Your place in the Universe on 2015
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2015 (MMXV in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.
Is 2015 a year special to you? Discover what 2015 was famous for, Key World Leaders of 2015, 2015 Time’s Person of the Year, the #1 song, movie and book in 2015, how old is someone born in 2015 and what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 2015.
On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 2015 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.
Table of contents
- What was 2015 known for ?
- Key World Leaders of 2015
- Who was the U.S. President in 2015?
- Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2015?
- Who was the Pope in 2015?
- 2015: Who was Time's Person of the Year?
- What was the most popular movie in 2015?
- What was the best selling book in 2015?
- How old is someone born in 2015?
- What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 2015?
What was 2015 known for ?
- This was the 6th year in the 2010s decade and went down in history as the international year of light and soils.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the highest grossing film of the year with over $2 billion in ticket sales around the world. LL Cool J the host of the 57th Annual Grammy for the fourth time in a row saw Sam Smith walk away with four golden gramophones. Beyoncé became the most decorated woman at the Grammy Awards after Alison Krauss when she bagged three awards.
- Following a series of massacres in Baga Nigeria, the outlawed extremist group Boko Haram killed over 2,000 people between January 3 and January 7.
- On October 7, 2015, James Bristle a farmer from Michigan unearthed a partial skeleton of a prehistoric wooly mammoth. Bristle and his neighbor while digging a trench with the intent to install drainage pipe when they struck the find, eight feet into the ground below his wheat plantation. It was not until they saw the unusual three feet long bone that they contacted the University Of Michigan Museum Of Paleontology. The team excavated the area and found a massive skull and tusks, ribs, pelvis, shoulder blades and the skeleton’s vertebrae.
- WWI war hero, Henry Johnson finally received the Medal of Honor on June 2, 2015, at a ceremony held at the White House. In January 1918 as the WWI raged on, the USA lent to the French an all-African-American 369th Infantry Regiment the so-called Harlem Hell fighters. One of them was Henry Johnson who on May 4, 1918, was nicknamed “Black Death” for his fierce exploits in the Argonne Forest. Jonson died in 1929 aged 32.
- On March 19, Kim Thúy’s novel Ru won the2015 edition of Canada Reads. Two years after the final episode of Dexter, Jeff Lindsay wrote off the character in his final book in the Dexter Series on July 7.
- The Nobel Peace Prize went to the Tunisian Dialogue quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia following the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.
- The world population in 2015 was 7,379,797,139 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 54.0% of the total population, which is roughly 4.0 billion individuals.The annual population change in 2015 was an increase of +84.6 million people, representing a percentage increase of +1.16% over the previous year.The average population density in 2015 was 31 persons per square mile (or 50 persons per square kilometer).
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Key World Leaders of 2015
Who was the U.S. President in 2015?
In 2015, Barack Obama (Democrat) was the President of the United States. His term spanned from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017. During his presidency, he passed the Affordable Care Act and led efforts to recover from the 2008 financial crisis.
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2015?
In 2015 the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative). During his premiership, he oversaw austerity measures and called the referendum that led to the UK's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit).
Who was the Pope in 2015?
The leader of the Catholic Church in 2015 was Pope Francis who had held the papacy since 2013. During his pontificate, he has focused on issues of social justice, care for the environment, and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy while promoting a more pastoral Church.
2015: Who was Time's Person of the Year?
Angela Merkel
In 2015, Angela Merkel was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. Chancellor of Germany since 2005, recognized for leadership in the Greek debt crisis and European migrant crisis.
What was the most popular movie in 2015?
The most popular movie and box office hit was The Martian by Ridley Scott
What was the best selling book in 2015?
How old is someone born in 2015?
Someone born in 2015 is 10 years old this year.
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What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 2015?
According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 2015 was the Year of the Goat.
Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Goat sign.