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2015 Pacific hurricane season

The 2015 Pacific hurricane season was an exceptionally active season in the eastern and central North Pacific, producing Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.

2015 Pacific typhoon season

The 2015 Pacific typhoon season produced 27 named storms and a record 13 super typhoons under a strong El Niño; Super Typhoon Soudelor was the most intense.

2015 Pan American Games

2015 Pan American Games (XVII, TORONTO 2015): July 10–26, 2015 in Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe; 6,123 athletes from 41 nations, 36 sports; largest multi-sport event in Canada; US led the medal table.

2015 Pan American Games medal table

The 2015 Pan American Games medal table ranks nations by golds first: the United States won 103 gold and 265 total medals, ahead of host Canada and Brazil.

2015 Parramatta shooting

The 2015 Parramatta shooting: 15-year-old Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar killed police accountant Curtis Cheng outside NSW Police headquarters on 2 October 2015, was given a revolver at Parramatta Mosque by Raban Alou, and four men were convicted.

2015 PGA Championship

The 2015 PGA Championship, the 97th edition at Whistling Straits, was won by Jason Day at 20-under 268, then the lowest major score relative to par, three shots over Jordan Spieth.

2015 Philadelphia train derailment

The 2015 Philadelphia train derailment was an Amtrak crash on May 12, 2015, in which train 188 derailed at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing eight passengers.

2015 Polish presidential election

Two-round Polish presidential election of 10 and 24 May 2015, in which PiS candidate Andrzej Duda defeated incumbent Bronisław Komorowski (34.76% vs 33.77% in round one) and took office 6 August 2015, preceding PiS's October 2015 parliamentary win.

2015 Pro Bowl

2015 Pro Bowl (Team Irvin vs Team Carter), NFL all-star game for the 2014 season, played January 25, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona; Team Irvin won 32-28, Stafford and Watt MVPs.

2015 Rohingya refugee crisis

The 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis, or Andaman Sea crisis, saw thousands of stateless Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladeshi migrants abandoned at sea by smugglers after Thai trafficking-camp raids and mass graves were found, prompting a 17-country Bangkok meeting.

2015 Rugby World Cup

2015 Rugby World Cup, England 2015, eighth men's Rugby World Cup, 18 September to 31 October 2015; New Zealand beat Australia 34-17 for a third title, Japan upset South Africa 34-32 in Brighton, England first hosts eliminated in pools.

2015 Rugby World Cup final

The 2015 Rugby World Cup final, played at Twickenham Stadium in London on 31 October 2015, was won 34–17 by New Zealand over Australia, the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup.

2015 Saint-Denis raid

2015 Saint-Denis raid: French RAID and BRI assault on 18 November 2015 at rue du Corbillon, Saint-Denis, that killed Paris attacks coordinator Abdelhamid Abaaoud and two others, wounded five RAID officers, killed dog Diesel, and led to eight arrests.

2015 San Bernardino attack

Terrorist mass shooting of 2 December 2015 at the Inland Regional Center, San Bernardino, by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who killed 14 and were inspired by ISIS; sparked the FBI-Apple iPhone encryption dispute.

2015 Senegal mid-air collision

2015 Senegal mid-air collision: Senegalair HS 125-700 (6V-AIM) medevac jet collided with CEIBA Boeing 737-800 flight 071 at FL350 on 5 September 2015; seven died, BEA Sénégal blamed failure to maintain assigned flight level.

2015 Sévaré attack

The 2015 Sévaré attack was a terrorist assault in central Mali in which gunmen attacked a military site and besieged the Hotel Byblos on 7 August 2015.

2015 Shoreham Airshow crash

The 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, also called the Shoreham Air Disaster, killed 11 people when a Hawker Hunter struck the A27 during a display on 22 August 2015.

2015 Sousse attacks

2015 Sousse attacks: the 26 June 2015 Islamic State beach massacre by Seifeddine Rezgui at Port El Kantaoui near Sousse, Tunisia, killing 38 tourists, 30 of them British, and devastating Tunisian tourism.

2015 South India floods

2015 South India floods: November–December 2015 northeast monsoon flooding of Chennai, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur; about 286 mm rain on December 1, roughly 400–500 deaths, 1.8 million displaced, US$7–15 billion in losses.

2015 Southeast Asian haze

The 2015 Southeast Asian haze was a two-month air pollution crisis caused by peat fires in Indonesia, degrading air quality across Singapore, Malaysia, and beyond.

2015 Stanley Cup Final

2015 Stanley Cup Final: Chicago Blackhawks beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2, clinching 2-0 in Game 6 on June 15, 2015 at the United Center; Duncan Keith won the Conn Smythe, Crawford made 25 saves, Chicago's third Cup in six seasons.

2015 Stanley Cup playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason won by the Chicago Blackhawks, who beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 for their sixth Cup; Duncan Keith won the Conn Smythe and scored the clinching goal.

2015 state visit by Xi Jinping to the United States

Xi Jinping's first state visit to the United States as China's leader, September 22-28, 2015: Seattle business meetings, White House ceremony and state dinner under Obama, a cybersecurity commitment, climate statement, and a UN speech.

2015 Summer Universiade (2015년 하계 유니버시아드)

2015 Summer Universiade (2015년 하계 유니버시아드), 28th FISU World University Games, held in Gwangju, South Korea, 3–14 July 2015; 21 sports, 272 events, South Korea led with 47 golds, flag passed to Taipei 2017.

2015 Teen Choice Awards

2015 Teen Choice Awards (TEEN CHOICE 2015), the 17th edition of Fox's fan-voted teen awards, held August 16, 2015 at USC's Galen Center; hosts Ludacris, Gina Rodriguez, Josh Peck; over 25 million votes; Furious 7, Pretty Little Liars, and a Britney Spears tribute topped the night.

2015 Texas campsite shooting

The 2015 Texas campsite shooting, also called the Anderson County campsite massacre, was the November 15, 2015 murder of six members of a blended family near Tennessee Colony by neighbor William Hudson, who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2017.

2015 TG387

2015 TG387, nicknamed the Goblin, is a distant trans-Neptunian object discovered in 2015, with its extreme orbit fitting patterns attributed to the hypothetical Planet Nine.

2015 Thalys train attack

2015 Thalys train attack: foiled jihadist shooting on 21 August 2015 aboard Thalys train 9364 (Amsterdam to Paris) by Ayoub El Khazzani, overpowered by passengers at Arras; linked to Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

2015 Tianjin explosions

2015 Tianjin explosions (天津港8·12爆炸): August 12, 2015 blasts at Ruihai's unlicensed hazardous-goods warehouse in Binhai New Area; nitrocellulose fire ignited ~450 tons TNT equivalent of explosions, killing 165, with 6.866 billion yuan in losses.

2015 Tour de France

2015 Tour de France, 102nd edition, won by Chris Froome (Team Sky) by 1:12 over Nairo Quintana, Valverde third; decisive stage 10 win at La Pierre-Saint-Martin after Utrecht Grand Départ.