01 Jan 2015
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The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. |
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03 Jan 2015
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Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, with as many as 2,000 people having been killed. |
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07 Jan 2015
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A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured. |
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07 Jan 2015
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Two gunmen commit a mass shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing twelve people and injuring another eleven. |
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09 Jan 2015
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The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation. Elsewhere, a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market, Hypercacher, in the eastern Paris suburb of Vincennes. |
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10 Jan 2015
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A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, kills at least 62 people. |
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10 Jan 2015
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A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involves beer that was deliberately contaminated with crocodile bile leaving at least 56 dead and nearly 200 hospitalized. |
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12 Jan 2015
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A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, kills seven people in Gyumri, Armenia. |
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12 Jan 2015
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Cameroon kills 143 Boko Haram fighters in clashes. |
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22 Jan 2015
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An explosion near a civilian trolleybus in the city of Donetsk kills at least thirteen people. |
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26 Jan 2015
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The Church of England ordains Libby Lane as its first female bishop. |
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26 Jan 2015
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A plane crash at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain kills 11 people and injures 21 others. |
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26 Jan 2015
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A giant snow storm hits much of the Northeastern United States. |
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29 Jan 2015
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Malaysia has officially declared the disappearance of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident and its passengers and crew presumed dead. |
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03 Feb 2015
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A collision between a commuter train and a passenger vehicle kills six in Valhalla, New York. |
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04 Feb 2015
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A TransAsia Airways aircraft with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after take-off, killing at least 31 people. |
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11 Feb 2015
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A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women. |
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14 Feb 2015
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Two people are killed in shootings at a free-speech seminar and at a synagogue service in Copenhagen. |
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16 Feb 2015
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A CSX train crashes in Mount Carbon, West Virginia resulting in large fires. |
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17 Feb 2015
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18 people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti. |
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20 Feb 2015
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Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services. |
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22 Feb 2015
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A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people. |
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24 Feb 2015
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Stock Index FTSE 100 reaches an all-time high after almost 15 years; the previous all-time high was reached on the last trading day of 1999 during the dot-com boom. |
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24 Feb 2015
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A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California, following a collision with a truck, leaves more than 30 injured. |
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25 Feb 2015
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At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan. |
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27 Feb 2015
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A gunman kills seven people then himself in a series of shootings in Tyrone, Missouri. |
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03 Mar 2015
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Slovenia legalizes same-sex marriage. |
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04 Mar 2015
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At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine. |
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09 Mar 2015
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Two helicopters collided near Villa Castelli, Argentina killing 10 people. |
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18 Mar 2015
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The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded. |
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20 Mar 2015
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A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a Supermoon all occur on the same day. |
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24 Mar 2015
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Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board. |
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27 Mar 2015
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Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead. |
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02 Apr 2015
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A gunmen attacks Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others. |
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20 Apr 2015
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10 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland. |
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25 Apr 2015
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Riots break out in Baltimore, Maryland following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. |
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25 Apr 2015
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More than 8,800 killed in massive Nepal earthquake. |
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03 May 2015
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Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. |
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09 May 2015
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Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day. |
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09 May 2015
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An Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft crashes near the Spanish city of Seville with three people on board killed. |
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12 May 2015
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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake and six major aftershocks hit Nepal, killing over 200 people. |
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12 May 2015
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A train derailment in Philadelphia kills 8 people and injures over 200. |
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13 May 2015
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An industrial fire in Valenzuela, Philippines killing 72 people. |
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16 May 2015
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A passenger train collides with a tractor and trailer on a level crossing at Ibbenbüren, Germany. Two people are killed and 40 are injured. |
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17 May 2015
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At least 9 people are killed and 18 injured, some by law enforcement and others in gunfire exchanges, in a shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas. |
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18 May 2015
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At least 78 people die in a landslides caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar. |
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23 May 2015
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The Republic of Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. |
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26 Jun 2015
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Same-sex marriage was effectively legalized in the United States on June 26, 2015, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. Prior to Obergefell, lower court decisions, state legislation, and popular referendums had already legalized same-sex marriage to some degree in 38 out of 50 U.S. states, comprising about 70% of the U.S. population. Federal benefits were previously extended to lawfully married same-sex couples following the Supreme Court's June 2013 decision in United States v. Windsor. Тhe United States became the twenty-first and most populous country to recognize same-sex marriage.
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14 Jul 2015
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Closest approach of New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto-Charon system. |
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