A university student is murdered as she resists an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women. Date: February 11, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people. Date: February 4, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) recaptures the city of Kobanî from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), marking a turning point in the Siege of Kobanî. Date: January 26, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅…
An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others. Date: January 26, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. Date: January 25, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 2015…
The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets. Date: January 15, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon. Date: January 12, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people. Date: January 10, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅…
A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill. Date: January 9, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes. Date: January 9, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this…