What happened onFebruary 17, 2015Tuesday Week 8

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The World in 2015 the year we saw Pluto up close

More than a million refugees and migrants reached Europe this year, most crossing the sea in small boats. That is more people than the entire city of Dallas.

Life back then

In February the whole internet argued about the dress. Was it blue and black or white and gold? Streaming took over music as Apple Music launched and Spotify boomed. Hoverboards rolled into malls and sometimes caught fire, and in December Star Wars returned to theaters after a ten-year wait.

The year in 8 events

• 🕯️Jan 7 Gunmen attack the Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris. Twelve people die.
• 🕯️Apr 25 A huge earthquake strikes Nepal. About 9,000 people die.
• 🏳️‍🌈Jun 26 The US Supreme Court makes same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
• 🪐Jul 14 NASA's New Horizons probe flies past Pluto and sends back the first close-up photos.
• 🗳️Nov 8 Myanmar holds its first freely contested election in 25 years. Aung San Suu Kyi's party wins by a landslide.
• 🕯️Nov 13 Terrorists attack Paris at a concert hall, cafes and a stadium. 130 people die.
• 🌍Dec 12 Nearly 200 nations adopt the Paris climate agreement.
• 🚀Dec 21 A SpaceX booster lands upright in Florida after a flight to orbit, the first time a rocket has come back in one piece to be used again.

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