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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, the 15th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
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| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
| Gregorian calendar | 2015 MMXV
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| Ab urbe condita | 2768 |
| Armenian calendar | 1464 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 171 – 172 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2559 |
| Coptic calendar | 1731 – 1732 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2007 – 2008 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5775 – 5776 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2070 – 2071 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1937 – 1938 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5116 – 5117 |
| Holocene calendar | 12015 |
| Iranian calendar | 1393 – 1394 |
| Islamic calendar | 1436 – 1437 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei
27
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2675 (皇紀2675年) |
| Julian calendar | 2060 |
| Korean calendar | 4348 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2558 |
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Events[]
January[]
- January 1
- The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
- Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes the nineteenth Eurozone country.[2]
- January 3–7 – A series of massacres in Baga, Nigeria and surrounding villages by Boko Haram kills more than 2,000 people.[3][4][5][6]
- January 7 – Two gunmen belonging to Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch kill 12 people and injure 11 more at the Paris headquarters of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, prompting an anti-terrorism demonstration attended by over a million people and more than 40 world leaders.[7][8]
- January 12 – Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
- January 15 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.[9][10]
- January 22 – After Houthi forces seize the presidential palace, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns after months of unrest.[11]
- January 27 – January 2015 North American Blizzard, a powerful nor'easter that affected Canada and the Central and Eastern United States, and eventually, parts of Southern Greenland and Western Europe.
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.[12][13]
- The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2199 to combat terrorism.[14]
- 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.[15]
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.[16][17][18]
- March 6 – NASA's Dawn probe enters orbit around Ceres, becoming the first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet.[19][20]
- March 12 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant becomes allies with fellow jihadist group Boko Haram, effectively annexing the group.[21]
- March 24 – An Airbus A320-211 operated by Germanwings crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board.[22]
- 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.[23][24]
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.[25]
- April 25 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal and causes 8,857 deaths[26][27] in Nepal, 130 in India,[28] 27 in China[29] and 4 in Bangladesh[30] with a total of 9,018 deaths.
- April 29 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares that rubella has been eradicated from the Americas.[31]
May[]
- May 1–October 31 – Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy.[32]
- 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.[33][34]
- May 12 – A second major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale, results in 153 deaths in Nepal,[35] 62 in India,[36] 1 in China[37] and 2 in Bangladesh[37] with a total of 218 deaths.
- May 20 – The two constituent republics of Novorossiya, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, announce the suspension of the Novorossiya project, returning to separate (though internationally unrecognised) states.
- May 21 – ISIS captures ancient city of Palmyra in Syria.
- May 23 – Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.[38]
June[]
- 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.[39]
- June 6 – The governments of India and Bangladesh officially ratify their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.[40]
- June 25–26 – ISIL claim responsibility for three attacks around the world during Ramadan:
- Kobanî massacre: ISIL fighters detonate three car bombs, enter Kobanî, Syria, and open fire at civilians, killing more than 220.[41]
- Sousse attacks: 22-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui opens fire at a tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia, killing 38 people.[42]
- 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.[43]
- June 30 – Cuba becomes the first country in the world to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.[44]
July[]
- 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.[45]
- July 5-13 – Greek government-debt crisis: After six months of clashes and futile negotiations between Greece's newly elected, leftist government and the country's creditors, over the austerity measures imposed through bailout programmes, tension peaks as Greece votes in a referendum to reject the terms offered in a third programme;[46] however the government eventually proceeds to concur to harsher terms than those offered before, in what was widely characterized as a coup on the creditors' part.[47]
- July 14
- July 20 – Cuba and the United States reestablish full diplomatic relations, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations.[50]
- July 24 – Turkey begins a series of airstrikes against PKK and ISIL targets after the 2015 Suruç bombing.[51]
August[]
- August 5 – Debris found on Réunion Island is confirmed to be that of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, missing since March 2014.[52]
- 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.[53]
September[]
- September 10 – Scientists announce the discovery of Homo naledi, a previously unknown species of early human in South Africa.[54]
- September 14 – First observation of gravitational waves: Gravitational waves are detected for the first time, by LIGO. This is not announced until February 11, 2016.[55]
- September 18 – Automaker Volkswagen is alleged to have been involved in worldwide rigging of diesel emissions tests, affecting an estimated 11 million vehicles globally.[56][57]
- September 24 – A stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca kills at least 2,200 people and injures more than 900 others, with more than 650 missing.[58]
- September 28 – NASA announces that liquid water has been found on Mars.[59]
- September 30 – Russia begins air strikes against ISIL and anti-government forces in Syria–in support of the Syrian government.[60]
October[]
- October 3 – A United States airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) hospital in Afghanistan accidentally kills an estimated 20 people.[61]
- October 10 – A series of suicide bombings kills at least 100 people at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, and injures more than 400 others.[62]
- October 23 – Hurricane Patricia becomes the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere and the second strongest worldwide, with winds of 215 mph and a pressure of 872 mbar.[63]
- October 26 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region and causes 398 deaths,[64] with 279 in Pakistan, 115 in Afghanistan and 4 in India.
- October 31 – Kogalymavia Flight 9268, 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.[65]
November[]
- November 7 – Chinese and Taiwanese presidents, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, formally meet for the first time.[66]
- November 12 - Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
- November 13 – Multiple terrorist attacks claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Paris, France, result in 130 fatalities.[67]
- 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.[68]
- November 30 – The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) is held in Paris, attended by leaders from 147 nations.[69]
December[]
- 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.[70]
- December 15 – The Islamic Military Alliance is formed in order to fight terrorism.[71]
- December 22 – SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable rocket to successfully enter orbital space and return.[72]
Births[]
- May 2 – Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
- June 15 – Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland
Deaths[]
Main article: Deaths in 2015
Further information: Category:2015 deaths
| Deaths |
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| January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December |
January[]
Mario Cuomo
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Zhelyu Zhelev
Richard von Weizsäcker
- January 1
- 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
- January 11
- January 12 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian opera singer (b. 1939)
- January 17 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress (b. 1931)
- January 20
- 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
- January 31
February[]
Aldo Ciccolini
André Brink
Clark Terry
- February 1
- February 3 – Martin Gilbert, English historian (b. 1936)
- February 5
- February 6
- 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
- February 16
- February 18 – Claude Criquielion, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1957)
- February 21
- February 24 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and businessman (b. 1962)
- February 27
- Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician (b. 1959)
- Leonard Nimoy, American actor (b. 1931)
- February 28
March[]
Sam Simon
Terry Pratchett
Malcolm Fraser
Lee Kuan Yew
- March 1
- 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
- March 11 – Walter Burkert, German academic and writer (b. 1931)
- March 12
- March 13 – Daevid Allen, Australian musician (b. 1938)
- March 14 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (b. 1937)
- March 15
- 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
- March 23 – Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)
- March 26
- 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[]
Günter Grass
Percy Sledge
Verne Gagne
- 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
- April 14
- 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 – Francis George, American cardinal (b. 1937)
- April 24 – Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish politician and resistance fighter (b. 1922)
- April 26 – Izatullo Khayoyev, 6th Prime Minister of Tajikistan (b. 1936)
- April 27
- April 29 – Giovanni Canestri, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
- April 30
May[]
Maya Plisetskaya
B.B. King
John Forbes Nash, Jr.
- May 1
- May 2
- May 9 – Kenan Evren, Turkish military officer, 7th 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
- May 19 – Gerald Götting, German politician (b. 1923)
- May 21 – Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969)
- May 23
- 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
- May 30 – Beau Biden, American politician (b. 1969) Template:Importance inline
June[]
Nicholas Liverpool
Christopher Lee
Süleyman Demirel
Yevgeny Primakov
- June 1
- 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
- June 7 – Christopher Lee, English actor (b. 1922)
- June 9 – James Last, German composer and big band leader (b. 1929)
- June 11
- June 14
- June 15
- June 16 – Charles Correa, Indian architect (b. 1930)
- June 17
- June 20 – Esther Brand, South African athlete (b. 1922)
- June 21
- June 22
- Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (b. 1941)
- James Horner, American film composer (b. 1953)
- June 23
- June 25
- June 26 – Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999 (b. 1929)
- June 27 – Chris Squire, English bass guitarist (b. 1948)
- June 29
July[]
Omar Sharif
Satoru Iwata
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- July 1
- July 5 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American Nobel physicist (b. 1921)
- July 10
- July 11
- July 12 – Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean poet (b. 1956)
- July 13 – Martin Litchfield West, British classical scholar (b. 1937)
- July 14 – Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Hungarian fencer (b. 1951)
- July 15 – Wan Li, Chinese politician (b. 1916)
- July 16 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1926)
- July 17 – Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (b. 1989)
- July 18 – Alex Rocco, American actor (b. 1936)
- July 19 – Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer (b. 1948)
- July 21
- July 23 – William Wakefield Baum, American Catholic cardinal (b. 1926)
- July 27 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and politician, 11th President of India (b. 1931)
- July 28 – Edward Natapei, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954)
- July 30
- July 31 – Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler (b. 1954)
August[]
Robert Conquest
Yvonne Craig
Oliver Sacks
- August 1 – Cilla Black, English singer and entertainer (b. 1943)
- August 3 – Robert Conquest, British-born American historian (b. 1917)
- August 7
- August 9 – John Henry Holland, American computer scientist (b. 1929)
- August 11 – Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer (b. 1941)
- August 12 – Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician (b. 1929)
- August 14 – Bob Johnston, American record producer (b. 1932)
- August 16 – Mile Mrkšić, Serbian military officer (b. 1947)
- August 17
- August 20 – Egon Bahr, German politician (b. 1922)
- August 22
- August 23 – Guy Ligier, French racing driver and team owner (b. 1930)
- August 24 – Justin Wilson, British racing driver (b. 1978)
- August 27 – Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)
- August 29 – Wayne Dyer, American author and motivational speaker (b. 1940)
- August 30
September[]
Jackie Collins
Yogi Berra
- September 1 – Dean Jones, American actor (b. 1931)
- September 3 – Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Nepalese dwarf, world's shortest man (b. 1939)
- September 4 – Rico Rodriguez, Cuban-British musician (b. 1934)
- September 5 – Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (b. 1920)
- September 7 – Candida Royalle, American actress and director (b. 1950)
- September 10 – Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
- September 12 – Ron Springett, British footballer (b. 1935)
- September 13 – Moses Malone, American basketball player (b. 1955)
- September 14 – Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian politician (b. 1949)
- September 17
- September 19 – Jackie Collins, British novelist (b. 1937)
- September 22 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- September 23 – Dragan Holcer, Croatian footballer (b. 1945)
- September 27
- September 28 – Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (b. 1939)
- September 29 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
October[]
Denis Healey
Henning Mankell
Mathieu Kérékou
Maureen O'Hara
- October 2
- October 3 – Denis Healey, British politician (b. 1917)
- October 5
- Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker (b. 1950)
- Infante Carlos, Spanish nobleman (b. 1938)
- Henning Mankell, Swedish author (b. 1948)
- October 6 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (b. 1922)
- October 7
- October 9 – Geoffrey Howe, British politician (b. 1926)
- October 10 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist (b. 1931)
- October 12 – Joan Leslie, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
- October 14
- October 17
- October 18 – Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian author (b. 1945)
- October 19 – Ali Treki, Libyan diplomat (b. 1938)
- October 23 – Paride Tumburus, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
- October 24
- October 25 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
- October 26
- October 30
- October 31 – Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (b. 1938)
November[]
Fred Thompson
Yitzhak Navon
Helmut Schmidt
Jonah Lomu
Kim Young-sam
- November 1
- November 3 – Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (b. 1944)
- November 4
- November 5
- November 6 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician, President of Israel (b. 1921)
- November 7 – Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-American actor and author (b. 1947)
- November 8
- November 9
- November 10
- November 11 – Phil Taylor, English rock drummer (b. 1954)
- November 12
- November 15 – Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (b. 1929)
- November 18
- November 20 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1953)
- November 21
- November 22 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean politician, President of South Korea (b. 1927)
- November 23 – Douglass North, American economist (b. 1920)
- November 28
- November 30
December[]
Robert Loggia
Kurt Masur
Stein Eriksen
Lemmy
Elżbieta Krzesińska
- December 1 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- December 2
- December 3 – Scott Weiland, American singer and musician (b. 1967)
- December 4
- December 5 – Dimitar Iliev Popov, 41st Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1927)
- December 6 – Franzl Lang, German Yodeler (b. 1930)
- December 8 – Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer (b. 1936)
- December 9
- December 10
- December 13 – Benedict Anderson, American academic (b. 1936)
- December 15 – Licio Gelli, Italian financier (b. 1919)
- December 19
- December 23
- December 27
- December 28
- December 29
- December 31
Nobel Prizes[]
- Chemistry – Paul L. Modrich; Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl
- Economics – Angus Deaton
- Literature – Svetlana Alexievich
- Peace – Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
- Physics – Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
- Physiology or Medicine – William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Tu Youyou
See also[]
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- List of international years
Genealogical events[]
People of the year 2015 at Familypedia
17 people were born in 2015
0 children were born to the 5 women born in 2015
105 people died in 2015
495 people lived in 2015
Events of the year 2015 at Familypedia
16 people were married in 2015.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Jennifer Joanna Aniston (1969) | William Bradley Pitt (1963)+ Justin Paul Theroux (1971) |
| David Lewis Arquette (1971) | Courteney Bass Cox (1964)+Christina West McLarty (1981) |
| Carl Philip av Sverige (1979-) | Sofia Kristina Hellqvist (1984-) |
| Celestine Ann Beyoncé (1954) | Mathew Edward Knowles (1952)+ Rickey Lee Lawson (1947) |
| Nicole Elizabeth Carter (1989-) | Ryan Adam Dippert (1986-) |
| Renae Louise Carter (1984-) | Neil Martin Thompson (1981-) |
| Renae Therese Carter (1984-) | Neil Martin Thompson (1981-) |
| Benjamin Walker Davis (1982) | Mary Willa Gummer (1983)+Kaya Rose Humphrey (1992) |
| John Christopher Depp, Jr. (1963) | Lori Anne Allison (1957) + Vanessa Chantal Paradis (1972) + Amber Laura Heard (1986) |
| Cameron Michelle Diaz (1972) | Benjamin Levi Combs (1979-) |
| Darius Goad | Waifu-Chan |
| Kaya Rose Humphrey (1992) | Benjamin Walker Davis (1982) |
| Danielle Riley Keough (1989) | Benjamin Smith-Petersen (1991) |
| Milena Markovna Kunis (1983) | Christopher Ashton Kutcher (1978) |
| Christopher Ashton Kutcher (1978) | Demi Gene Guynes (1962)+ Milena Markovna Kunis (1983) |
| ... further results | |
There were 0 military battles in 2015.
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References[]
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