part II (1989): Dr. Emmett Brown, Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker time-travel to October 21 of this year, the latest date in the Back to the Future trilogy.
See also
References
- ^ "United Nations Observances". United Nations. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- ^ Договор о Евразийском экономическом союзе
- ^ Kropaitas, Zivile (January 1, 2015). "Lithuania joins Baltic neighbours in euro club". BBC News. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ "Boko Haram destroys at least 16 villages in NE Nigeria: officials". Business Insider. Agence France-Presse. January 8, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ "Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria's Baga town hit by new assault". BBC World News. British Broadcasting Corporation. January 8, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ Smith, Alexander (January 8, 2015). "Boko Haram Torches Nigerian Town of Baga; 2,000 Missing: Senator". NBC News. National Broadcasting Company. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ "Boko Haram kills dozens in fresh raids in Nigerian town". Thomson Reuters. Reuters. January 8, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ "'Francogeddon' as Swiss franc ends euro cap". BBC News. January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ "'Francogeddon': New Zealand foreign exchange broker shuts after Swiss national bank scraps currency cap". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ "Yemen president quits amid worsening crisis". Al Jazeera. January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ "NASA's Dawn Fills out its Ceres Dance Card". NASA. December 3, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ "Learn More About Expo Milano 2015". Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ "Missions - ST-7 / Lisa Pathfinder - NASA Science - Science@NASA". Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ "New Horizons". NASA. August 24, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ Bandow, Doug (December 5, 2011). "Why Doesn't South Korea Defend The United States?". Forbes. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
External links
Media related to 2015 at Wikimedia Commons
