2015 in architecture

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The year 2015 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events[edit]

• July – The Japanese government announces it is abandoning the original plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid.^[1]
• November 4–6 – The eighth annual World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.

World heritage[edit]

• 5 July – The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel in Hamburg (including Chilehaus, an exceptional example of Brick Expressionism), are listed as a World Heritage Site.

Buildings completed/opened[edit]

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2015

Shanghai Tower

Antarctica

• March – Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, designed by Estúdio 41, scheduled to commence operation.

Australia

• January 21 – Brooke Street Pier, Hobart, Tasmania.^[2]
• MPavilion (pop-up structure), Melbourne, designed by Amanda Levete‘s AL A.^[3]

China

• September 6 – Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world, is completed.

France

• January 14 – Philharmonie de Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened.

Germany

• March 18 – European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt.
• May 9 – Propsteikirche, Leipzig, designed by Schulz und Schulz, consecrated.
• October 23 – German Football Museum in Dortmund opened.

Malta

• May 4 – Parliament House, Valletta, designed by Renzo Piano.

Peru

• UTEC (Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología), Lima, designed by Grafton Architects with Shell Arquitectos.^[4]

Russia

• Federation Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe, projected for completion.

Singapore

• March 10 – Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opened.
• November 24 – National Gallery Singapore, designed by Studio Milou Architecture, projected for opening.

United Kingdom

• January – Darbishire Place social housing for the Peabody Trust in London, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects.^[5]
• February 14 – Extension to Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England, designed by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA).
• May 21 – HOME, an arts venue in Manchester, designed by Mecanoo.
• May 26 – Investcorp Building at Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford, designed by Zaha Hadid.^[6]
• June – Trafalgar Place housing development in south London by dRMM Architects completed.^[7]
• August – City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus, designed by Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects, opens to students.^[7]
• October 8 – Newport Street Gallery in south London, a conversion of 1913 theatrical workshops into a free public art gallery by Caruso St John architects.^[7]
• October – New building for the University of Oxford‘s Ruskin School of Art in Bullingdon Road by Spratley Studios.
• November 30 – Blavatnik School of Government in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, begins to function.^[7]
• Clergy Court (new cloister) at Blackburn Cathedral in the north of England, designed by Purcell, projected for completion.
• Outhouse, a house in the Forest of Dean, by Loyn & Co architects.^[7]
• A House for Essex, Wrabness, designed by Charles Holland of FAT with Grayson Perry.^[8]

Whitney Museum, New York

United States

• May 1 – New Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, designed by Renzo Piano.
• December 23 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world is completed.

Zimbabwe

• January – Tokwe Mukorsi Dam, Masvingo.^[9]

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – Moshe Safdie
• Architecture Firm Award AIA – Ehrlich Architects
• Carbuncle Cup – 20 Fenchurch Street (‘The Walkie-Talkie’)
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – David M. Schwarz, United States
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – Shanghai Tower designed by Jun Xia
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga
• Lawrence Israel Prize – Tony Chi
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Dominique Perrault
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Frei Otto, Germany (posthumous)
• RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Stutchbury
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – O’Donnell & Tuomey, Ireland
• RIBA Stirling Prize – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Herman Hertzberger
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for Broadgate Exchange House

Deaths

• January 16 – Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect
• January 18 – Verma Panton, 78, Jamaican architect
• February 9 – Jon Jerde, 75, American architect
• March 9 – Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer
• March 12 – Michael Graves, 80, American architect
• April 28 – Einar Thorsteinn, 73. Icelandic architect
• March 19 – Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, Mexican architect
• May 11 – Derek Walker, 85, English architect and urban planner
• May 16 – Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect
• May 31 – Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 60, French architect
• June 12 – James Gowan, 92, Scottish-born architect
• June 26 – Donald Wexler, 89, American architect
• June 28 – Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect
• November 7 – Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist
• December 11 – Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect
• December 19 – Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian born New Zealand architect

Exhibitions[edit]

• April 24 – August 2 – “Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association” at the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island.^[10]
• May 1 until October 31 – Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy.

National electoral calendar 2016

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For local elections, see Local electoral calendar 2016.

National electoral calendar 2016

← 2015 2017 →

Countries with national elections or referendums: ■ – Presidential (or head of state) ■ – Presidential and parliamentary/legislative ■ – Parliamentary/legislative ■ – Referendum and parliamentary/legislative ■ – Referendum ■ – Referendum and presidential ■ – Referendum, presidential and parliamentary/legislative ■ – None

This national electoral calendar for the year 2016 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

Schedule[edit]

January[edit]

• 7 January: Kiribati, Parliament (2nd round)^[1]
• 16 January: Taiwan, President and Legislative Yuan (parliament)^[2]
• 22 January: Vanuatu, Parliament^[3]
• 24 January: Portugal, President^[4]

February[edit]

• 14 February: Central African Republic, President (2nd round) and Parliament (1st round)^[5]
• 18 February: Uganda, President and Parliament^[6]
• 21 February:
  • Bolivia, Constitutional referendum^[7]
  • Comoros, President (1st round)^[8]
  • Niger, President (1st round) and Parliament^[9]
• 25 February: Jamaica, Parliament^[10]
• 26 February:
  • Iran, Parliament (1st round) and Assembly of Experts^[8]
  • Ireland, Parliament^[8]
• 28 February: Switzerland, Referendum

March[edit]

• 3–24 March: New Zealand, Flag referendum (2nd round)^[11]
• 4 March: Samoa, Parliament
• 5 March: Slovakia, Parliament^[12]
• 6 March: Benin, President (1st round)^[13]
• 9 March: Kiribati, President^[14]
• 20 March:
  • Benin, President (2nd round)^[15]
  • Cape Verde, Parliament^[16][17]
  • Kazakhstan, Parliament^[18]
  • Laos, Parliament
  • Niger, President (2nd round)^[9][17]
  • Republic of Congo, President^[17]
  • Senegal, Constitutional referendum^[19]
• 31 March: Central African Republic, Parliament (2nd round)^[20]

April[edit]

• 6 April: Netherlands, Referendum
• 8 April: Djibouti, President^[21]
• 10 April:
  • Chad, President^[22]
  • Comoros, President (2nd round)^[8]
  • Peru, President (1st round) and Parliament^[8]
• 13 April:
  • South Korea, Parliament^[8]
  • Syria, Parliament^[8]
• 17 April: Italy, Referendum^[23]
• 24 April:
  • Austria, President (1st round)^[8]
  • Equatorial Guinea, President^[24]
  • Serbia, Parliament^[25]
• 27 April: Guernsey, Parliament^[26]
• 29 April: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)

May[edit]

• 9 May: Philippines, General: President, Senate (seats elected in even-numbered years), House of Representatives
• 15 May: Dominican Republic, President and Parliament^[8]
• 22 May:
  • Austria, President (2nd round)^[8] (annulled)^[27]
  • Cyprus, Parliament^[8]
  • Tajikistan, Constitutional referendum^[28]
  • Vietnam, Parliament^[8]

June[edit]

• 5 June:
  • Peru, President (2nd round)^[29]
  • Switzerland, Referendums
• 6 June: Saint Lucia, Parliament^[30]
• 23 June: United Kingdom, European Union membership referendum
• 25 June: Iceland, President
• 26 June: Spain, Parliament^[31]
• 29 June: Mongolia, Parliament^[32]

July[edit]

• 2 July: Australia, Parliament^[33]
• 9 July: Nauru, Parliament^[34]
• 10 July:
  • Abkhazia, Referendum^[35]
  • Japan, House of Councillors (one half)
• 17 July: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st round)^[36]

August[edit]

• 7 August:
  • São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd round)^[36]
  • Thailand, Constitutional referendum^[37]
• 11 August: Zambia, Constitutional referendum, President and Parliament^[38]
• 27 August: Gabon, President

September[edit]

• 4 September: Hong Kong, Parliament
• 8–10 September: Seychelles, Parliament
• 11 September:
  • Belarus, Parliament^[39]
  • Croatia, Parliament^[40]
• 18 September: Russia, State Duma^[41]
• 20 September: Jordan, Parliament
• 22 September: Isle of Man, Parliament
• 25 September: Switzerland, Referendums
• 26 September: Azerbaijan, Constitutional referendum^[42]

October[edit]

• 2 October:
  • Cape Verde, President
  • Colombia, Peace agreement referendum^[43]
  • Hungary, Referendum
• 7 October: Morocco, Parliament^[44]
• 7–8 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
• 8 October: Georgia, Parliament (1st round)^[45]
• 9 October: Lithuania, Parliament (1st round)^[8]
• 14–15 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
• 16 October: Montenegro, Parliament
• 23 October: Lithuania, Parliament (2nd round)^[8]
• 23 October – 29 December: Somalia, Parliament^[46]
• 29 October: Iceland, Parliament
• 30 October:
  • Ivory Coast, Constitutional referendum^[47]
  • Georgia, Parliament (2nd round)
  • Moldova, President (1st round)^[48]

November[edit]

• 1 November: Palau, President, Senate, and House of Delegates
• 6 November:
  • Bulgaria, Referendum and President (1st round)^[49]
  • Nicaragua, President and Parliament^[8]
• 8 November: United States, President,^[50] House of Representatives, and Senate (one-third)
• 13 November:
  • Bulgaria, President (2nd round)^[51]
  • Moldova, President (2nd round)^[52]
• 20 November:
  • Haiti, President, Parliament and Senate (1st round)^[53]
  • San Marino, Parliament
• 24 November: Grenada, Constitutional referendum^[54]
• 26 November: Kuwait, Parliament^[55]
• 27 November: Switzerland, Referendum

December[edit]

• 1 December: The Gambia, President
• 4 December:
  • Austria, President (2nd round)^[56]
  • Italy, Constitutional referendum
  • Uzbekistan, President^[57]
• 7 December: Ghana, President and Parliament
• 11 December:
  • Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional referendum^[58]
  • Macedonia, Parliament^[59]
  • Romania, Parliament^[60]
• 15 December: Turks and Caicos Islands, Parliament
• 18 December: Ivory Coast, Parliament^[61]

2016 in architecture

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The year 2016 in architecture involved some significant events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures[edit]

Lotte World Tower

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2016

Australia

• International Convention Centre Sydney opened.^[1]
• October – 1 William Street, the tallest building in Brisbane, designed by Woods Bagot, is completed.

China

• Dacheng Muslim Cultural Center, by He Jingtang opens.^[2]
• December 29 – Duge Bridge the highest bridge in the world opened

Germany

• BND Headquarters (Federal Intelligence Service) in Berlin projected for completion in January.
• Dom-Römer Project for old town reconstruction in Frankfurt projected for completion.
• October 23 – Parochialkirche church tower reconstruction in Berlin is completed.

Italy

• BNL BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, designed by 5+1AA (Alfonso Femia and Gianluca Peluffo), is completed.

Malta

• April 28 – The reconstructed Wignacourt Arch is inaugurated.

Poland

• May 12 – Warsaw Spire, the second tallest building in Warsaw and Poland is completed.

Portugal

• October 5 – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon, designed by Amanda Levete of AL A.^[3]

South Korea

• December 22 – Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Seoul and South Korea, is completed.

Sri Lanka

• September – Anantara Kalutara Resort, Kalutara projected for completion to a design by Geoffrey Bawa (d. 2003).

Thailand

• August 29 – MahaNakhon opens in Bangkok.

Turkey

• August 26 – Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge the second tallest suspension bridge in the world opened.

United Arab Emirates

• August 31 – Dubai Opera opened.

United Kingdom

• April 27 – Hastings Pier reconstruction, designed by Alex de Rijke of dRMM Architects, opened^[4] (Stirling Prize winner 2017).
• May 21 – Command of the Oceans at Chatham Historic Dockyard, designed by Baynes and Mitchell Architects, opened.^[4]
• June 17 – Tate Modern Switch House (art gallery extension, subsequently named Blavatnik Building) on London Bankside, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened.^[5]
• September
  • Art and Design Building, Bedales School, Steep, Hampshire, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.^[6]
  • City Campus, City of Glasgow College, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects.^[7]
  • Ineos headquarters building at Grangemouth, Scotland, designed by Michael Laird Architects, completed.^[8]
  • Barrett’s Grove (apartments), Stoke Newington, London, designed by Groupwork and Amin Taha.^[9]
• October – Photography studio for Juergen Teller, London, designed by 6a Architects.^[10]
• October 20 – Victoria Gate shopping arcade, Leeds, designed by Acme Space, opened.^[11][12]
• November 24 – Holland Green (apartment blocks) in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Reinier de Graaf of Rem Koolhaas‘s Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and interior refurbishment of the adjacent 1962 Commonwealth Institute building by John Pawson as new premises for the Design Museum, opened.^[13]
• December 8 – Winton Gallery at Science Museum, London, designed by Zaha Hadid.
• House for Rowan Atkinson near Ipsden, Oxfordshire, designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects with Berman Guedes Stretton and Roger Stretton.^[6]
• Incurvo (private house) near Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, designed by Adrian James Architects.^[6]

United States

• September 24 – National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., designed by David Adjaye opened.^[14]
• March 4 – World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City opened.

Awards[edit]

• AIA Gold Medal – Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi
• Architecture Firm Award AIA – LMN Architects
• Carbuncle Cup – Lincoln Plaza
• Lawrence Israel Prize – SHoP Architects
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Paulo Mendes da Rocha
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Alejandro Aravena
• RAIA Gold Medal – ARM Architecture
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Zaha Hadid
• RIBA Stirling Prize – Caruso St John Architects
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Cecil Balmond
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Monterey Bay Aquarium by EHDD

Exhibitions[edit]

• March 18 – July 31: “A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond at MOMA in New York City“.^[15]
• May 28 – November 16: “TIME-SPACE-EXISTENCE” at the Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora and Palwzzo Rossini in Venice, Italy.^[16]

2016

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This article is about the year. For the number, see 2000 (number) § Selected numbers in the range 2001–2999. For other uses, see 2016 (disambiguation).

2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016.

2016 was designated as:

• International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.^[1]
• International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH).^[2]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

• January 3 – Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.^[3]
• January 8 – Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world’s most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.^[4]
• January 12 – Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
• January 16
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency announces that Iran has adequately dismantled its nuclear weapons program, allowing the United Nations to lift sanctions immediately.^[5]
  • 30 people are killed and 56 injured in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant. A siege occurs and 176 hostages are released afterwards, by government forces.
• January 28 – The World Health Organization announces an outbreak of the Zika virus.^[6]

February[edit]

• February 7 – North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into space, condemned as a long-range ballistic missile test.^[7]
• February 12 – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholicand Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.^[8]

March[edit]

• March 14 – The ESA and Roscosmos launch the joint ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter on a mission to Mars.^[9]
• March 21
  • The International Criminal Court finds former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the first time the ICC convicted someone of sexual violence.^[10]
  • Barack Obama, visits Cuba, marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since president Calvin Coolidge visited in 1928.^[11]
• March 24 – Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War.^[12]

April[edit]

• April 2 – Clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani military in Nagorno-Karabakh kill at least 193 people, which becomes the heaviest breach of the 1994 ceasefire.^[13]
• April 3 – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung publish a set of 11.5 million confidential documents from the Panamanian corporate Mossack Fonsecathat provides detailed information on more than 214,000 offshorecompanies, including the identities of shareholders and directors including noted personalities and heads of state.^[14]

May[edit]

• May 19 – EgyptAir Flight 804 with 66 people on board crashes into the Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo.^[15]
• May 30 – Former Chadian President Hissène Habré is sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during his tenure from 1982 to 1990, the first time an African Union-backed court convicted a former ruler of a country within its jurisdiction.^[16]

June[edit]

• June 1 – The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.^[17]
• June 23 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union.^[18]
• June 28 – ISIL is suspected to be responsible for attacking Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, killing 45 and injuring around 230.^[19]

July[edit]

• July 1 – Latvia becomes the 35th member of the OECD.^[20]
• July 5 – NASA‘s Juno spacecraft enters orbit around Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.^[21]
• July 6 – The app Pokémon Go is released on smartphones, breaking numerous records in terms of sales and revenue.^[22]
• July 12 – The Philippines wins the arbitration case they filed at the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the legality of China‘s “Nine-Dash Line” claim over the South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.^[23][24]
• July 14 – 86 people are killed in a truck attack in Nice, during Bastille Day celebrations.^[25]
• July 15–16 – In Turkey, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces that organized themselves as the Peace at Home Council, unsuccessfully stages a coup against the state institutions, resulting in the deaths of at least two hundred and forty and the triggering of a series of unprecedented purges throughout the country.^[26]
• July 22 – The final videocassette recorder is manufactured by the Japanese company Funai.^[27]
• July 26 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.^[28]

August[edit]

• August 5–21 – The 2016 Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the first time in a South American nation^[29]
• August 31 – The Brazilian Senate votes (61–20) to impeach the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff. The Vice President of Brazil, Michel Temer, who had assumed the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil during Rousseff’s suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.^[30]

September[edit]

• September 3 – The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world’s carbon emissions, both formally joined the Paris global climate agreement.^[31]
• September 8 – NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023.^[32][33]
• September 9 – The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it “maniacal recklessness”.^[34]
• September 28
  • International investigators conclude that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Buk missile that came from an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels.^[35]
  • Global CO₂ levels exceed 400 ppm at the time of year normally associated with minimum levels.^[36] A 400 ppm level is believed to be higher than anything experienced in human history.^[37]
• September 30 – Two paintings by Vincent Van Gogh with a combined value of $100 million, Seascape at Scheveningenand Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen, are recovered after having been stolen on December 7, 2002 from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.^[38]

October[edit]

• October 13 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.^[39]
• October 15 – 150 nations meet at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) summit in Rwanda and agree to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as an amendment to the Montreal Protocol.^[40]

November[edit]

• November 2 – The Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the first time since 1908, ending the longest championship drought in American sports history.^[41]
• November 8 – Businessman and television personality Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States as a Republican after running a campaign widely characterized as populist.^[42]
• November 24 – The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the Colombian conflict.^[43]

December[edit]

• December 19 – Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, is assassinated in Ankara.^[44]
• December 22 – A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.^[45]
• December 23 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2334 condemning “Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967“.^[46]

Births[edit]

• February 5 – Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, heir apparent to the throne of Bhutan
• March 2 – Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne
• April 19 – Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland

Deaths[edit]

Main article: Deaths in 2016

Further information: Category:2016 deaths

Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January[edit]

Vilmos Zsigmond

Ashraf Pahlavi

David Bowie

Alan Rickman

Jacques Rivette

• January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930)
• January 2
  • Michel Delpech, French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1946)
  • Sheikh Nimr, Saudi Arabian Shia religious leader (b. 1959)
• January 3
  • Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
  • Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist (b. 1928)
• January 4 – Michel Galabru, French actor (b. 1922)
• January 5 – Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor and writer (b. 1925)
• January 6 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (b. 1925)
• January 7
  • Princess Ashraf of Iran (b. 1919)
  • André Courrèges, French fashion designer (b. 1923)
• January 8 – Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926)
• January 10
  • David Bowie, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1947)
  • Yusuf Zuayyin, 51st and 53rd Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1931)
• January 13 – Brian Bedford, British actor (b. 1935)
• January 14
  • René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (b. 1942)
  • Alan Rickman, English actor and director (b. 1946)
• January 18
  • Glenn Frey, American musician (b. 1948)
  • Michel Tournier, French writer (b. 1924)
• January 19 – Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
• January 23 – Jimmy Bain, Scottish musician (b. 1947)
• January 24 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist (b. 1927)
• January 26
  • Black, British singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
  • Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1921)
• January 28
  • Paul Kantner, American singer and musician (b. 1941)
  • Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)
• January 29
  • Jean-Marie Doré, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
  • Jacques Rivette, French film director and critic (b. 1928)
• January 30
  • Frank Finlay, British actor (b. 1926)
  • Francisco Flores Pérez, President of El Salvador (b. 1959)
• January 31 – Terry Wogan, Irish-British broadcaster (b. 1938)

February[edit]

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Umberto Eco

Harper Lee

• February 1 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
• February 3 – Joe Alaskey, American voice actor (b. 1952)
• February 4
  • Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (b. 1930)
  • Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• February 9 – Sushil Koirala, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
• February 13
  • Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965)
  • Slobodan Santrač, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1946)
  • Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1936)
• February 15 – George Gaynes, Finnish-born American actor (b. 1917)
• February 16 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the UN (b. 1922)
• February 17
  • Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)
  • Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director and writer (b. 1940)
• February 19
  • Umberto Eco, Italian writer and philosopher (b. 1932)
  • Harper Lee, American writer (b. 1926)
• February 22 – Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (b. 1913)
• February 23 – Donald E. Williams, American astronaut (b. 1942)
• February 24 – Peter Kenilorea, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
• February 25 – Tony Burton, American actor (b. 1937)
• February 28 – George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
• February 29
  • Hannes Löhr, German footballer (b. 1942)
  • José Parra Martínez, Spanish footballer (b. 1925)

March[edit]

Nancy Reagan

Guido Westerwelle

Anker Jørgensen

Johan Cruyff

Patty Duke

• March 5
  • Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese spiritual leader (b. 1932)
  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (b. 1929)
  • Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (b. 1941)
• March 6 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
• March 8
  • George Martin, English record producer, composer, arranger and engineer (b. 1926)
  • Claus Ogerman, German conductor and composer (b. 1930)
• March 9 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist (b. 1944)
• March 10
  • Anita Brookner, British novelist (b. 1928)
  • Keith Emerson, British musician (b. 1944)
  • Roberto Perfumo, Argentine footballer and sport commentator (b. 1942)
• March 11
  • Dragan Nikolić, Serbian actor (b. 1943)
• March 12 – Lloyd Shapley, American Nobel mathematician (b. 1923)
• March 13 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1926)
• March 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934)
• March 17
  • Meir Dagan, Israeli general and former Director of Mossad (b. 1945)
  • Larry Drake, American actor (b. 1950)
• March 18
  • Lothar Späth, German politician (b. 1937)
  • Guido Westerwelle, German politician (b. 1961)
• March 20 – Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)
• March 21 – Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American electronic executive (b. 1936)
• March 22 – Rob Ford, Canadian politician (b. 1969)
• March 23 – Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)
• March 24
  • Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (b. 1970)
  • Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1947)
  • Garry Shandling, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
• March 26 – Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• March 29 – Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
• March 31
  • Ronnie Corbett, English comedian (b. 1930)
  • Georges Cottier, Swiss cardinal (b. 1922)
  • Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (b. 1927)
  • Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-British architect (b. 1950)
  • Imre Kertész, Hungarian Nobel author (b. 1929)

April[edit]

Patricio Aylwin

Prince

Banharn Silpa-archa

• April 2
  • Amber Rayne, American pornographic actress (b. 1984)
  • Gato Barbieri, Argentine jazz saxophonist (b. 1932)
• April 3
  • Cesare Maldini, Italian football player and manager (b. 1932)
  • Kōji Wada, Japanese rock singer (b. 1974)
• April 4 – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
• April 6 – Merle Haggard, American country singer (b. 1937)
• April 8 – Erich Rudorffer, German fighter ace (b. 1917)
• April 12
  • Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler (b. 1972)
  • Arnold Wesker, British playwright (b. 1932)
• April 16 – Louis Pilot, Luxembourgian football player and manager (b. 1940)
• April 17 – Doris Roberts, American actress (b. 1925)
• April 19
  • Patricio Aylwin, 32nd President of Chile (b. 1918)
  • Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress and film director (b. 1964)
  • Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
• April 20
  • Chyna, American professional wrestler (b. 1969)
  • Guy Hamilton, British film director (b. 1922)
• April 21 – Prince, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1958)
• April 23 – Banharn Silpa-archa, 21st Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1932)
• April 24
  • Billy Paul, American singer (b. 1934)
  • Klaus Siebert, German Olympic biathlete (b. 1955)
  • Papa Wemba, Congolese singer (b. 1949)
• April 25 – Martin Gray, Polish writer (b. 1922)
• April 26 – Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
• April 27 – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster (b. 1957)
• April 30 – Harry Kroto, English Nobel chemist (b. 1939)

May[edit]

Margot Honecker

Marco Pannella

Loris Francesco Capovilla

Mohamed Abdelaziz

• May 1 – Solomon W. Golomb, American mathematician (b. 1932)
• May 2 – Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman (b. 1947)
• May 4
  • Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (b. 1946)
  • Bob Bennett, American politician (b. 1933)
• May 5
  • Siné, French political cartoonist (b. 1928)
  • Isao Tomita, Japanese composer (b. 1932)
• May 6 – Margot Honecker, East German politician (b. 1927)
• May 8 – William Schallert, American actor (b. 1922)
• May 10 – Kang Young-hoon, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1922)
• May 16 – Giovanni Coppa, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
• May 17
  • Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
  • Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress (b. 1964)
• May 19
  • Alexandre Astruc, French film critic and director (b. 1923)
  • Marco Pannella, Italian politician (b. 1930)
  • Alan Young, British-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
• May 21
  • Sándor Tarics, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1913)
  • Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (b. 1964)
• May 22 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
• May 26
  • Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (b. 1915)
  • Arturo Pomar, Spanish chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
• May 28
  • Giorgio Albertazzi, Italian actor (b. 1923)
  • David Cañada, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
• May 31
  • Mohamed Abdelaziz, 3rd Secretary-General of the Polisario Front (b. 1947)
  • Corry Brokken, Dutch singer (b. 1932)
  • Antonio Imbert Barrera, Dominican politician (b. 1920)

June[edit]

Muhammad Ali

Gordie Howe

Anton Yelchin

Martin Lundstrom

• June 2 – Tom Kibble, British physicist (b. 1932)
• June 3
  • Muhammad Ali, American Olympic and professional boxer (b. 1942)
  • Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1991)
• June 5 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
• June 6
  • Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born Swiss chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
  • Peter Shaffer, British playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• June 7 – Stephen Keshi, Nigerian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
• June 8 – Qahhor Mahkamov, 1st President of Tajikistan (b. 1932)
• June 10
  • Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
  • Christina Grimmie, American singer (b. 1994)
• June 11 – Rudi Altig, German road racing cyclist (b. 1937)
• June 12 – George Voinovich, American politician (b. 1936)
• June 18 – Vittorio Merloni, Italian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
• June 19
  • Victor Stănculescu, Romanian general and politician (b. 1928)
  • Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (b. 1989)
• June 20 – Edgard Pisani, French politician (b. 1918)
• June 23
  • Michael Herr, American writer, journalist and screenwriter (b. 1940)
  • Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician (b. 1927)
• June 25 – Maurice G. Dantec, French writer (b. 1959)
• June 27
  • Bud Spencer, Italian actor (b. 1929)
  • Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (b. 1928)
• June 28
  • Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931)
  • Pat Summitt, American basketball coach (b. 1952)
• June 30 – Martin Lundström, Swedish Olympic cross country skier (b. 1918)

July[edit]

Elie Wiesel

Zygmunt Zimowski

Ursula Franklin

Piet de Jong

Fazil Iskander

• July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, French poet (b. 1923)
• July 2
  • Michael Cimino, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1939)
  • Rudolf E. Kálmán, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer (b. 1930)
  • Patrick Manning, 2-Time Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)
  • Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France (b. 1930)
  • Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Nobel writer and political activist (b. 1928)
• July 4 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director (b. 1940)
• July 6 – Turgay Şeren, Turkish footballer (b. 1932)
• July 8
  • Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian (b. 1928)
  • William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1917)
• July 9 – Silvano Piovanelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1924)
• July 12 – Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician and alleged war criminal (b. 1958)
• July 13
  • Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian film director (b. 1946)
  • Bernardo Provenzano, Italian criminal (b. 1933)
  • Zygmunt Zimowski, Polish bishop (b. 1949)
• July 14 – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer (b. 1950)
• July 16 – Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (b. 1941)
• July 19
  • Garry Marshall, American film director, television producer and actor (b. 1934)
  • Anthony D. Smith, British historical sociologist (b. 1939)
• July 22 – Ursula Franklin, German-born Canadian scientist (b. 1921)
• July 23 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, 2-Time Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1926)
• July 24 – Marni Nixon, American vocalist (b. 1930)
• July 25
  • Halil İnalcık, Turkish historian (b. 1916)
  • Dwight Jones, American basketball player (b. 1952)
  • Tim LaHaye, American evangelist and author (b. 1926)
• July 27
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b. 1928)
  • Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1915)
  • Jerry Doyle, American talk show host and actor (b. 1956)
• July 28
  • Mahasweta Devi, Indian social activist and writer (b. 1926)
  • Vladica Kovačević, Serbian footballer (b. 1940)
  • Émile Derlin Zinsou, 4th President of Dahomey (b. 1918)
• July 30 – Gloria DeHaven, American actress (b. 1925)
• July 31
  • Seymour Papert, South African-born American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1928)
  • Fazil Iskander, Russian writer (b. 1929)
  • Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1955)

August[edit]

Françoise Mallet-Joris

Mohammad Ali Samatar

Walter Scheel

Sonia Rykiel

Juan Gabriel

Gene Wilder

• August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania, French-born consort of former King Michael of Romania (b. 1923)
• August 2
  • Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930)
  • David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
  • Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
  • Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American Nobel chemist (b. 1946)
• August 3 – Chris Amon, New Zealand motor racing driver (b. 1943)
• August 9 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b. 1951)
• August 13
  • Kenny Baker, English actor (b. 1934)
  • Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (b. 1930)
• August 14
  • Hermann Kant, German writer (b. 1926)
  • Fyvush Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)
• August 15
  • Dalian Atkinson, English footballer (b. 1968)
  • Stefan Henze, German canoeist and coach (b. 1981)
  • Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz musician (b. 1941)
• August 16
  • Andrew Florent, Australian tennis player (b. 1970)
  • João Havelange, Brazilian athlete and football executive (b. 1916)
• August 17 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director (b. 1923)
• August 18 – Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923)
• August 19
  • Lou Pearlman, American music manager and record producer (b. 1954)
  • Nina Ponomaryova, Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1929)
  • Mohammad Ali Samatar, 5th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1931)
• August 22
  • S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
  • Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician (b. 1922)
• August 23
  • Steven Hill, American film and television actor (b. 1922)
  • Berit Mørdre Lammedal, Norwegian cross-country skier (b. 1940)
  • Reinhard Selten, German Nobel economist (b. 1930)
• August 24
  • Michel Butor, French writer (b. 1926)
  • Walter Scheel, 8th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (b. 1919)
  • Roger Y. Tsien, American Nobel biologist (b. 1952)
• August 25
  • James Cronin, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
  • Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (b. 1930)
  • Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (b. 1924)
• August 26 – Harald Grønningen, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1934)
• August 28
  • Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli politician and former Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1936)
  • Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager (b. 1934)
  • Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• August 29 – Gene Wilder, American actor (b. 1933)
• August 30
  • Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (b. 1942)
  • Marc Riboud, French photographer (b. 1923)

September[edit]

Phyllis Schlafly

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Arnold Palmer

Shimon Peres

• September 1 – Jon Polito, American actor (b. 1950)
• September 2
  • Islam Karimov, 1st President of Uzbekistan (b. 1938)
  • Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist (b. 1956)
• September 3 – Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, French mathematician (b. 1957)
• September 5
  • Hugh O’Brian, American actor (b. 1925)
  • Phyllis Schlafly, American writer and political activist (b. 1924)
• September 7
  • Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (b. 1924)
  • Joseph Keller, American mathematician (b. 1923)
• September 8
  • Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
  • Dragiša Pešić, 5th Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro (b. 1954)
• September 11 – Alexis Arquette, American actress (b. 1969)
• September 12 – Sándor Csoóri, Hungarian poet (b. 1930)
• September 13 – Jonathan Riley-Smith, English medieval historian (b. 1938)
• September 16
  • Edward Albee, American playwright (b. 1928)
  • Gabriele Amorth, Italian Catholic priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
  • Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10th President and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
  • António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
• September 17
  • Charmian Carr, American actress (b. 1942)
  • Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)
  • C. Martin Croker, American animator and voice actor (b. 1962)
• September 20 – Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
• September 23 – Marcel Artelesa, French footballer (b. 1938)
• September 24
  • Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
  • Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1952)
• September 25
  • David Padilla, 64th President of Bolivia (b. 1927)
  • Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)
• September 26 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• September 27 – Jamshid Amouzegar, 71st Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1923)
• September 28 – Shimon Peres, 9th President and 8th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1923)
• September 29 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino politician (b. 1945)
• September 30 – Trịnh Thị Ngọ, Vietnamese radio personality (b. 1931)

October[edit]

Michal Kováč

Andrzej Wajda

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Jorge Batlle

• October 1 – David Herd, Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
• October 2 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
• October 4 – Brigitte Hamann, German-Austrian historian and author (b. 1940)
• October 5 – Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (b. 1930)
• October 8 – Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military officer (b. 1912)
• October 9
  • Mamadou Dembelé, 3rd Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1934)
  • Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (b. 1926)
• October 11 – Teatao Teannaki, 2nd President of Kiribati (b. 1936)
• October 13
  • Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (b. 1927)
  • Dario Fo, Italian actor, Nobel playwright and comedian (b. 1926)
• October 14 – Klim Churyumov, Soviet-Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1937)
• October 16
  • Kigeli V, King of Rwanda (b. 1936)
  • Viktor Zubkov, Russian basketball player (b. 1937)
• October 20
  • Michael Massee, American actor (b. 1952)
  • Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)
• October 23
  • Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1932)
  • Pete Burns, British singer (b. 1959)
• October 24
  • Jorge Batlle, 38th President of Uruguay (b. 1927)
  • Benjamin Creme, Scottish artist, author and esotericist (b. 1922)
  • Reinhard Häfner, German footballer (b. 1952)
  • Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
• October 25 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer (b. 1944)
• October 27 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa (b. 1915)
• October 28 – Nicholas Brathwaite, 3rd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1925)
• October 29
  • Roland Dyens, French classical guitarist and composer (b. 1955)
  • Pen Sovan, 32nd Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1936)
• October 31 – Silvio Gazzaniga, Italian sculptor (b. 1921)

November[edit]

Leonard Cohen

Sixto Durán Ballén

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos

Fidel Castro

Luis Alberto Monge

• November 2 – Oleg Popov, Russian clown (b. 1930)
• November 5 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (b. 1982)
• November 6 – Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1952)
• November 7
  • Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
  • Janet Reno, American lawyer (b. 1938)
• November 11
  • Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (b. 1921)
  • Željko Čajkovski, Croatian football player (b. 1925)
  • Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
• November 12 – Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (b. 1910)
• November 13
  • Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver (b. 1931)
  • Leon Russell, American musician (b. 1942)
• November 14 – Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (b. 1913)
• November 15
  • Mose Allison, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
  • Sixto Durán Ballén, 37th President of Ecuador (b. 1921)
• November 16
  • Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918)
  • Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922)
  • Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972)
• November 17 – Whitney Smith, American vexillologist (b. 1940)
• November 18 – Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (b. 1920)
• November 20
  • Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)
  • Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 5th President of Greece (b. 1926)
  • William Trevor, Irish writer (b. 1928)
• November 23 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)
• November 24
  • Florence Henderson, American actress (b. 1934)
  • Pauline Oliveros, American composer (b. 1932)
• November 25
  • Fidel Castro, 16th Prime Minister and 17th President of Cuba (b. 1926)
  • Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)
  • David Hamilton, British photographer (b. 1933)
• November 27 – Ioannis Grivas, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1923)
• November 28
  • Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (b. 1981)
  • Mark Taimanov, Russian chess Grandmaster and concert pianist (b. 1926)
• November 29 – Luis Alberto Monge, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)
• Date unknown – James Joseph Dresnok, American defector to North Korea (b. 1941)

December[edit]

John Glenn

Thomas Schelling

George Michael

Vera Rubin

Carrie Fisher

• December 2 – Sammy Lee, American Olympic diver (b. 1920)
• December 4 – Gotlib, French comic artist (b. 1934)
• December 5
  • Geydar Dzhemal, Russian Islamic philosopher (b. 1947)
  • Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Indian politician (b. 1948)
• December 6 – Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923)
• December 7
  • Paul Elvstrøm, Danish Olympic yachtsman (b. 1928)
  • Greg Lake, British musician (b. 1947)
• December 8
  • John Glenn, American aviator, astronaut and politician (b. 1921)
  • Joseph Mascolo, American actor (b. 1929)
• December 10 – Esma Redžepova, Macedonian-Romani singer (b. 1943)
• December 12 – Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Spanish bishop (b. 1932)
• December 13
  • Thomas Schelling, American Nobel economist (b. 1921)
  • Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter (b. 1947)
• December 14
  • Paulo Evaristo Arns, Brazilian cardinal (b. 1921)
  • Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (b. 1927)
• December 16 – Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1945)
• December 17 – Henry Heimlich, American physician (b. 1920)
• December 18 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917)
• December 20 – Michèle Morgan, French actress (b. 1920)
• December 22 – Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian long distance runner (b. 1944)
• December 23
  • Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist (b. 1951)
  • Piers Sellers, British-American astronaut and meteorologist (b. 1955)
  • Vesna Vulović, Serbian air disaster survivor (b. 1950)
• December 24
  • Richard Adams, British author (b. 1920)
  • Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948)
  • Liz Smith, British actress (b. 1921)
• December 25
  • George Michael, British singer (b. 1963)
  • Vera Rubin, American astronomer (b. 1928)
• December 26 – Ashot Anastasian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1964)
• December 27
  • Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer (b. 1956)
  • Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, 12th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)
• December 28
  • Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, President of Uruguay (b. 1925)
  • Michel Déon, French writer (b. 1919)
  • Debbie Reynolds, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1932)
• December 29
  • Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1936)
  • Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss racing cyclist (b. 1919)
• December 31 – Henning Christophersen, Danish politician (b. 1939)

Nobel Prizes[edit]

• Chemistry – Ben Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart
• Economics – Oliver Hart, Bengt R. Holmström
• Literature – Bob Dylan
• Peace – Juan Manuel Santos
• Physics – John M. Kosterlitz, Duncan Haldane, David J. Thouless
• Physiology or Medicine – Yoshinori Ohsumi

National electoral calendar 2015

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For local elections, see Local electoral calendar 2015.

National electoral calendar 2015

← 2014 2016 →

Countries with national elections or referendums: ■ – Presidential (or head of state) ■ – Presidential and parliamentary/legislative ■ – Parliamentary/legislative ■ – Referendum and parliamentary/legislative ■ – Referendum ■ – Referendum and presidential ■ – Referendum, presidential and parliamentary/legislative ■ – None

This national electoral calendar for the year 2015 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2015 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

Schedule[edit]

January[edit]

• 4 January: Uzbekistan, Parliament (2nd round)^[1]
• 8 January: Sri Lanka, President^[2][3]
• 11 January: Croatia, President (2nd round)^[4]
• 20 January: Zambia, President^[5]
• 25 January:
  • Comoros, Parliament (1st round)^[6]
  • Greece, Parliament^[6]

February[edit]

• 7 February: Slovakia, Referendum^[7]
• 16 February: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Parliament^[8]
• 22 February: Comoros, Parliament (2nd round)^[6]
• 28 February: Lesotho, Parliament^[9]

March[edit]

• 1 March:
  • Andorra, Parliament^[6]
  • El Salvador, Legislative Assembly^[10]
  • Estonia, Parliament^[11]
  • Tajikistan, Parliament^[12]
• 3 March: Micronesia, Parliament^[13]
• 8 March: Switzerland, Referendum^[14]
• 17 March: Israel, Parliament^[15]
• 28–29 March: Nigeria, President and National Assembly^[16]
• 29 March: Uzbekistan, President^[17]
• 31 March: Tuvalu, Parliament^[18]

April[edit]

• 11 April: Malta, Referendum^[19]
• 13–15 April: Sudan, President and National Assembly^[20]
• 19 April:
  • Finland, Parliament^[21]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)^[22]
• 25 April: Togo, President^[23]
• 26 April:
  • Benin, Parliament^[24]
  • Kazakhstan, President^[25]
  • Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)^[22]

May[edit]

• 3 May: Nagorno-Karabakh, Parliament^[26]
• 7 May: United Kingdom, House of Commons^[27]
• 10 May: Poland, President (1st round)^[28]
• 11 May:
  • Guyana, President and Parliament^[29]
• 22 May: Ireland, Referenda^[30]
• 24 May:
  • Ethiopia, Parliament^[24]
  • Poland, President (2nd round)^[28]
• 25 May: Suriname, Parliament^[31]

June[edit]

• 7 June:
  • Luxembourg, Referendum^[32]
  • Mexico, Congress^[33]
  • Turkey, National Assembly^[34]
• 14 June: Switzerland, Referendum^[35]
• 18 June: Denmark, Parliament^[36]
• 29 June: Burundi, Parliament^[37]

July[edit]

• 5 July: Greece, Referendum^[38]
• 21 July: Burundi, President^[39]

August[edit]

• 9 August: Haiti, Parliament (1st round)^[40]
• 17 August: Sri Lanka, Parliament^[41]

September[edit]

• 6 September:
  • Guatemala, President (1st round) and Congress^[42]
  • Poland, Referendum^[43]
• 7 September: Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament^[44]
• 11 September: Singapore, Parliament^[45]
• 20 September: Greece, Parliament^[46]

October[edit]

• 3 October: United Arab Emirates, Parliament^[47]
• 4 October:
  • Kyrgyzstan, Parliament^[48]
  • Portugal, Parliament^[49]
• 11 October:
  • Belarus, President^[50]
  • Guinea, President^[51]
• 17–19 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st round)^[52]
• 18 October: Switzerland, Federal Assembly^[6]
• 19 October: Canada, House of Commons^[53]
• 25 October:
  • Argentina, President (1st round) and Legislature^[54]
  • Ivory Coast, President^[55]
  • Guatemala, President (2nd round)^[42]
  • Haiti, President (1st round) and Parliament (2nd round)^[56]
  • Oman, Parliament
  • Poland, Parliament^[57]
  • Republic of the Congo, Constitutional referendum^[58]
  • Tanzania, President and National Assembly^[59]
• 26–28 October: Egypt, Parliament (1st round run-off)^[52]

November[edit]

• 1 November:
  • Azerbaijan, Parliament^[60]
  • Turkey, National Assembly^[61]
• 4 November: Belize, Parliament^[62]
• 8 November:
  • Croatia, Parliament^[63]
  • Myanmar, Parliament^[64]
• 16 November: Marshall Islands, Parliament^[65]
• 20 November to 11 December: New Zealand, Flag referendum (1st round run-off)
• 21–23 November: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round)^[52]
• 22 November: Argentina, President (2nd round)^[54]
• 26 November: Gibraltar, Parliament^[66]
• 29 November:
  • Burkina Faso, President and Parliament^[67]
  • Transnistria, Parliament^[68]
• 30 November to 2 December: Egypt, Parliament (2nd round run-off)^[52]

December[edit]

• 3 December: Denmark, Referendum
• 3–5 December: Seychelles, President (1st round)^[69]
• 6 December:
  • Armenia, Constitutional referendum^[70]
  • Venezuela, Parliament^[71]
• 9 December: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliament^[72]
• 13 December: Central African Republic, Constitutional referendum^[73]
• 16–18 December: Seychelles, President (2nd round)^[69]
• 18 December: Rwanda, Constitutional referendum^[74]
• 20 December:
  • Slovenia, Referendum^[75]
  • Spain, Parliament^[76]
• 30 December:
  • Central African Republic, President (1st round) and Parliament^[77]
  • Kiribati, Parliament (1st round)^[78]

2015

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 2010sdecade.

2015 was designated as:

• International Year of Light
• International Year of Soils^[1]

Global

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 People

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Actors

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Actress

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Celebrity pregnancy

1Kim Kardashian

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3Bristol Palin

4Jessa Duggar

5Tiffani Thiessen

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Wedding

1Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello

2Nathan Kress London Elise Moore

3Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux

4Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild

5Tina Knowles and Richard Larson

6Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald

7Jenni “JWoww” Farley and Roger Mathews

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10Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput

Movie

1Jurassic World

2American Sniper

3Straight Outta Compton

450 Shades of Grey

5Furious 7

6Pitch Perfect 2

7Inside Out

8Avengers Age of Ultron

9Minions

10Mad Max

Animals

1Chicken

The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic…Wikipedia

#3 most searched

2Cocker Spaniel

Cocker Spaniels are dogs belonging to two breeds of the spaniel dog type: the American Cocker Spaniel and the English…Wikipedia

#178 most searched

3Mole

Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small,…Wikipedia

#83 most searched

4Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable…Wikipedia

#41 most searched

5Black panther

A black panther is the melanistic color variant of any Panthera species. Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards…Wikipedia

#160 most searched

6Louse

Louse is the common name for members of the order Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless insect…Wikipedia

#51 most searched

7Llama

The llama is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since pre-Hispanic times…Wikipedia

#80 most searched

8Fox

Foxes are small-to-medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae…Wikipedia

#28 most searched

9Cougar

The cougar, also commonly known as the mountain lion, puma, panther, or catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily…Wikipedia

#64 most searched

10Domestic pig

The domestic pig, often called swine or hog, is a large, even-toed ungulate; it is variously considered a subspecies of…Wikipedia

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Dog

1Husky

Husky /ˈhʌski/ is a general name for a type of dog used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other…Wikipedia

#30 most searched

2Cocker Spaniel

Cocker Spaniels are dogs belonging to two breeds of the spaniel dog type: the American Cocker Spaniel and the English…Wikipedia

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3Pekapoo

Peekapoos are a cross breed between a Pekingese and a poodle. Like the parent breeds, Peekapoos can be friendly, affectionate dogs…Wikipedia

#154 most searched

4American Pit Bull Terrier

The American Pit Bull Terrier is a dog breed. It is a medium-sized, solidly built, short-haired dog whose early ancestors…Wikipedia

#25 most searched

5Old English Bulldog

The Old English Bulldog was a breed of dog.Wikipedia

#140 most searched

6Pug

The Pug is a breed of dog with a wrinkly, short-muzzled face and curled tail. The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes…Wikipedia

#6 most searched

7Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a small spaniel classed as a toy dog by The Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club…Wikipedia

#36 most searched

8Siberian Husky

The Siberian Husky is a medium size, dense-coat working dog breed that originated in north-eastern Siberia…Wikipedia

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9Labrador Retriever

The Labrador Retriever, also known as simply Labrador or Lab, is one of several kinds of retrievers, a type of gun dog…Wikipedia

#2 most searched

10Pembroke Welsh Corgi

The Pembroke Welsh Corgi, is a herding dog breed, which originated in Pembrokeshire, Wales…Wikipedia

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Drinks

1Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

2Beer

Beer is the world’s most widely consumed and likely the oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

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12 years in top 10

3Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes or other fruits. Due to a natural chemical balance, grapes ferment…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

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12 years in top 10

4Milk

Milk is a pale liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for infant mammals…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

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12 years in top 10

5Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

Peaked at #4 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

6Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group is bound to a saturated carbon atom…Wikipedia

New in chart

Peaked at #6 (yearly)

1 year in top 10

7Juice

Juice is a liquid that is naturally contained in fruit and vegetables. It can also refer to liquids that are flavored with…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

Peaked at #6 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

8Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #6 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

9Smoothie

A smoothie is a thick beverage made from blended raw fruit and/or vegetables, with other ingredients such as water, ice,…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

Peaked at #7 (yearly)

3 years in top 10

10Vodka

Vodka is a distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol, sometimes with traces of impurities and flavorings…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #7 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

11Whisky

Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

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12Cocktail

When used to refer to any generic alcoholic mixed drink, cocktail may mean any beverage that contains three or more…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

Peaked at #8 (yearly)

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13Milkshake

A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which is usually made from milk, ice cream, or iced milk, and flavorings or sweeteners…Wikipedia

+4 since last year

14Champagne

Champagne is a sparkling wine produced from the Champagne region grape grown in France following rules that demand, among…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

15Green tea

Green tea is made from Camellia sinensis leaves that have undergone minimal oxidation during processing…Wikipedia

New in chart

16Tequila

Tequila is a regional specific name for a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

17Bourbon whiskey

Bourbon whiskey /bɜrbən/ is a type of American whiskey: a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

18Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice…Wikipedia

-6 since last year

19Pepsi

Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. Created and developed in 1893 and introduced…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

20Red wine

Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-coloured grape varieties. The actual colour of the wine can range from intense…Wikipedia

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Beer

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3Stephen Curry

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5Alex Morgan

6Hope Solo

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8DeMarco Murray

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Car company

1Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American…Wikipedia

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Peaked at #1 (yearly)

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2Dodge

Dodge is an American brand of cars, minivans, and sport utility vehicles manufactured by FCA US LLC, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

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3Honda

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles,…Wikipedia

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12 years in top 10

4Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German automobile manufacturer, a multinational division of the German manufacturer Daimler AG…Wikipedia

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12 years in top 10

5Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a German car manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany…Wikipedia

New in chart

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11 years in top 10

6General Motors

General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

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8 years in top 10

7Lexus

Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota. The Lexus marque is marketed in over 70 countries and…Wikipedia

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Peaked at #7 (yearly)

6 years in top 10

8Mazda

Mazda Motor Corporation, commonly referred to just as Mazda, is a Japanese automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #8 (yearly)

8 years in top 10

9Porsche

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche AG, is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in…Wikipedia

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1 year in top 10

10Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American automotive and energy storage company that designs, manufactures, and sells luxury…Wikipedia

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1 year in top 10

Car model

12016 Chevrolet Malibu

22016 Chevrolet Silverado

32016 Toyota Tacoma

42016 Chevrolet Camaro

5Honda HR-V

6FIAT 500X

7Jeep Renegade

8Chevrolet Colorado

9Lexus NX

10Hyundai Tucson

Energy Company

1Duke Energy

Duke Energy, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the largest electric power holding company in the United States…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

10 years in top 10

2BP

BP plc, also referred to by its former name British Petroleum, is one of the world’s seven “supermajor” oil and gas companies…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

3National Grid plc

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #2 (yearly)

8 years in top 10

4Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

Peaked at #3 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

5ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil Corp. is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas…Wikipedia

+3 since last year

Peaked at #2 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

6Chevron

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. One of the successor companies of Standard Oil, it…Wikipedia

-4 since last year

Peaked at #2 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

7Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy Inc. is a utility holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving more than 3.3 million electric…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #5 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

8Florida Power & Light

Florida Power & Light Company, the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc., is a Juno Beach, Florida-based power…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

Peaked at #6 (yearly)

5 years in top 10

9Public Service Enterprise Group

Public Service Enterprise Group, founded as the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey and later renamed Public Service…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #9 (yearly)

2 years in top 10

10DTE Energy

DTE Energy Co. is a Detroit, Michigan-based utility incorporated in 1995 involved in the development and management of…Wikipedia

New in chart

Peaked at #10 (yearly)

1 year in top 10

Elements

1Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

2Silver

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #2 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

3Iron

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

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12 years in top 10

4Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray solid which bears a close physical…Wikipedia

+4 since last year

Peaked at #4 (yearly)

6 years in top 10

5Aluminum

Aluminium is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

Peaked at #4 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

6Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable and ductile metal with very high…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

Peaked at #5 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

7Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic…Wikipedia

+3 since last year

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12 years in top 10

8Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element with chemical symbol H and atomic number 1. With an atomic weight of 1.00794 u, hydrogen…Wikipedia

-4 since last year

Peaked at #4 (yearly)

4 years in top 10

9Lead

Lead is a chemical element in the carbon group with symbol Pb and atomic number 82…Wikipedia

+4 since last year

Peaked at #7 (yearly)

10 years in top 10

10Sodium

Sodium /ˈsoʊdiəm/ is a chemical element with symbol Na and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silver-white, highly reactive metal…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

Peaked at #7 (yearly)

12 years in top 10

11Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive…Wikipedia

+3 since last year

12Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. On the periodic table, it is the first of six elements in…Wikipedia

-7 since last year

Peaked at #5 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

13Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20. Calcium is a soft gray alkaline earth metal,…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

14Potassium

Potassium is a chemical element with symbol K and atomic number 19. It was first isolated from potash, the ashes of plants…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

Peaked at #10 (yearly)

1 year in top 10

15Titanium

Titanium is a chemical element with symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It is a lustrous transition metal with a silver color…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

16Mercury

Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum…Wikipedia

+8 since last year

Peaked at #7 (yearly)

4 years in top 10

17Tin

Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table…Wikipedia

+6 since last year

18Zinc

Zinc, in commerce also spelter, is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

19Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

20Chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. It also has a relative atomic mass of 35.5…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

21Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. It is the lightest pnictogen and at room temperature,…Wikipedia

-5 since last year

22Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

23Neon

Neon is a chemical element with symbol Ne and atomic number 10. It is in group 18 of the periodic table…Wikipedia

+11 since last year

24Iodine

Iodine is a chemical element with symbol I and atomic number 53. The name is from Greek ἰοειδής ioeidēs, meaning violet…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

25Lithium

Lithium is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silver-white metal belonging to the…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

26Helium

Helium is a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

27Silicon

Silicon is a chemical element with symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a tetravalent metalloid, more reactive than…Wikipedia

-8 since last year

28Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. Like nickel, cobalt in the Earth’s crust is found only…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

29Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15. As an element, phosphorus exists in two major…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

30Tungsten

Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

31Arsenic

Arsenic is a chemical element with symbol As and atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in conjunction…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

32Chromium

Chromium is a chemical element with symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in Group 6…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

33Palladium

Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered…Wikipedia

+7 since last year

34Radon

Radon is a chemical element with symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

35Bromine

Bromine is a chemical element with symbol Br, and atomic number 35. It is a halogen…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

36Uranium

Uranium is a chemical element with symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-white metal in the actinide series of the periodic table…Wikipedia

-4 since last year

37Argon

Argon is a chemical element with symbol Ar and atomic number 18. It is in group 18 of the periodic table and is a noble gas…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

38Xenon

Xenon is a chemical element with symbol Xe and atomic number 54. It is a colorless, dense, odorless noble gas, that occurs…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

39Selenium

Selenium is a chemical element with symbol Se and atomic number 34. It is a nonmetal with properties that are intermediate…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

40Boron

Boron is a metalloid chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5. Produced entirely by cosmic ray spallation and…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

41Barium

Barium is a chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in Group 2, a soft silvery…Wikipedia

-6 since last year

42Fluorine

Fluorine is a chemical element with symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists as a highly toxic…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

43Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is not found as a free element in nature; it is…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

44Iridium

Iridium is a chemical element with symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

45Gallium

Gallium is a chemical element with symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Elemental gallium does not occur in free form in nature…Wikipedia

+3 since last year

46Bismuth

Bismuth is a chemical element with symbol Bi and atomic number 83. Bismuth, a pentavalent post-transition metal, chemically…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

47Krypton

Krypton is a chemical element with symbol Kr and atomic number 36. It is a member of group 18 elements…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

48Strontium

Strontium is a chemical element with symbol Sr and atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

49Beryllium

Beryllium is a chemical element with symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is created through stellar nucleosynthesis and is…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

50Plutonium

Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number 94…Wikipedia

+6 since last year

51Radium

Radium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88. It is the sixth element in group 2 of the periodic table…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

52Rhodium

Rhodium is a chemical element with symbol Rh and atomic number 45. It is a rare, silvery-white, hard, and chemically inert…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

53Caesium

Caesium or cesium is a chemical element with symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

54Cadmium

Cadmium is a chemical element with symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, bluish-white metal is chemically similar to…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

55Antimony

Antimony is a chemical element with symbol Sb and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

56Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a chemical element with symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin molybdaenum, from Ancient…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

57Thorium

Thorium is a chemical element with symbol Th and atomic number 90. A radioactive actinide metal, thorium is one of only…Wikipedia

-11 since last year

58Rubidium

Rubidium is a chemical element with symbol Rb and atomic number 37. Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of…Wikipedia

+4 since last year

59Germanium

Germanium is a chemical element with symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white metalloid in…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

60Vanadium

Vanadium is a chemical element with symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery grey, ductile and malleable transition metal…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

61Zirconium

Zirconium is a chemical element with symbol Zr and atomic number 40. The name of zirconium is taken from the name of the…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

62Tellurium

Tellurium is a chemical element with symbol Te and atomic number 52. It is a brittle, mildly toxic, rare, silver-white metalloid…Wikipedia

+9 since last year

63Thallium

Thallium is a chemical element with symbol Tl and atomic number 81. This soft gray post-transition metal is not found free in nature…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

64Polonium

Polonium is a chemical element with symbol Po and atomic number 84, discovered in 1898 by Marie Curie and Pierre Curie…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

65Scandium

Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A silvery-white metallic d-block element, it has…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

66Tantalum

Tantalum is a chemical element with symbol Ta and atomic number 73. Previously known as tantalium, its name comes from…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

67Indium

Indium is a chemical element with symbol In and atomic number 49. It is a post-transition metallic element that is rare in Earth’s crust…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

68Osmium

Osmium is a chemical element with symbol Os and atomic number 76. It is a hard, brittle, bluish-white transition metal in…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

69Neodymium

Neodymium is a chemical element with symbol Nd and atomic number 60. It is a soft silvery metal that tarnishes in air…Wikipedia

-11 since last year

70Gadolinium

Gadolinium is a chemical element with symbol Gd and atomic number 64. It is a silvery-white, malleable and ductile rare-earth metal…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

71Francium

Francium is a chemical element with symbol Fr and atomic number 87. It used to be known as eka-caesium and actinium K…Wikipedia

+5 since last year

72Niobium

Niobium, formerly columbium, is a chemical element with symbol Nb and atomic number 41…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

73Cerium

Cerium is a chemical element with symbol Ce and atomic number 58. It is a soft, silvery, ductile metal which easily oxidizes in air…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

74Yttrium

Yttrium is a chemical element with symbol Y and atomic number 39. It is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

75Astatine

Astatine is a very rare radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol At and atomic number 85…Wikipedia

-7 since last year

76Technetium

Technetium is a chemical element with symbol Tc and atomic number 43. It is the element with the lowest atomic number in…Wikipedia

-4 since last year

77Ruthenium

Ruthenium is a chemical element with symbol Ru and atomic number 44. It is a rare transition metal belonging to the platinum…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

78Ununpentium

Ununpentium is the temporary name of a synthetic superheavy element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

79Lanthanum

Lanthanum is a soft, ductile, silvery-white metallic chemical element with symbol La and atomic number 57…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

80Californium

Californium is a radioactive metallic chemical element with symbol Cf and atomic number 98…Wikipedia

+2 since last year

81Lawrencium

Lawrencium is a synthetic chemical element with chemical symbol Lr and atomic number 103…Wikipedia

+17 since last year

82Americium

Americium is a radioactive transuranic chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

83Ununseptium

Ununseptium is a superheavy artificial chemical element with an atomic number of 117 and a temporary symbol of Uus…Wikipedia

+8 since last year

84Rhenium

Rhenium is a chemical element with symbol Re and atomic number 75. It is a silvery-white, heavy, third-row transition…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

85Hafnium

Hafnium is a chemical element with symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

86Promethium

Promethium, originally prometheum, is a chemical element with the symbol Pm and atomic number 61…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

87Einsteinium

Einsteinium is a synthetic element with symbol Es and atomic number 99. It is the seventh transuranic element, and an actinide…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

88Holmium

Holmium is a chemical element with symbol Ho and atomic number 67. Part of the lanthanide series, holmium is a rare earth element…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

89Erbium

Erbium is a chemical element in the lanthanide series, with symbol Er and atomic number 68…Wikipedia

-6 since last year

90Samarium

Samarium is a chemical element with symbol Sm and atomic number 62. It is a moderately hard silvery metal that readily oxidizes in air…Wikipedia

-9 since last year

91Europium

Europium is a chemical element with symbol Eu and atomic number 63. It was isolated in 1901 and is named after the continent of Europe…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

92Ununoctium

Ununoctium is IUPAC’s temporary name for the transactinide element with the atomic number 118 and temporary element symbol Uuo…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

93Neptunium

Neptunium is a chemical element with symbol Np and atomic number 93. A radioactive actinide metal, neptunium is the first…Wikipedia

-6 since last year

94Livermorium

Livermorium is a synthetic superheavy element with symbol Lv and atomic number 116…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

95Ununtrium

Ununtrium is a chemical element with atomic number 113. It has a temporary name and temporary symbol Uut…Wikipedia

New in chart

96Ytterbium

Ytterbium is a chemical element with symbol Yb and atomic number 70. It is the fourteenth and penultimate element in the…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

97Actinium

Actinium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Ac and atomic number 89, which was discovered in 1899…Wikipedia

Same rank as last year

98Curium

Curium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Cm and atomic number 96…Wikipedia

-5 since last year

99Lutetium

Lutetium is a chemical element with symbol Lu and atomic number 71. It is a silvery white metal, which resists corrosion…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

100Terbium

Terbium is a chemical element with symbol Tb and atomic number 65. It is a silvery-white rare earth metal that is malleable…Wikipedia

-1 since last year

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Events[edit]

January[edit]

• January 1
  • The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a politicaland economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.^{[citation needed]}
  • 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, YemeniPresident 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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
  • NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft performs a close flyby of Pluto, becoming the first spacecraft in history to visit the distant world.^[48]
  • Iran agrees to long-term limits of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.^[49]
• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• October 3 – A United States airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) hospital in Afghanistanaccidentally 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• May 2 – Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
• June 15 – Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland

Deaths[edit]

Main article: Deaths in 2015

Further information: Category:2015 deaths

Deaths
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January[edit]

Mario Cuomo

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Zhelyu Zhelev

Richard von Weizsäcker

• 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 cosmonaut (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
  • Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
  • Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (b. 1931)
• 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 writer (b. 1937)
• January 30
  • Carl Djerassi, American chemist (b. 1923)
  • Geraldine McEwan, British actress (b. 1932)
  • Zhelyu Zhelev, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1935)
• January 31
  • Lizabeth Scott, American actress (b. 1922)
  • Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany (b. 1920)

February[edit]

Aldo Ciccolini

André Brink

Clark Terry

Leonard Nimoy

• February 1
  • Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist (b. 1925)
  • Udo Lattek, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• February 3 – Martin Gilbert, English historian (b. 1936)
• February 5
  • Henri Coppens, Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1930)
  • Val Logsdon Fitch, American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
• February 6
  • André Brink, South African writer (b. 1935)
  • Assia Djebar, Algerian writer (b. 1936)
• 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
  • Michele Ferrero, Italian businessman (b. 1925)
  • Louis Jourdan, French actor (b. 1921)
  • Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian athlete and coach (b. 1920)
  • Wim Ruska, Dutch wrestler and martial artist (b. 1940)
• February 16
  • Lesley Gore, American singer (b. 1946)
  • Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress (b. 1971)
• February 18 – Claude Criquielion, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1957)
• February 21
  • Aleksei Gubarev, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1931)
  • Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist (b. 1920)
• 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
  • Yaşar Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1923)
  • Anthony Mason, American basketball player (b. 1966)

March[edit]

Sam Simon

Terry Pratchett

Malcolm Fraser

Lee Kuan Yew

• March 1
  • Joshua Fishman, American linguist (b. 1926)
  • Wolfram Wuttke, German footballer (b. 1961)
• 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
  • Camille Muffat, French swimmer (b. 1989)
  • Frei Otto, German architect (b. 1925)
  • Alexis Vastine, French boxer (b. 1986)
• March 11 – Walter Burkert, German academic and writer (b. 1931)
• March 12
  • Michael Graves, American architect (b. 1934)
  • Terry Pratchett, English writer (b. 1948)
• March 13 – Daevid Allen, Australian musician (b. 1938)
• March 14 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (b. 1937)
• March 15
  • Mike Porcaro, American bass guitarist (b. 1955)
  • Xu Caihou, Chinese army general (b. 1943)
• 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
  • Hans Erni, Swiss artist (b. 1909)
  • Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (b. 1925)
  • Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (b. 1955)
• March 23 – Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)
• March 26
  • Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
  • Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish Nobel poet and translator (b. 1931)
• 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[edit]

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
  • Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer (b. 1940)
  • Günter Grass, German Nobel writer (b. 1927)
  • Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player (b. 1918)
• April 14
  • Percy Sledge, American singer (b. 1940)
  • Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal (b. 1921)
• 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
  • Verne Gagne, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
  • Andrew Lesnie, Australian cinematographer (b. 1956)
• April 29 – Giovanni Canestri, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
• April 30
  • Ben E. King, American singer (b. 1938)
  • Patachou, French singer and actress (b. 1918)

May[edit]

Maya Plisetskaya

B.B. King

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

• May 1
  • Geoff Duke, British motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
  • Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
• May 2
  • Maya Plisetskaya, Soviet Union-born Lithuanian and Spanish ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress (b. 1925)
  • Ruth Rendell, British author (b. 1930)
• 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
  • Halldór Ásgrímsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)
  • Raymond Gosling, British scientist (b. 1926)
• May 19 – Gerald Götting, German politician (b. 1923)
• May 21 – Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969)
• May 23
  • Anne Meara, American actress and comedian (b. 1929)
  • John Forbes Nash Jr., American Nobel mathematician (b. 1928)
• 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
  • Henry Carr, American sprinter (b. 1941)
  • Doris Hart, American tennis player (b. 1925)
  • Betsy Palmer, American actress (b. 1926)
• May 30 – Beau Biden, American politician (b. 1969) ^{[importance?]}

June[edit]

Nicholas Liverpool

Christopher Lee

Süleyman Demirel

Yevgeny Primakov

• June 1
  • Charles Kennedy, British politician (b. 1959)
  • Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican politician, sixth President of Dominica (b. 1934)
• 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
  • Pierre Brice, French actor (b. 1929)
  • Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (b. 1934)
• June 7 – Christopher Lee, English actor (b. 1922)
• June 9 – James Last, German composer and big band leader (b. 1929)
• June 11
  • Ornette Coleman, American free jazz saxophonist (b. 1930)
  • Ron Moody, British actor (b. 1924)
  • Dusty Rhodes, American professional wrestler (b. 1945)
• June 14
  • Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
  • Zito, Brazilian footballer (b. 1932)
• June 15
  • Jeanna Friske, Russian singer, model, and actress (b. 1974)
  • Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman (b. 1917)
• June 16 – Charles Correa, Indian architect (b. 1930)
• June 17
  • Ron Clarke, Australian runner (b. 1937)
  • Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician, ninth President of Turkey (b. 1924)
  • Roberto M. Levingston, Argentine general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)
• June 20 – Esther Brand, South African athlete (b. 1922)
• June 21
  • Veijo Meri, Finnish writer (b. 1928)
  • Gunther Schuller, American composer, conductor, historian, and jazz musician (b. 1925)
• June 22
  • Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (b. 1941)
  • James Horner, American film composer (b. 1953)
• June 23
  • Magali Noël, French actress and singer (b. 1931)
  • Dick Van Patten, American actor (b. 1928)
• June 25
  • Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia (b. 1940)
  • Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
• 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
  • Josef Masopust, Czech football player and coach (b. 1931)
  • Charles Pasqua, French politician (b. 1927)

July[edit]

Omar Sharif

Satoru Iwata

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

• July 1
  • Sergio Sollima, Italian film director (b. 1921)
  • Nicholas Winton, British humanitarian (b. 1909)
• July 5 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American Nobel physicist (b. 1921)
• July 10
  • Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor (b. 1944)
  • Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (b. 1932)
  • Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
• July 11
  • Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
  • Patricia Crone, Danish scholar (b. 1945)
  • Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman and video game programmer (b. 1959)
• 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
  • Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American actor (b. 1924)
  • E. L. Doctorow, American author (b. 1931)
• 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
  • Lynn Anderson, American country singer (b. 1947)
  • Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (b. 1931)
• July 31 – Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler (b. 1954)

August[edit]

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
  • Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (b. 1929)
  • Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian physician (b. 1914)
• 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
  • Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican theoretical physicist (b. 1947)
  • Yvonne Craig, American actress (b. 1937)
  • Arsen Dedić, Croatian musician (b. 1938)
  • László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927)
• August 20 – Egon Bahr, German politician (b. 1922)
• August 22
  • Ieng Thirith, Cambodian politician (b. 1932)
  • Eric Thompson, English racing driver (b. 1919)
• 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
  • Wes Craven, American film director and writer (b. 1939)
  • Oliver Sacks, British-American neurologist and writer (b. 1933)

September[edit]

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
  • David Willcocks, English organist, conductor and composer (b. 1919)
  • Dettmar Cramer, German football coach (b. 1925)
• 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
  • John Guillermin, British film director and producer (b. 1925)
  • Pietro Ingrao, Italian politician (b. 1915)
• September 28 – Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (b. 1939)
• September 29 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist (b. 1931)

October[edit]

Denis Healey

Henning Mankell

Mathieu Kérékou

Maureen O’Hara

• October 2
  • Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian politician (b. 1937)
  • Brian Friel, Irish playwright (b. 1929)
• 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
  • Dominique Dropsy, French footballer (b. 1951)
  • Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
  • Jurelang Zedkaia, Fifth President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
• 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
  • Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician (b. 1947)
  • Mathieu Kérékou, Fifth President of Benin (b. 1933)
• October 17
  • Danièle Delorme, French actress (b. 1926)
  • Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
• 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
  • Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovakian cardinal (b. 1924)
  • Maureen O’Hara, Irish-American actress (b. 1920)
• October 25 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
• October 26
  • Willis Carto, American politician (b. 1926)
  • Leo Kadanoff, American physicist (b. 1937)
• October 30 – Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (b. 1974)
• October 31 – Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (b. 1938)

November[edit]

Fred Thompson

Yitzhak Navon

Helmut Schmidt

Jonah Lomu

Kim Young-sam

• November 1
  • Günter Schabowski, German politician (b. 1929)
  • Fred Thompson, American politician and actor (b. 1942)
• November 3 – Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (b. 1944)
• November 4
  • René Girard, French-American historian (b. 1923)
  • Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (b. 1950)
• November 5
  • Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (b. 1923)
  • Czesław Kiszczak, Polish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• November 6 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician, President of Israel (b. 1921)
• November 7 – Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-American actor and author (b. 1947)
• November 8
  • Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani, Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1934)
  • Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist (b. 1925)
• November 9
  • Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter (b. 1930)
  • Allen Toussaint, American musician (b. 1938)
  • Andy White, Scottish drummer (b. 1930)
• November 10
  • André Glucksmann, French philosopher (b. 1937)
  • Klaus Roth, British mathematician (b. 1925)
  • Helmut Schmidt, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (b. 1918)
• November 11 – Phil Taylor, English rock drummer (b. 1954)
• November 12
  • Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (b. 1983)
  • Jihadi John, Kuwaiti member of ISIS (b. 1988)
• November 15 – Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (b. 1929)
• November 18
  • Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1975)
  • Mal Whitfield, American Olympic athlete (b. 1924)
• November 20 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1953)
• November 21
  • Bob Foster, American boxer (b. 1938)
  • Linda Haglund, Swedish sprinter (b. 1956)
• November 22 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean politician, President of South Korea (b. 1927)
• November 23 – Douglass North, American economist (b. 1920)
• November 28
  • Gerry Byrne, English footballer (b. 1938)
  • Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Swedish actress (b. 1921)
• November 30
  • Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist (b. 1940)
  • Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese manga artist (b. 1922)
  • Eldar Ryazanov, Russian film director (b. 1927)

December[edit]

Robert Loggia

Kurt Masur

Stein Eriksen

Lemmy

Elżbieta Krzesińska

• December 1 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (b. 1930)
• December 2
  • Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (b. 1925)
  • Ferenc Juhász, Hungarian poet (b. 1928)
• December 3 – Scott Weiland, American singer and musician (b. 1967)
• December 4
  • Erik De Vlaeminck, Belgian professional cyclist (b. 1945)
  • Robert Loggia, American actor (b. 1930)
  • Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (b. 1940)
• 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
  • Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal (b. 1921)
  • Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936)
• December 10
  • Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
  • Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
• December 13 – Benedict Anderson, American academic (b. 1936)
• December 15 – Licio Gelli, Italian financier (b. 1919)
• December 19
  • Greville Janner, British politician, barrister, and writer (b. 1928)
  • Jimmy Hill, English footballer and television presenter (b. 1928)
  • Kurt Masur, German conductor (b. 1927)
• December 23
  • Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist (b. 1941)
  • Don Howe, English footballer (b. 1935)
  • Bülent Ulusu, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923)
• December 27
  • Stein Eriksen, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (b. 1927)
  • Ellsworth Kelly, American artist (b. 1923)
  • Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and film director (b. 1922)
• December 28
  • Eloy Inos, American politician, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1949)
  • Guru Josh, British musician (b. 1964)
  • Lemmy, British singer and bass guitarist (b. 1945)
  • Ian Murdock, German-American software programmer (b. 1973)
• December 29
  • Elżbieta Krzesińska, Polish athlete (b. 1934)
  • Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer (b. 1968)
• December 31
  • Natalie Cole, American singer (b. 1950)
  • Wayne Rogers, American actor (b. 1933)

Nobel Prizes[edit]

• 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

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Year in review 2014

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• International Year of Family Farming and Crystallography.
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 Horus of the horizon 2014

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1.Robin Williams

2.Joan Rivers

3.Philip Seymour Hoffman

4.Maya Angelou

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7.Shirley Temple

8.Lauren Bacall

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#104 most searched

5Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public research university located in the state capital city…Wikipedia

#8 most searched

6Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

#37 most searched

7Tidewater Community College

Tidewater Community College, also known as “TCC,” is a two-year higher education institution in South Hampton Roads with…Wikipedia

#190 most searched

8Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana…Wikipedia

#19 most searched

9University of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut is a public research university in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

#34 most searched

10Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University is a public, state-related research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

#1 most searched

Scientist

1Stephen Wolfram

Stephen Wolfram is a scientist and technologist known for his contributions to theoretical physics, for his pioneering.

#2 most searched

2Haruko Obokata

Haruko Obokata is a Japanese stem-cell biologist and the Research Unit Leader of the Laboratory for Cellular Reprogramming.

#117 most searched

3Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research.

#3 most searched

4Dorothy Hodgkin

Dorothy Mary Hodgkin, OM, FRS, known professionally as Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin or simply Dorothy Hodgkin, was a British…Wikipedia

#59 most searched

5Mary Anning

Mary Anning was a British fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for important.

#61 most searched

6Percy Lavon Julian

Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.

#56 most searched

7John Eleuthère du Pont

John Eleuthère du Pont was a convicted murderer, an American multimillionaire, and member of the prominent du Pont family.

#60 most searched

8Peter Higgs

Peter Ware Higgs CH FRS FRSE is a British theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize laureate and emeritus professor at the.

#58 most searched

9Jonas Salk

Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful.

#26 most searched

10Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey was an American zoologist, primatologist, and anthropologist who undertook an extensive study of gorilla groups.

#41 most searched

 Actors

1.Jared Leto

2.Matthew McConaughey

3.Macaulay Culkin

4.Chris Pratt

5.Theo James

6.Ansel Elgort

7.Jamie Dornan

8.Alfonso Ribeiro

9.James McAvoy

10.Laurence Fishburne

 Actresses

1.Jennifer Lawrence

2.Renee Zellweger

3.Betty White

4.Ellen Page

5.Kim Novak

6.Margot Robbie

7.Jacqueline Bisset

8.Lena Dunham

9.Melanie Griffith

10.Lea Thompson

 Athletes

1.Ray Rice

2.Adrian Peterson

3.Richard Sherman

4.Paul George

5.Carmelo Anthony

6.Derek Jeter

7.Johnny Manziel

8.Russell Wilson

9.Tony Gwynn

10.Tim Howard

 Politicians

1.Barack Obama

2.Chris Christie

3.Rand Paul

4.Rick Perry

5.Ted Cruz

6.Joe Biden

7.Elizabeth Warren

8.Scott Walker

9.Paul Ryan

10.Harry Reid

Us Governor

1Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-born American actor, filmmaker, activist, businessman, investor, writer,.

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

2Chris Christie

Christopher James “Chris” Christie is the 55th Governor of New Jersey and a leading member of the Republican Party.

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6 years in top 10

3Rick Perry

James Richard “Rick” Perry is an American politician who is the 47th and current Governor of Texas.

+2 since last year

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10 years in top 10

4Jesse Ventura

James George Janos, better known by his stage name, Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, actor, author, naval veteran..

-1 since last year

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8 years in top 10

5Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American politician who is the 56th and current Governor of New York.

-1 since last year

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5 years in top 10

6Scott Walker

Scott Kevin Walker is an American Republican Party politician who is the 45th Governor of Wisconsin.

+5 since last year

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3 years in top 10

7Rick Scott

Richard Lynn “Rick” Scott is an American businessman and politician who has been the 45th Governor of Florida since 2011.

+5 since last year

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2 years in top 10

8Jeb Bush

John Ellis “Jeb” Bush served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is the second son of former President George H.

+8 since last year

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5 years in top 10

9Bob McDonnell

Robert Francis “Bob” McDonnell is a former American politician. He was the 71st Governor of Virginia.

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2 years in top 10

10Jerry Brown

Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr. is an American politician who currently serves as the 39th Governor of California since..

-2 since last year

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5 years in top 10

11Charlie Crist

Charles Joseph “Charlie” Crist, Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th Governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011.

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4 years in top 10

12Mike Huckabee

Michael Dale “Mike” Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas..

-2 since last year

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6 years in top 10

13Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

-6 since last year

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1 year in top 10

14Bobby Jindal

Piyush “Bobby” Jindal is an American politician who is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and the Vice Chairman.

+4 since last year

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3 years in top 10

15George Wallace

George Corley Wallace, Jr. was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive..

+2 since last year

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2 years in top 10

16Pat Quinn

Patrick Joseph “Pat” Quinn III is an American politician who is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois.

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17Mark Warner

Mark Robert Warner is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Virginia, in office since 2009.

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2 years in top 10

18Jan Brewer

Janice Kay “Jan” Brewer is the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, in office since 2009.

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1 year in top 10

19Huey Long

Huey Pierce Long, Jr., nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana.

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20Tom Corbett

Thomas Wingett “Tom” Corbett, Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Books

1.Boy, Snow, Bird

2.Blood Will Out

3.Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals. Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

4.City of Heavenly Fire

5.Flash Boys

6.The Invention of Wings

7.All the Light We Cannot See

8.Words of Radiance

9.Yes Please

10.Capital in the Twenty First Century

 TV Shows

1.Game of Thrones

2.True Detective

3.Orange is the New Black

4.The Following

5.American Horror Story

6.Gotham

7.South Park

8.House of Cards

9.Outlander

10.The 100

Movie trailer

1.Gone Girl trailer

2.Interstellar trailer

3.Divergent trailer

4.Frozen trailer

5.The Lego Movie trailer

6.The Avengers 2 trailer

7.Godzilla trailer

8.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 trailer

9.Annabelle trailer

10.Maleficent trailer

Movie

1.Frozen

2.Interstellar

3.Divergent

4.Gone Girl

5.Lone Survivor

6.Godzilla

7.22 Jump Street

8.Big Hero 6

9.Annabelle

10.Maleficent

Music Artist

1.Iggy Azalea

2.Lorde

3.Sam Smith

4.Meghan Trainor

5.Solange Knowles

6.Nicki Minaj

7.Weird Al

8.Sia

9.Daft Punk

10.Taylor Swift

 Song lyrics

1.Say Something lyrics

2.Anaconda lyrics

3.Fancy lyrics

4.Happy lyrics

5.Blank Space lyrics

6.Royals lyrics

7.Dark Horse lyrics

8.Bang Bang lyrics

9.Counting Stars lyrics

10.Wrecking Ball lyrics

 Music festivals

1.Coachella

2.Mysteryland

3.Boston Calling

4.Hard Summer

5.Electric Forest

6.Firefly Music Festival

7.Austin City Limits

8.South by Southwest

9.Outside Lands

10.Fun Fun Fun Fest

 Beers

1.Budweiser

2.Corona

3.Keystone

4.Miller

5.Blue Moon

6.Coors

7.Bud Light

8.PBR

9.Modelo

10.Sierra Nevada

 Video Games

1.Destiny

2.Titanfall

3.Watch Dogs

4.ArcheAge

5.Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

6.Madden 15

7.Mario Kart 8

8.Dragon Age Inquisition

9.Battlefield Hardline

10.League of Angels

Cars

1.Ford

2.Jeep

3.Dodge

4.Toyota

5.General Motors

6.Subaru

7.Honda

8.Nissan

9.BMW

10.Tesla

Countries

1Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the largest country entirely within Europe…Wikipedia

#18 most searched

2Korea

Korea, called Hanguk in South Korea and Joseon in North Korea, is an East Asian territory that is divided into two distinct…Wikipedia

#36 most searched

3Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its..

#22 most searched

4Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia and Oceania..

#30 most searched

5Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia that borders Turkey to the north, Iran to the east,.

#35 most searched

6Hong Kong

Hong Kong, alternatively known as H.K. in short form, officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the.

#17 most searched

7Qatar

Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a sovereign Arab country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar.

#69 most searched

8Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, situated at the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea..

#15 most searched

9Bermuda

Bermuda, also referred to in legal documents as the Bermudas or Somers Isles, is a British Overseas Territory in the North.

#59 most searched

10Palestine

Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

#109 most searched

Cities

1Sochi

Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Black Sea coast near the border between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia..

#152 most searched

2Sonoma

Sonoma is a historically significant city in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, United States, surrounding its.

#135 most searched

3Manchester

Manchester is a city in Greater Manchester with a population of 514,417 in 2013; it lies within the United Kingdom’s second..

#124 most searched

4Kansas City

Kansas City or K.C. is the most populous municipality in the U.S. state of Missouri.

#35 most searched

5Hong Kong

Hong Kong, alternatively known as H.K. in short form, officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the.

#79 most searched

6Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state…Wikipedia

#28 most searched

7Green Bay

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the State of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay,

#73 most searched

8Saint Paul

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the state of Minnesota. As of 2013, the city’s estimated population was 294,873..

#128 most searched

9Dallas

Dallas is a major city in Texas and is one of the two urban centers of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the…Wikipedia

#5 most searched

10Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

#114 most searched

Energy Company

1Duke Energy

Duke Energy, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the largest electric power holding company in the United States..

+1 since last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

9 years in top 10

2Chevron

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and active…Wikipedia

+3 since last year

Peaked at #2 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

3National Grid plc

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

Peaked at #2 (yearly)

7 years in top 10

4BP

BP plc, sometimes referred to by its former name British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company…Wikipedia

-3 since last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

5Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

Peaked at #3 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

6Florida Power & Light

Florida Power & Light Company, the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc., commonly referred to by its initials, FPL…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

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4 years in top 10

7Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy Inc. is a utility holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving more than 3.3 million electric…Wikipedia

+1 since last year

Peaked at #5 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

8ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil Corp., or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas, United States…Wikipedia

-2 since last year

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11 years in top 10

9Public Service Enterprise Group

Public Service Enterprise Group, founded as the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey and later renamed Public Service…Wikipedia

New in chart

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1 year in top 10

10Consolidated Edison

Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison or Con Ed, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies..

-1 since last year

Peaked at #6 (yearly)

5 years in top 10

Financial company

1Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational banking and financial services holding company which is headquartered..

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

2Bank of America

Bank of America is an American multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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11 years in top 10

3Chase

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is a national bank that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking..

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Peaked at #2 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

4Capital One

Capital One Financial Corporation is a U.S.-based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto..

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11 years in top 10

5American Express

The American Express Company, also known as Amex, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered.

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Peaked at #2 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

6Citibank

Citibank is the consumer division of financial services multinational Citigroup.

Same rank as last year

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11 years in top 10

7PNC Financial Services

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is an American financial services corporation, with assets of approximately $271.2 billion.

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7 years in top 10

8USAA

The United Services Automobile Association is a Texas-based Fortune 500 diversified financial services group of companies.

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5 years in top 10

9Fidelity Investments

FMR LLC or Fidelity Investments is an American multinational financial services corporation…Wikipedia

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Peaked at #9 (yearly)

7 years in top 10

10State Farm Insurance

State Farm is a group of insurance and financial services companies in the United States. The company also has operations in Canada.

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Peaked at #10 (yearly)

3 years in top 10

Retail company

1Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American international electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Peaked at #1 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

2Walmart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., branded as Walmart, is an American multinational retail corporation that operates chains of large.

Same rank as last year

Peaked at #1 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

3Target Corporation

Target Corporation is an American retailing company, founded in 1902 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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1 year in top 10

4The Home Depot

The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.

-1 since last year

Peaked at #3 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

5Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota,.

-1 since last year

Peaked at #2 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

6Lowe’s

Lowe’s is an American chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores that has retail stores in the United States,.

-1 since last year

Peaked at #5 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

7Costco

Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American membership-only warehouse club that provides a wide selection of merchandise.

-1 since last year

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8 years in top 10

8Walgreens

The Walgreen Company is the largest drug retailing chain in the United States. As of May 31, 2014, the company operated.

+2 since last year

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4 years in top 10

9J. C. Penney

1. C. Penney Company Inc., known as JCPenney, is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas..

-1 since last year

Peaked at #7 (yearly)

11 years in top 10

10Toys “R” Us

Toys “R” Us, Inc. is an American toy and juvenile-products retailer founded in 1948 and headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey…Wikipedia

New in chart

Peaked at #10 (yearly)

1 year in top 10

Medicine

1Advil

Advil is a brand of ibuprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Advil is manufactured by Pfizer and has been on the market since 1984.

#53 most searched

2Tylenol

Tylenol is an American brand of drugs advertised for reducing pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies.

#7 most searched

3Triamcinolone acetonide

Triamcinolone acetonide is a synthetic corticosteroid used to treat various skin conditions, to relieve the discomfort of.

#122 most searched

4Anxiolytic

An anxiolytic is a medication or other intervention that inhibits anxiety. This effect is in contrast to anxiogenic agents…Wikipedia

#131 most searched

5Adderall

Adderall is a psychostimulant pharmaceutical drug of the phenethylamine class used in the treatment of attention deficit.

#2 most searched

6Cortisone

Cortisone is a 21-carbon steroid hormone. It is one of the main hormones released by the adrenal gland in response to stress..

#72 most searched

7Tums

Tums is an antacid made of sucrose and calcium carbonate manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

#133 most searched

8Gabapentin

Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug. It was originally developed to treat epilepsy, and is currently also..

#14 most searched

9Triamcinolone

Triamcinolone is a long-acting synthetic corticosteroid given orally, by injection, by inhalation, or as a topical ointment or cream.

#70 most searched

10Insulin

Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells in the pancreas. It regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats.

#37 most searched

Animals

1Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates.

#10 most searched

2Bear

Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds.

#6 most searched

3Ape

Apes are a branch of Old World tailless anthropoid catarrhine primates native to Africa and Southeast Asia and distinguished.

#64 most searched

4Pony

A pony is a small horse. Depending on context, a pony may be a horse that is under an approximate or exact height at the.

#42 most searched

5Eagle

Eagle is a common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae; it belongs to several groups of genera.

#32 most searched

6Lion

The lion is one of the five big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae.

#11 most searched

7Turkey

The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, which is native to the Americas.

#12 most searched

8Dolphin

Dolphins are cetacean mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera.

#29 most searched

9Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese.

#16 most searched

10Bison

Bison are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized.

#131 most searched

Chemical weapon

1Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element with chemical symbol H and atomic number 1. With an atomic weight of 1.00794 u, hydrogen.

#4 most searched

2Silicon

Silicon is a chemical element with symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a tetravalent metalloid, less reactive than its.

#19 most searched

3Lithium

Lithium is a chemical element with symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silver-white metal belonging to the alkali.

#22 most searched

4Iron

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series.

#3 most searched

5Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is.

#5 most searched

6Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a bright yellow dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal.

#1 most searched

7Sodium

Sodium is a chemical element with symbol Na and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silver-white, highly reactive metal and.

#9 most searched

8Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. It is the lightest pnictogen and at room temperature,

#16 most searched

9Krypton

Krypton is a chemical element with symbol Kr and atomic number 36. It is a member of group 18 elements.

#49 most searched

10Thorium

Thorium is a chemical element with symbol Th and atomic number 90. A radioactive actinide metal, thorium is one of only.

#46 most searched

Space object

1Moon

The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite. Although not the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, it is, among.

#1 most searched

267P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko, officially designated 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and sometimes shortened to 67P/C-G, is a.

#35 most searched

3Io

Io is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter. It is the fourth-largest moon and has the highest…Wikipedia

#15 most searched

4Ceres

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

#16 most searched

5Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter.

#10 most searched

6Europa

Europa, is the sixth-closest moon of the planet Jupiter, and the smallest of its four Galilean satellites, but still the.

#13 most searched

7Alpha Lupi

Alpha Lupi is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Lupus. According to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, the.

#61 most searched

8Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury.

#4 most searched

9Pluto

Pluto is the largest object in the Kuiper belt, and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun.

#8 most searched

10Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It has no natural satellite.

#5 most searched

Events

January

• January 1 – Latvia officially adopts the Euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.

February

• February–ongoing – The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa begins, infecting over 19,000 people and killing at least 7,000 people, the most severe both in terms of numbers of infections and casualties.^[4][5]
• February 7–23 – The XXII Olympic Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia.^[6][7]
• February 13 – Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients of any age.^[8]
• February 22 – The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest left around 100 people dead in Kiev.^[9]
• February 26–ongoing – The pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine leads to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and an insurgency in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

March[edit]

 

March 8:Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

• March 5 – Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, severs diplomatic and political ties with Panama, accusing Panama of being involved in a conspiracy against the Venezuelan government.^[10]
• March 8 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.^[11]
• March 16 – A referendum on the status of Crimea is held.^[12]
• March 21 – Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signed a bill finalizing the annexation process.^[13]
• March 24 – During an emergency meeting, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Germany, France,Japan, and Canada temporarily suspend Russia from the G8.^[14]
• March 27 – The United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 68/262, recognizing Crimea within Ukraine’s international borders and rejecting the validity of the 2014 Crimean referendum.^[15]
• March 31 – The United Nations International Court of Justice rules that Japan‘s Antarctic whaling program is not scientific but commercial and forbids grants of further permits.^[16][17]

April[edit]

• April 10 – In response to the 2014 Crimean crisis, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passes a resolution to temporarily strip Russia of its voting rights; its rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, and the PACE Standing Committee; and its right to participate in election-observation missions.^[18]
• April 14 – An estimated 276 girls and women are abducted and held hostage from a school in Nigeria.^[19]
• April 16 – Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks after an unmanageable cargo shift, killing more than 290 people, mostly high school students.^[20]
• April 27 – The Catholic Church simultaneously canonizes Popes John XXIII and John Paul II.^[21]
• April 28 – United States President Barack Obama‘s new economic sanctions against Russia go into effect, targeting companies and individuals close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.^[22]

May[edit]

• May 5
  • The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency.^[23]
  • Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala.^[24]
• May 20 – Terrorists in Nigeria detonate bombs at Jos, killing 118 people.
• May 22 – The Royal Thai Army overthrows the caretaker government of Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan after a failure to resolve the political unrest in Thailand.^[25][26]

June[edit]

• June 5–ongoing – A Sunni militant group called the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (also known as the ISIS or ISIL) begins an offensive through northern Iraq, aiming to capture the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad and overthrowthe Shiite government led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.^[27]
• June 12 – July 13 – The 2014 FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil, and is won by Germany.
• June 19 – King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, who ascends the Spanish throne as King Felipe VI.

July[edit]

• July 8–August 26 – Amid growing tensions between Israel and Hamas following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June and the revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager in July, Israel launches Operation Protective Edge on the Palestinian Gaza Strip starting with numerous missile strikes, followed by a ground invasion a week later. In 7 weeks of fighting, 2,100 Palestinians and 71 Israelis are killed.
• July 17
  • After a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, Israel confirms the beginning of a ground offensive in Gaza.^[28]
  • Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (Boeing 777) crashes in Ukraine, after being shot down by a missile. 298 people die, including 15 crew members.^[29]
• July 21 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2166 in response to the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.^[30]
• July 24 – Air Algérie Flight 5017 crashes in Mali, killing all 116 people on board.

August[edit]

• August 7 – Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are found guilty of crimes against humanity and are sentenced to life imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.^[32]
• August 8 – The United States military begins an air campaign in northern Iraq to stem the influx of ISIS militants.

September[edit]

• September 22 – The United States and several Arab partners begin their airstrike campaign in Syria.^[33][34]
• September 26 – The 2014 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, to be held in Cape Town from 13 to 15 October, is suspended after a boycott of Nobel Laureates to protest the third time refusal of a visa to the 14th Dalai Lama by a South African Government “kowtowing to China”.

October

• October 19 – The Roman Catholic Church beatifies Pope Paul VI.^[38]
• October 31 – Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré resigns after widespread protests in response to the attempt in abolishing presidential term limits.

November

• November 2 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the final part of its Fifth Assessment Report, warning that the world faces “severe, pervasive and irreversible” damage from global emissions of CO2.^[40]
• November 12 – The Rosetta spacecraft‘s Philae probe successfully lands on Comet 67P, the first time in history that a spacecraft has landed on such an object.^[41]

December[edit]

• December 17 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces the resumption of normal relations between the U.S. and Cuba.^[42]

Births[edit]

• February 20 – Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland
• December 10
  • Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès
  • Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco

Deaths[edit]

Main article: Deaths in 2014

Further information: Category:2014 deaths

Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January[edit]

Eusébio

Ariel Sharon

Pete Seeger

• January 5 – Eusébio, Portuguese footballer (b. 1942)
• January 7 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong filmmaker and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
• January 9
  • Amiri Baraka, American poet (b. 1934)
  • Dale T. Mortensen, American Nobel economist (b. 1939)
• January 10 – Zbigniew Messner, 9th Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Poland (b. 1929)
• January 11
  • Ariel Sharon, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
  • Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (b. 1986)
• January 14 – Mae Young, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
• January 15
  • John Dobson, American amateur astronomer (b. 1915)
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack, British actor (b. 1944)
• January 16 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese army officer (b. 1922)
• January 20 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933)
• January 23 – Riz Ortolani, Italian film composer (b. 1926)
• January 25 – Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1951)
• January 26 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and writer (b. 1939)
• January 27 – Pete Seeger, American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist (b. 1919)
• January 31 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian film director (b. 1921)

February[edit]

Shirley Temple

Sid Caesar

• February 1
  • Luis Aragonés, Spanish football player and coach (b. 1938)
  • Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1930)
• February 2 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (b. 1967)
• February 3 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (b. 1923)
• February 10
  • Stuart Hall, Jamaican-British sociologist (b. 1932)
  • Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (b. 1928)
• February 11 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1924)
• February 12 – Sid Caesar, American actor (b. 1922)
• February 13 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish football player and coach (b. 1937)
• February 14 – Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922)
• February 18 – Nelson Frazier, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
• February 19 – Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
• February 23 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-British pianist (b. 1903)
• February 24 – Harold Ramis, American film director, writer, and actor (b. 1944)
• February 25 – Mário Coluna, Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)
• February 26 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist (b. 1947)

March[edit]

Adolfo Suárez

• March 1 – Alain Resnais, French film director (b. 1922)
• March 9 – Mohammed Fahim, Vice President of Afghanistan (b. c. 1957)
• March 12 – Věra Chytilová, Czech film director (b. 1929)
• March 13 – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932)
• March 14 – Tony Benn, British politician and diarist (b. 1925)
• March 18 – Lucius Shepard, American writer (b. 1942)
• March 19 – Fred Phelps, American pastor (b. 1929)
• March 20 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
• March 21
  • Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 122nd Syriac Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1933)
  • James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948)
• March 23 – Adolfo Suárez, 138th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)
• March 27 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician (b. 1929)
• March 31 – Frankie Knuckles, American disk jockey and record producer (b. 1955)

April[edit]

Mickey Rooney

Gabriel García Márquez

• April 1 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian (b. 1924)
• April 4 – Kumba Ialá, President of Guinea-Bissau (2000–2003) (b. 1953)
• April 6 – Mickey Rooney, American actor (b. 1920)
• April 8
  • The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler (b. 1959)
  • Karlheinz Deschner, German activist and writer (b. 1924)
• April 9 – A. N. R. Robinson, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)
• April 10 – Sue Townsend, British novelist and playwright (b. 1946)
• April 13 – Ernesto Laclau, Argentine political theorist (b. 1935)
• April 16 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian politician (b. 1949)
• April 17 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian Nobel writer (b. 1927)
• April 20 – Rubin Carter, American boxer (b. 1937)
• April 24
  • Hans Hollein, Austrian architect (b. 1934)
  • Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
• April 27 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian football player and coach (b. 1931)
• April 29 – Bob Hoskins, British actor (b. 1942)

May[edit]

H. R. Giger

Jack Brabham

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Maya Angelou

• May 2 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918)
• May 3 – Gary Becker, American Nobel economist (b. 1930)
• May 6
  • Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)
  • Farley Mowat, Canadian author (b. 1921)
• May 12
  • Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
  • H. R. Giger, Swiss artist (b. 1940)
• May 15 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
• May 17 – Gerald Edelman, American Nobel biologist (b. 1929)
• May 18
  • Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
  • Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut and physicist (b. 1946)
  • Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (b. 1931)
• May 19 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
• May 21 – Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)
• May 25 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Communist leader of Poland (b. 1923)
• May 28
  • Maya Angelou, American poet and author (b. 1928)
  • Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928)
• May 29 – Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor (b. 1928)
• May 31
  • Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer (b. 1952)
  • Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)

June[edit]

Casey Kasem

Eli Wallach

Ana María Matute

• June 1 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor, Olympic triple champion and silver medalist (b. 1938)
• June 2
  • Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (b. 1924)
  • Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)
• June 7 – Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978)
• June 9
  • Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926)
  • Rik Mayall, British comedian, writer and actor (b. 1958)
• June 11
  • Ruby Dee, American actress, poet, and playwright (b. 1922)
  • Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)
• June 13 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• June 15
  • Casey Kasem, American radio host and voice actor (b. 1932)
  • Daniel Keyes, American author (b. 1927)
• June 18
  • Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist (b. 1923)
  • Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• June 24
  • Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan historian, journalist and politician (b. 1916)
  • Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
• June 25 – Ana María Matute, Spanish author (b. 1925)
• June 26 – Howard Baker, American politician and diplomat (b. 1925)
• June 27
  • Leslie Manigat, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)
  • Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• June 30
  • Paul Mazursky, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • Željko Šturanović, Prime Minister of Montenegro (b. 1960)

July[edit]

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Eduard Shevardnadze

• July 7
  • Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer (b. 1926)
  • Eduard Shevardnadze, 2nd President of Georgia (b. 1928)
• July 10 – Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress and dancer (b. 1912)
• July 11
  • Charlie Haden, American jazz bassist (b. 1937)
  • Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949)
  • John Seigenthaler, American journalist (b. 1927)
• July 13
  • Lorin Maazel, French-American conductor and violinist (b. 1930)
  • Nadine Gordimer, South African Nobel writer (b. 1923)
• July 14 – Alice Coachman, American athlete (b. 1923)
• July 16 – Johnny Winter, American singer and guitarist (b. 1944)
• July 17
  • Henry Hartsfield, American colonel and astronaut (b. 1933)
  • Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• July 19
  • David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist (b. 1917)
  • James Garner, American actor (b. 1928)
• July 25 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)
• July 27 – Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
• July 30 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian football authority (b. 1931)

August[edit]

Robin Williams

Lauren Bacall

• August 1 – Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
• August 3 – Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923)
• August 8
  • Menahem Golan, Israeli filmmaker (b. 1929)
  • Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer (b. 1929)
• August 9 – Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (b. 1958)
• August 11
  • Vladimir Beara, Yugoslav football player and manager (b. 1928)
  • Pierre Ryckmans, Belgian diplomat and author (b. 1935)
  • Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
• August 12 – Lauren Bacall, American actress (b. 1924)
• August 13 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician (b. 1934)
• August 15 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909)
• August 19 – Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet (b. 1927)
• August 20
  • B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga teacher and author (b. 1918)
  • Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)
• August 21
  • Robert Hansen, American serial killer (b. 1939)
  • Albert Reynolds, Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) (b. 1932)
• August 24 – Richard Attenborough, British actor and film director (b. 1923)
• August 28 – Glenn Cornick, British bass guitarist (b. 1947)
• August 29 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish rally driver (b. 1943)

September[edit]

Joan Rivers

Atef Ebeid

Ian Paisley

• September 1 – Gottfried John, German actor (b. 1942)
• September 4
  • Gustavo Cerati, Argentine singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1959)
  • Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor (b. 1924)
  • Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (b. 1933)
• September 5 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian (b. 1928)
• September 6 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player (b. 1919)
• September 7 – Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (b. 1920)
• September 8 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
• September 10 – Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)
• September 12
  • Atef Ebeid, Egyptian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)
  • Ian Paisley, British politician and First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926)
  • Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)
• September 15
  • Yitzhak Hofi, Israeli general (b. 1927)
  • Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
• September 17 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
• September 20
  • Anatoly Berezovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1942)
  • Polly Bergen, American actress (b. 1930)
• September 24 – Christopher Hogwood, English conductor, writer, and musicologist (b. 1941)
• September 25
  • Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian politician (b. 1951)
  • Dorothy Tyler-Odam, British athlete (b. 1920)
• September 28 – Dannie Abse, British poet (b. 1923)
• September 30 – Martin Lewis Perl, American Nobel physicist (b. 1927)

October[edit]

Oscar de la Renta

Gough Whitlam

Jack Bruce

• October 2 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (b. 1924)
• October 4
  • Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959)
  • Jean-Claude Duvalier, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951)
• October 5
  • Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (b. 1959)
  • Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)
• October 6
  • Igor Mitoraj, Polish sculptor (b. 1944)
  • Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928)
• October 7 – Siegfried Lenz, German writer (b. 1926)
• October 9 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (b. 1957)
• October 14 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (b. 1959)
• October 16 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, British peer and educator (b. 1926)
• October 17 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author (b. 1943)
• October 20 – Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932)
• October 21 – Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)
• October 23 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
• October 24 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle-distance runner (b. 1980)
• October 25 – Jack Bruce, British rock bassist (b. 1943)
• October 28 – Michael Sata, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
• October 29
  • Rainer Hasler, Liechtensteiner footballer (b. 1958)
  • Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer (b. 1968)
• October 30 – Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (b. 1942)

November[edit]

Alexander Grothendieck

P. D. James

• November 1 – Wayne Static, American guitarist and vocalist (b. 1965)
• November 2
  • Acker Bilk, British jazz clarinetist (b. 1929)
  • Veljko Kadijević, Yugoslavian general (b. 1925)
• November 3 – Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (b. 1922)
• November 10 – Ken Takakura, Japanese actor (b. 1931)
• November 12 – Warren Clarke, English actor (b. 1947)
• November 13 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician (b. 1928)
• November 14
  • Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
  • Glen A. Larson, American television producer and writer (b. 1937)
• November 16 – Serge Moscovici, Romanian-French psychologist (b. 1925)
• November 19 – Mike Nichols, German-born American director (b. 1931)
• November 20 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Spanish aristocrat (b. 1926)
• November 22 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916)
• November 24 – Viktor Tikhonov, Soviet ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
• November 26 – Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927)
• November 27 – P. D. James, English writer and life peer (b. 1920)
• November 28 – Chespirito, Mexican actor and comedian (b. 1929)
• November 30 – Go Seigen, Chinese-born Japanese Go player (b. 1914)

December[edit]

Queen Fabiola of Belgium

Joe Cocker

• December 2 – Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
• December 3
  • Jacques Barrot, French politician (b. 1937)
  • Ian McLagan, British musician (b. 1945)
• December 5 – Queen Fabiola of Belgium (b. 1928)
• December 6 – Ralph H. Baer, American video game pioneer (b. 1922)
• December 8 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian composer (b. 1915)
• December 9 – Jorge María Mejía, Argentine cardinal (b. 1923)
• December 16 – Ernie Terrell, American boxer (b. 1939)
• December 18 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (b. 1936)
• December 21
  • Åke Johansson, Swedish footballer (b. 1928)
  • Udo Jürgens, Austrian composer and singer (b. 1934)
  • Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)
• December 22
  • Joe Cocker, English singer (b. 1944)
  • Joseph Sargent, American film director (b. 1925)

Nobel Prizes[edit]

• Chemistry – Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and W. E. Moerner
• Economics – Jean Tirole
• Literature – Patrick Modiano
• Peace – Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai
• Physics – Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
• Physiology or Medicine – John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser

In fiction

National electoral calendar 2014

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For local elections, see Local electoral calendar 2014.

ContentsThis national electoral calendar for the year 2014 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 2014 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendumsare included. Specific dates are given where they have been announced.

National electoral calendar 2014

Countries with national elections or referendums: Red – Presidential (or head of state) purple  – Presidential and parliamentary/legislative Blue  – Parliamentary/legislative Green – Referendum and parliamentary/legislative yellow – Referendum orange  – Referendum and presidential black  – Referendum, presidential and parliamentary/legislative Gray – None

January

• 5 January: Bangladesh, Parliament
• 14–15 January: Egypt, Constitutional referendum^[1]

February

• 2 February:
  • Costa Rica, President and Parliament^[2]
  • El Salvador, President (1st round)^[3]
  • Thailand, General (invalidated)^[4]
• 9 February: Switzerland, Referendums (February)^[5]
• 20 February: Libya, Constitutional Assembly^[6]

March

• 9 March:
  • Colombia, Legislative^[7]
  • El Salvador, President (2nd round)^[3]
  • North Korea, Parliament
• 15 March: Slovakia, President (1st round)^[8]
• 16 March: Serbia, Parliament^[9]
• 22 March: Maldives, Parliament^[10]
• 29 March: Slovakia, President (2nd round)^[8]

April

• 1 April: Malta, President (indirect)
• 5 April: Afghanistan, President (1st round)^[11]
• 6 April:
  • Costa Rica, President (2nd round)^[2]
  • Hungary, Parliament^[12]
• 7 April: India, Parliament (1st phase)^[13]
• 9 April:
  • India, Parliament (2nd phase)^[13]
  • Indonesia, Legislative^[14]
• 10 April: India, Parliament (3rd phase)^[13]
• 12 April: India, Parliament (4th phase)^[13]
• 13 April:
  • Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) and Parliament^[15]
  • Macedonia, President (1st round)^[16]
• 17 April:
  • Algeria, President^[17]
  • India, Parliament (5th phase)^[13]
• 23 April: Lebanon, President (1st round; indirect)^[18]
• 24 April: India, Parliament (6th phase)^[13]
• 27 April: Macedonia, President (2nd round) and Parliament^[19]
• 30 April:
  • India, Parliament (7th phase)^[13]
  • Iraq, Parliament^[20]
  • Lebanon, President (2nd round; indirect (aborted))^[18]

May

• 4 May: Panama, President and Parliament^[21]
• 7 May:
  • India, Parliament (8th phase)^[13]
  • Lebanon, President (3rd round; indirect (aborted))^[18]
  • South Africa, Parliament^[22]
• 11 May: Lithuania, President (1st round)^[23]
• 12 May: India, Parliament (9th phase)^[13]
• 15 May: Lebanon, President (4th round; indirect (aborted))^[18]
• 18 May:
  • Guinea-Bissau, President (2nd round)^[15]
  • Switzerland, Referendums (May)
• 20 May: Malawi, President and Parliament^[24]
• 22 May: Lebanon, President (5th round; indirect (aborted))^[18]
• 25 May:
  • Belgium, Federal^[25] and Regional
  • Colombia, President (1st round)^[26]
  • Denmark, Unified Patent Court referendum^[27]
  • Lithuania, President (2nd round)^[23]
  • Ukraine, President^[28]
• 26–28 May: Egypt, President^[29]

June

• 3 June: Syria, President^[30]
• 8 June:
  • Kosovo, Parliament^[31]
  • South Ossetia, Parliament
• 9 June: Lebanon, President (6th round; indirect (aborted))
• 10 June: Israel, President (indirect)^[32]
• 12 June: Antigua and Barbuda, Parliament^[33]
• 14 June: Afghanistan, President (2nd round)^[34]
• 15 June:
  • Colombia, President (2nd round)^[26]
  • Liechtenstein, Referendum^[35]
• 18 June: Lebanon, President (7th round; indirect (aborted))
• 21 June: Mauritania, President^[36]
• 25 June: Libya, Parliament (Annulled)

July

• 2 July: Lebanon, President (8th round; indirect (aborted))
• 9 July:
  • Cook Islands, Parliament^[37]
  • Indonesia, President^[38]
• 13 July: Slovenia, Parliament^[39]
• 23 July: Lebanon, President (9th round; indirect (aborted))
• 24 July: Iraq, President (indirect)

August

• 10 August: Turkey, President^[40]
• 12 August: Lebanon, President (10th round; indirect, aborted)
• 24 August: Abkhazia, President^[41]
• 29 August: Sint Maarten, Parliament^[42]

September

• 2 September: Lebanon, President (11th round; indirect, aborted)
• 14 September: Sweden, Parliament^[43]
• 17 September: Fiji, Parliament^[44]
• 20 September: New Zealand, Parliament^[45]
• 23 September: Lebanon, President (12th round; indirect, aborted)
• 28 September:
  • France, Senate^[46]
  • Switzerland, Referendums (September)

October

• 4 October: Latvia, Parliament^[47]
• 5 October:
  • Brazil, President (1st round) and Parliament^[48]
  • Bulgaria, Parliament^[49]
• 9 October: Lebanon, President (13th round; indirect, aborted)
• 10–11 October: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)^[50]
• 12 October:
  • Bolivia, President and Congress^[51]
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidential Council and Parliament^[52]
  • São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament^[53]
• 15 October: Mozambique, President and Parliament^[54]
• 17–18 October: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)^[50]
• 24 October: Botswana, Parliament^[55]
• 26 October:
  • Brazil, President (2nd round)^[48]
  • Tunisia, Parliament^[56]
  • Ukraine, Parliament^[57]
  • Uruguay, President and Parliament^[58]
• 29 October: Lebanon, President (14th round; indirect, aborted)

November

• 2 November: Romania, President (1st round)^[59]
• 4 November: United States, House of Representatives and Senate
• 16 November: Romania, President (2nd round)^[59]
• 19 November:
  • Lebanon, President (15th round; indirect, aborted)
  • Solomon Islands, Parliament^[60]
• 22 November: Bahrain, Parliament^[25]
• 23 November: Tunisia, President (1st round)^[61]
• 27 November: Tonga, Parliament^[62]
• 29 November: Namibia, President and National Assembly^[63]
• 30 November:
  • Moldova, Parliament^[25]
  • Switzerland, Referendums (November)
  • Uruguay, President (2nd round)^[58]

December

• 8 December: Dominica, Parliament^[64]
• 10 December:
  • Mauritius, Parliament^[65]
  • Lebanon, President (16th round; indirect, aborted)
• 14 December: Japan, Parliament^[66]
• 17 December: Greece, President (1st round; indirect)^[67]
• 20 December: Liberia, Senate^[25]
• 21 December:
  • Tunisia, President (2nd round)^[68]
  • Uzbekistan, Parliament (1st round)^[25]
• 23 December: Greece, President (2nd round; indirect)^[67]
• 28 December: Croatia, President^[69]
• 29 December: Greece, President (3rd round; indirect)^[67]

Later

• List of next general elections
• National electoral calendar 2015

2014 in architecture

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The year 2014 in architecture is expected to involve some significant events.

Buildings

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2014

Gran Torre Santiago

Australia[edit]

• Infinity Tower, the tallest building in Brisbane, is completed.
• November 11 – Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, University of Technology, Sydney, designed by Frank Gehry, is completed.

Canada[edit]

• September 18 – Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, opens.
• September 19 – Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, designed by Antoine Predock, opens.

Chile[edit]

• Gran Torre Santiago, the tallest building in South America and Latin America, projected for completion.

France[edit]

• October 28 – Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Germany[edit]

• Taunusturm in Frankfurt is completed.

Panama[edit]

• Ocotber 2 – Biomuseo in Panama City, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Philippines[edit]

• July 21 – Philippine Arena, the world’s largest indoor domed-arena, in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, is completed.

United Arab Emirates[edit]

• Dream Dubai Marina, supertall skyscraper in Dubai, projected for completion. If completed before World One will become the tallest residential building in the world upon completion.

United Kingdom[edit]

• Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, designed by Haworth Tompkins, completed and awarded Stirling Prize.

United States[edit]

• October 10 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential buildings in the world is topped out.
• November 3 – One World Trade Center in New York City, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Daniel Libeskind, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, opens.
• One57, one of the tallest building in New York City becomes the tallest mixed-use (residential and hotel) skyscraper in the city.

Events[edit]

• 8 June – 23 November – Venice Biennale of Architecture curated by Rem Koolhaas^[2]
• 1 – 3 October – The seventh World Architecture Festival in Singapore

Exhibitions[edit]

• * December 3 – May 3, 2015 – “One Way: Peter Marino” at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.^[3]

Awards[edit]

• AIA Architecture Firm Award – Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
• AIA Gold Medal – Julia Morgan
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical architecture – Pier Carlo Bontempi
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Steven Holl
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Shigeru Ban
• Reed Award for classical architecture commitment – Ruan Yisan^[4]
• RAIA Gold Medal – Phil Harris and Adrian Welke
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Joseph Rykwert
• Stirling Prize – Haworth Tompkins for Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Toyo Ito
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Harry Weese for Washington Metro
• UIA Gold Medal – Ieoh Ming Pei
• Vincent Scully Prize from National Building Museum – Charlie Rose

Deaths[edit]

• January 10 – Kathryn Findlay, (b. 1953), British born architect working in Japan
• February 25 – Heikki Siren (b. 1918), Finnish architect
• March 20 – William Toomath, (b. 1925), New Zealand architect
• March 28
  • Robin Gibson, (b. 1930), Australian architect
  • Avraham Yaski, (b. 1927), Romanian-born Israeli architect and academic
• April 24 – Hans Hollein, (b. 1934), Austrian architect^[5]
• April 28 – Frederic Schwartz, (b. 1951), American architect, author and city planner
• July 26 – Sir Richard MacCormac, (b. 1938), British architect
• August 18 – Kurt Meyer (b. 1922), Swiss-born architect working in the United States and Nepal^[6]
• September 6 – Édith Girard, (b. 1949), French architect
• September 27 – Taylor Hardwick. (b. 1925), American architect