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Trigana Air Flight 267 was a scheduled passenger flight from Sentani to Oksibil in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua. On 16 August 2015, the ATR 42 turboprop operating the s…
Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibil, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board.
María Elena Velasco Fragoso was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She was known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on in…
María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1940)
Grace Lee Whitney was an American actress and singer. Her entertainment career spanned over a half century in a variety of capacities in radio, on stage, in music as a singer and s…
Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (born 1930)
Colonel Bertram Stuart Trevelyan Archer,, known as Stuart Archer, was a recipient of the George Cross, the highest British and Commonwealth award for gallantry not in the face of t…
Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (born 1915)
Michael Lennox Blake was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances With Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (born 1945)
Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. was an American folk musician and musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, T…
Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (born 1927)
On 17 August 2015, a bombing took place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125. Th…
A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
On the morning of August 26, 2015, news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, were fatally…
Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta,…
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lif…
Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
A crawler crane collapsed over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, around 5:10 p.m. on 11 September 2015, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others. The city was preparing…
A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
The first direct observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016. Previously, gravitatio…
The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February…
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.
Ruth Rendell, English author (born 1930)
Revaz "Rezo" Chkheidze was a Georgian film director, People's Artist of the USSR, best known for his Soviet-era drama films, including his 1964 World War II-themed Father of a Sold…
Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (born 1926)
Danny Jones was a Wales international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for Halifax, and the Keighley Cougars, as a stand-off or sc…
Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (born 1986)
Warren F. Smith, Jr. was an American professional golfer.
Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (born 1915)
William Bast was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he was the author of two biographies of the screen actor Ja…
William Bast, American screenwriter and author (born 1931)
The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred 46 km (29 mi) offshore from Illapel on 16 September 2015 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 8.3–8.4. Th…
A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six…
The 2015 Camp Badaber attack occurred on 18 September 2015, when 14 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attempted to storm Camp Badaber, a Pakistan Air Force base located in …
Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan…
Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation is an American hospital network. It is headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida. It operates healthcare facilities across …
Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital…
On 24 September 2015, a fatal crowd crush resulted in the death of more than 2,000 individuals, many of whom were suffocated or crushed, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, …
At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
On October 1, 2015, a school shooting occurred at the Umpqua Community College campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old who was en…
A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
Marvin Ronald Hubbard was an American professional football fullback who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Oakland Raiders.
Marv Hubbard, American football player (born 1946)
Jobst Brandt was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, bicycle enthusiast, educator, and author.
Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (born 1935)
Johannes Juliaan Gijsbert "Hans" Jansen was a Dutch politician, scholar of contemporary Islam and author.
Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (born 1942)