June 1, 2015, Series Premiere of The Whispers
June 1, 2015, Release of Florence and The Machine album How Blue, How Big, How Beautiful
June 1, 2015,
June 1, 2015, Release of Florence and The Machine album How Blue, How Big, How Beautiful
June 1, 2015,
June 1, 2015, Parts of the Patriot Act expire at 12:01 a.m. due to Congressional failure to reform the USA Freedom Act, temporarily making new surveillance of telephone records by the NSA illegal. (New York Times)
June 1, 2015, A ship carrying 458 people capsizes on Yangtze River in China's Hubei province. So far, just seven have been rescued. (Xinhua via Twitter)
June 2, 2015, Series Premiere of Stitchers
June 2, 2015, 2015 FIFA corruption case: Sepp Blatter announces that he will resign as President of FIFA as a result of the corruption scandals with an emergency congress to be called as soon as possible. (BBC)
June 2, 2015, The Senate of the United States passes the USA Freedom Act which will end the mass collection of Americans phone records. (The Guardian)
June 2, 2015, 2013 Boston Marathon bombings: Dias Kadyrbayev, a college friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is sentenced to six years for obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges after Kadyrbayev removed incriminating evidence from Tsarnaev's college dorm room. (CBS Local)
June 2, 2015, Beijing bans smoking in indoor public places, including offices, shopping malls, restaurants, bars and airports, and in outdoor public places, including hospitals and schools. (CNN)
June 2, 2015, Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing Rescue efforts continue for people on board the ship that sank on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province with over 450 people on board. So far, fewer than 12 have been rescued and five bodies recovered. (New York Times)
June 3, 2015, Release of Entourage
June 3, 2015,
June 3, 2015, 2015 FIFA corruption case: Interpol issues red notices linked to arrest warrants for two former FIFA officials Jack Warner and Nicolas Leoz and four executives. (Interpol via Twitter)
-Former FIFA official Chuck Blazer admits to taking bribes in relation to bids for the 2010 and 1998 FIFA World Cups. (CNN)
-Former FIFA official Chuck Blazer admits to taking bribes in relation to bids for the 2010 and 1998 FIFA World Cups. (CNN)
June 3, 2015, Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing: The search continues for survivors of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing which sank on China's Yangtze River with 450 passengers on board. So far, 18 people have been confirmed dead with 14 people rescued. (CCTV via Twitter)
June 4, 2015, Season 3 Premiere of Hannibal
June 4, 2015, USA Freedom Act: President Barack Obama signs the bill, reinstating expired provisions of the Patriot Act while reforming Section 215 of the Act. (NBC)
June 4, 2015, Associated Press reports that there has been a massive hack from the American Office of Personnel Management and US Department of the Interior with the Washington Post claiming that Chinese hackers were responsible. The records of at least four million US Government workers are believed to have been compromised. (AP)
June 4, 2015,
June 4, 2015,
June 4, 2015, Surgeons, led by Dr. Jesse Selber, working with the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in a 15-hour, 12-doctor operation, perform the world's first partial-skull and scalp transplant, at Houston Methodist Hospital, on 55-year-old Jim Boysten, a software developer from Austin, Texas suffering from a large head wound from cancer treatment; immediately afterward, he was finally able to receive a new kidney and pancreas, which replaced the previous transplants that were failing. (MSN)
June 4, 2015, Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing: The death toll from the Monday night sinking of the cruise ship in the Yangtze River rises to 75 with most of the 450 passengers on board still missing. (The Guardian)
June 4, 2015, St Benet's Hall at Oxford University decides to admit women, making it the last of the University's institutions to do so. (Reuters Trust)
June 4, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016: Former Governor of Texas Rick Perry announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party. (CNN)
June 5, 2015, Release of Love and Mercy
June 5, 2015, Release of Spy
June 5, 2015, Release of Insidious: Chapter 3
June 5, 2015, Series Premiere of Sense8
June 5, 2015, Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing: The death toll from the sinking of the ship on the Yangtze River rises to 82 with officials giving up hope of finding more survivors. Only 15 out of over 450 people on the boat were rescued. (Sky News Australia)
June 5, 2015, Prosecutors in the state of Minnesota file criminal charges against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for allegedly mishandling sexual abuse allegations by a priest. (New York Times)
June 6, 2015, The 2015 Belmont Stakes is held at Belmont Park with American Pharoah becoming the first horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown. (Bloomberg)
June 6, 2015,
June 6, 2015,
June 6, 2015,
June 6, 2015, Sinking of Dong Fang Zhi Xing: The death toll from the sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing rises to 396 with 46 unaccounted for. (CCTV via Twitter)
June 7, 2015,
June 7, 2015, 41st G7 summit: The G7 summit gets underway in Germany with the Greek government-debt crisis and Ukrainian crisis dominating the agenda. (Reuters via CNBC)
June 7, 2015, Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing: The death toll from the sinking of the Chinese cruise ship is now over 400 as the search area for bodies extends 1,000 km down the Yangtze River. (The Guardian)
June 8, 2015, Becoming Us Series Premiere
June 8, 2015, Season 2 Premiere of Murder in The First
June 8, 2015, Season 3 Premiere of The Fosters
June 8, 2015, Season 4 Premiere of Major Crimes
June 8, 2015, Release of Muse album Drones
June 8, 2015, Apple Inc. announces a new music streaming service called Apple Music. (Engadget)
June 8, 2015,
June 8, 2015,
June 8, 2015, Zivotofsky v. Clinton / Zivotofsky v. Kerry: The Supreme Court of the United States decides 6–3 to strike down a law passed by the United States Congress allowing people born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birthplace in their passports, on the grounds that it is the President's prerogative to extend recognition of sovereignty in matters of foreign affairs.(CNN)
June 9, 2015, Season 6 Premiere of Pretty Little Liars
June 9, 2015,
June 9, 2015, The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholds a Texan law providing that abortion clinics meet the same standards as hospital style surgical clinics meaning that many abortion clinics must upgrade or close. (New York Times)
June 9, 2015, Swiss police seize computer records from FIFA in an investigation into alleged corruption by the world governing body of association football. (BBC)
June 9, 2015, In Major League Baseball, Chris Heston of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the 2015 season in the Giants' 5–0 win over the New York Mets. (ESPN)
June 10, 2015, Release of Jurassic World
June 10, 2015,
June 10, 2015, Bidding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is postponed due to the 2015 FIFA corruption case and the subsequent resignation of Sepp Blatter. (Reuters via ABC Australia)
June 11, 2015,
June 11, 2015, Spain gives the late writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, a formal burial at a Madrid convent nearly 400 years after his death in 1616. (AP)
June 11, 2015, After a poor 1st quarter earnings report, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo steps down with co-founder Jack Dorsey taking over as interim CEO effective July 1. (USA Today)
June 11, 2015, Rupert Murdoch will step aside as CEO of 21st Century Fox to be replaced by his son James Murdoch. (AFP via ABC Online)
June 11, 2015, China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is given a life sentence for bribery, leaking state secrets and abuse of power. (ABC News Australia)
June 11, 2015, Shooting of Tamir Rice:A court in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, finds probable cause that Cleveland Police Department officer Timothy Loehmann should face murder charges in relation to the shooting of Tamar Rice. (Cleveland.com)
June 11, 2015, King Felipe VI of Spain strips his sister Cristina of her titles after she is charged with tax evasion. (AFP via Yahoo!)
June 11, 2015, Authorities from the Marshal's Service, the FBI, Customs, state and local police, and the Forest Police searching for 6 days in northeastern New York (about 25 miles south of the Canadian border, near Lake Champlain and Vermont, in the Adirondack Forest area, in Dannemora, New York and Plattsburgh, New York) for two high-risk murderers who staged an elaborate escape from the high-security Clinton Correctional Facility- the first there- the night of Friday, June 5, 2015 (it was discovered the next morning), using bloodhounds, find a scent and leftover evidence that could be from the two, Richard Matt and David Sweat. (CNN)
June 12, 2015, Season 3 Premiere of Orange is the New Black
June 12, 2015,
June 12, 2015,
June 12, 2015, Japan approves a thirty-to-forty year plan to clean up the site of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (AP)
June 12, 2015, 2012–15 North American drought: California orders the biggest cuts to water allocations in the state's history because of the worst drought in the state's history. (BBC)
June 12, 2015, Associated Press reports that hackers linked to the People's Republic of China appear to have gained access to sensitive background material about those people seeking security clearances from the United States government. (AP)
June 12, 2015, Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is acquitted of pimping charges in France. (The Guardian)
June 12, 2015, The United States House of Representatives votes down key supporting legislation to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 Pacific Rim nations. (Washington Post)
June 13, 2015, A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in the Texan city of Dallas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police snipers following a car chase and standoff. (AP)
June 13, 2015, The trooping the colour ceremony is held in London to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday while singer Van Morrison and American actor Kevin Spacey are given knighthoods at the Birthday Honours. (CNN)
June 13, 2015, The wedding of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, and Sofia Hellqvist takes place in Stockholm. (BBC News)
June 14, 2015, The European Space Agency's Philae spacecraft wakes up after six months in hibernation as comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko gets closer to the sun. (BBC)
June 14, 2015, 2015 Tbilisi flood Flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, destroys animal enclosures at a zoo resulting in the release of potentially dangerous animals and the death of three zookeepers and six other people. (AP)
June 14, 2015,
June 14, 2015, 2015 Alaska Sockeye wildfire: A wildfire near Willow, Alaska in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough burns over 6,500 acres, numerous structures and closes the George Parks Highway, severing the road link between Anchorage and Fairbanks.(Alaska Dispatch News)
June 15, 2015, Series Premiere of Dark Matter
June 15, 2015,
June 15, 2015, 2015 Stanley Cup Finals: In ice hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 in the sixth game of the Stanley Cup Final and win the series 4 games to 2. It is the Blackhawks' third win in six years. (The Guardian)
June 15, 2015, The 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John of England is commemorated around the world. (BBC)
June 15, 2015, Drugstore operator CVS Health agrees to buy Target Corporation's pharmacy and clinic businesses for $1.9 billion. (Reuters via CNBC)
June 15, 2015, Gap Inc. announces closing 175 stores, including 140 this year, and terminating 250 jobs at its headquarters. (Reuters)
June 15, 2015, 2015 Pacific hurricane season: Hurricane Carlos hits southwestern Mexico with heavy rain ahead of making landfall as a tropical storm later in the week. (Reuters via El Econimista)
June 15, 2015, 2015 Alaska Sockeye wildfire: The wildfire grows to 8,500 acres. (Alaska Dispatch News)
June 15, 2015, The Vatican to hold first paedophilia trial The Vatican announces that the first hearing in the trial of Józef Wesołowski, a former papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic and a Polish former prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is scheduled for July 11. (ABC News)
June 15, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016 / Bush family: Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida, announces his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination. (CNN)
June 16, 2015, Series Premiere of Proof
June 16, 2015, Series Premiere of Clipped
June 16, 2015, Season 6 Premiere of Rizzoli and Isles
June 16, 2015, 2015 NBA Finals In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6 to secure their first title since 1975. Andre Iguodala is named the series MVP. (Fox Sports)
June 16, 2015, The British Broadcasting Corporation announces that Chris Evans will be the new presenter of the popular Top Gear television series. (BBC)
June 16, 2015, Airbus announces plans to build 900 satellites on behalf of the OneWeb satellite constellation with the project starting in 2018. (The Guardian)
June 16, 2015, Rupert Murdoch confirms stepping down as the CEO of 21st Century Fox to be succeeded by his son James on July 1, 2015. Rupert will continue as its executive chairman with his eldest son, Lachlan, as a future executive co-chairman. (USA Today)
June 16, 2015, 2015 Atlantic hurricane season: Texas braces for the impact of Tropical Storm Bill bringing heavy rainfall and renewed flooding. (Accuweather)
June 16, 2015, Six people are killed and eight are injured, some with life-threatening injuries, after a balcony collapses in Berkeley, California, near the campus of the University of California, Berkeley; five of the casualties are students. (NBC News)
June 16, 2015, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a mandate that all artifical trans fatty acids (trans fats) must be eliminated within three years (2018) from all foods grown, imported to, or sold within the United States. It is the strictest and most final type of ruling, even more so than a black-box warning or a warning to list ingredients, that can be given from the federal agency, which has ultimate jurisdiction over the safety of all food and drug products, public or private, in the United States. The substances occur in processed meats and other foods, and have been repeatedly implicated in atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. (FDA's statement)
June 16, 2015, An Egyptian court sentences former President Mohamed Morsi to life in prison for conspiring with foreign groups and upholds an earlier preliminary death sentence issued for a prison break. Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater and two others are given death sentences. (Al-Jazeera)
June 16, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016: Real estate mogul and reality television host Donald Trump announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party nomination. (Bloomberg)
June 17, 2015, Charleston church shooting Nine people are dead following a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. (CNN)
June 17, 2015,
June 17, 2015,
June 17, 2015, North Korea runs a campaign to fight water drought, which according to United Nations is the worst within the past 100 years. (Reuters)
June 17, 2015, In the United States, the California Labor Commission ruled that a San Francisco Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. Uber is appealing this ruling, that would increase the company's costs and liabilities, to the state's court system. A hearing for a class certification of a similar lawsuit against Uber is scheduled for August 2015.(NPR)
June 17, 2015, The United States announces that it will supplement Alexander Hamilton's depiction on the ten-dollar bill with that of a woman, to be chosen after public debate. (The Hill)
June 17, 2015, The American NBC network announces that Lester Holt will continue as the host of the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams returning in an undisclosed role. (The Wrap)
June 18, 2015, Series Premiere of The Astronauts Club
June 18, 2015, Series Premiere of Complications
June 18, 2015, Season 3 Premiere of Mmistresses
June 18, 2015, Charleston church shooting Suspected shooter Dylann Roof is arrested at a traffic stop. Roof is suspected of killing nine people including a South Carolinian state senator. (ABC News)
June 18, 2015, At the Vatican, Pope Francis's officials in the Roman Curia formally release the text of his most recent encyclical, "Laudato si" (Latin; meaning "Praised Be", from the famous poem/hymn "Canticle of Brother Sun", by Saint Francis of Assisi). The text, which had been quite anticipated by many sides on the climate change debate and been criticized by some for his involvement in the politicized and charged issue, had been previously leaked.(CNN)
June 18, 2015, The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish on the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel is damaged by a suspected arson attack. (i24)
June 18, 2015, Universal Orlando decides to close Wet 'n Wild Orlando at the end of 2016 to be replaced by Volcano Bay, which is expected to open in 2017. (NewsMax)
June 19, 2015, Release of Inside Out
June 19, 2015, Release of Dope
June 19, 2015, Series Premiere of KillJoys
June 19, 2015,
June 19, 2015,
June 19, 2015,
June 19, 2015, The European Central Bank increased the cap on cash available to Greek banks through emergency liquidity assistance, as those banks continue to experience steady withdrawals. Greek citizens have withdrawn over 3 billion Euros in the last month. (Reuters)
June 19, 2015, Hawaii becomes the first U.S. state to raise smoking age from 18 to 21, effective January 1, 2016, and will also outlaw sales, purchases, or uses of electronic cigarettes for those under 21. (Reuters)
June 20, 2015,
June 20, 2015, In Major League Baseball, Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, one strike away from a perfect game, loses his bid when he hits the Pittsburgh Pirates' José Tábata with a pitch. Scherzer retires the next batter to complete a 6–0 win and a no-hitter. (ESPN)
June 21, 2015, Series Premiere of Ballers
June 21, 2015, Series Premiere of The Brink
June 21, 2015, Season 2 Premiere of True Detective
June 21, 2015, Season 2 Premiere of The Last Ship
June 21, 2015,
June 21, 2015,
June 21, 2015, Ninety-four people die, and 45 others are hospitalized, after drinking moonshine in Mumbai (Bombay), India. (Reuters via News24)
June 21, 2015, Ten people are injured in a shooting at a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania block party. (AFP via News24)
June 21, 2015, One person dies and nine others are injured in a shooting at a block party on a basketball court in Detroit, Michigan. (AP via News24)
June 21, 2015, 2015 U.S. Open (golf): In golf, American Jordan Spieth wins his second major championship of the year winning the U.S. Open by a stroke and becomes the first golfer since Gene Sarazen to win two majors before the age of 22. (The Guardian)
June 22, 2015, Charleston church shooting: The Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley calls for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the South Carolina State House. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
June 22, 2015,
June 22, 2015, Office of Personnel Management data breach: The CNN reports that the size of the Office of Personnel Management data breach could be as large as 18 million past, present and prospective employees of the United States Government. (CNN)
June 22, 2015, A light plane belonging to American composer James Horner crashes in Ventura County, California resulting in his death. (KSBY)
June 22, 2015, Japan announces plans to resume whale hunting in the Antarctic during the southern hemisphere summer. Whaling has been banned for over 30 years by the International Whaling Commission. (AFP via Straits Times)
June 23, 2015, Release of Batman: Arkham Knight
June 23, 2015,
June 23, 2015,
June 23, 2015, ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of Palmyra. (euronews)
June 23, 2015, Charleston church shooting: Amazon.com announces that it is removing Confederate Flag merchandise from sale following the shootings. (Time)
June 23, 2015, The suspension appeal hearings for Tom Brady's 4-game suspension over Deflategate begin today. (New York Times)
June 7, 2015, 41st G7 summit: The G7 summit gets underway in Germany with the Greek government-debt crisis and Ukrainian crisis dominating the agenda. (Reuters via CNBC)
June 7, 2015, Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing: The death toll from the sinking of the Chinese cruise ship is now over 400 as the search area for bodies extends 1,000 km down the Yangtze River. (The Guardian)
June 8, 2015, Becoming Us Series Premiere
June 8, 2015, Season 2 Premiere of Murder in The First
June 8, 2015, Season 3 Premiere of The Fosters
June 8, 2015, Season 4 Premiere of Major Crimes
June 8, 2015, Release of Muse album Drones
June 8, 2015, Apple Inc. announces a new music streaming service called Apple Music. (Engadget)
June 8, 2015,
June 8, 2015,
June 8, 2015, Zivotofsky v. Clinton / Zivotofsky v. Kerry: The Supreme Court of the United States decides 6–3 to strike down a law passed by the United States Congress allowing people born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birthplace in their passports, on the grounds that it is the President's prerogative to extend recognition of sovereignty in matters of foreign affairs.(CNN)
June 9, 2015, Season 6 Premiere of Pretty Little Liars
June 9, 2015,
June 9, 2015, The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholds a Texan law providing that abortion clinics meet the same standards as hospital style surgical clinics meaning that many abortion clinics must upgrade or close. (New York Times)
June 9, 2015, Swiss police seize computer records from FIFA in an investigation into alleged corruption by the world governing body of association football. (BBC)
June 9, 2015, In Major League Baseball, Chris Heston of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the 2015 season in the Giants' 5–0 win over the New York Mets. (ESPN)
June 10, 2015, Release of Jurassic World
June 10, 2015,
June 10, 2015, Bidding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is postponed due to the 2015 FIFA corruption case and the subsequent resignation of Sepp Blatter. (Reuters via ABC Australia)
June 11, 2015,
June 11, 2015, Spain gives the late writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, a formal burial at a Madrid convent nearly 400 years after his death in 1616. (AP)
June 11, 2015, After a poor 1st quarter earnings report, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo steps down with co-founder Jack Dorsey taking over as interim CEO effective July 1. (USA Today)
June 11, 2015, Rupert Murdoch will step aside as CEO of 21st Century Fox to be replaced by his son James Murdoch. (AFP via ABC Online)
June 11, 2015, China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is given a life sentence for bribery, leaking state secrets and abuse of power. (ABC News Australia)
June 11, 2015, Shooting of Tamir Rice:A court in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, finds probable cause that Cleveland Police Department officer Timothy Loehmann should face murder charges in relation to the shooting of Tamar Rice. (Cleveland.com)
June 11, 2015, King Felipe VI of Spain strips his sister Cristina of her titles after she is charged with tax evasion. (AFP via Yahoo!)
June 11, 2015, Authorities from the Marshal's Service, the FBI, Customs, state and local police, and the Forest Police searching for 6 days in northeastern New York (about 25 miles south of the Canadian border, near Lake Champlain and Vermont, in the Adirondack Forest area, in Dannemora, New York and Plattsburgh, New York) for two high-risk murderers who staged an elaborate escape from the high-security Clinton Correctional Facility- the first there- the night of Friday, June 5, 2015 (it was discovered the next morning), using bloodhounds, find a scent and leftover evidence that could be from the two, Richard Matt and David Sweat. (CNN)
June 12, 2015, Season 3 Premiere of Orange is the New Black
June 12, 2015,
June 12, 2015,
June 12, 2015, Japan approves a thirty-to-forty year plan to clean up the site of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (AP)
June 12, 2015, 2012–15 North American drought: California orders the biggest cuts to water allocations in the state's history because of the worst drought in the state's history. (BBC)
June 12, 2015, Associated Press reports that hackers linked to the People's Republic of China appear to have gained access to sensitive background material about those people seeking security clearances from the United States government. (AP)
June 12, 2015, Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is acquitted of pimping charges in France. (The Guardian)
June 12, 2015, The United States House of Representatives votes down key supporting legislation to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 Pacific Rim nations. (Washington Post)
June 13, 2015, A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in the Texan city of Dallas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police snipers following a car chase and standoff. (AP)
June 13, 2015, The trooping the colour ceremony is held in London to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday while singer Van Morrison and American actor Kevin Spacey are given knighthoods at the Birthday Honours. (CNN)
June 13, 2015, The wedding of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, and Sofia Hellqvist takes place in Stockholm. (BBC News)
June 14, 2015, The European Space Agency's Philae spacecraft wakes up after six months in hibernation as comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko gets closer to the sun. (BBC)
June 14, 2015, 2015 Tbilisi flood Flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, destroys animal enclosures at a zoo resulting in the release of potentially dangerous animals and the death of three zookeepers and six other people. (AP)
June 14, 2015,
June 14, 2015, 2015 Alaska Sockeye wildfire: A wildfire near Willow, Alaska in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough burns over 6,500 acres, numerous structures and closes the George Parks Highway, severing the road link between Anchorage and Fairbanks.(Alaska Dispatch News)
June 15, 2015, Series Premiere of Dark Matter
June 15, 2015,
June 15, 2015, 2015 Stanley Cup Finals: In ice hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 in the sixth game of the Stanley Cup Final and win the series 4 games to 2. It is the Blackhawks' third win in six years. (The Guardian)
June 15, 2015, The 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John of England is commemorated around the world. (BBC)
June 15, 2015, Drugstore operator CVS Health agrees to buy Target Corporation's pharmacy and clinic businesses for $1.9 billion. (Reuters via CNBC)
June 15, 2015, Gap Inc. announces closing 175 stores, including 140 this year, and terminating 250 jobs at its headquarters. (Reuters)
June 15, 2015, 2015 Pacific hurricane season: Hurricane Carlos hits southwestern Mexico with heavy rain ahead of making landfall as a tropical storm later in the week. (Reuters via El Econimista)
June 15, 2015, 2015 Alaska Sockeye wildfire: The wildfire grows to 8,500 acres. (Alaska Dispatch News)
June 15, 2015, The Vatican to hold first paedophilia trial The Vatican announces that the first hearing in the trial of Józef Wesołowski, a former papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic and a Polish former prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is scheduled for July 11. (ABC News)
June 15, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016 / Bush family: Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida, announces his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination. (CNN)
June 16, 2015, Series Premiere of Proof
June 16, 2015, Series Premiere of Clipped
June 16, 2015, Season 6 Premiere of Rizzoli and Isles
June 16, 2015, 2015 NBA Finals In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6 to secure their first title since 1975. Andre Iguodala is named the series MVP. (Fox Sports)
June 16, 2015, Airbus announces plans to build 900 satellites on behalf of the OneWeb satellite constellation with the project starting in 2018. (The Guardian)
June 16, 2015, Rupert Murdoch confirms stepping down as the CEO of 21st Century Fox to be succeeded by his son James on July 1, 2015. Rupert will continue as its executive chairman with his eldest son, Lachlan, as a future executive co-chairman. (USA Today)
June 16, 2015, 2015 Atlantic hurricane season: Texas braces for the impact of Tropical Storm Bill bringing heavy rainfall and renewed flooding. (Accuweather)
June 16, 2015, Six people are killed and eight are injured, some with life-threatening injuries, after a balcony collapses in Berkeley, California, near the campus of the University of California, Berkeley; five of the casualties are students. (NBC News)
June 16, 2015, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a mandate that all artifical trans fatty acids (trans fats) must be eliminated within three years (2018) from all foods grown, imported to, or sold within the United States. It is the strictest and most final type of ruling, even more so than a black-box warning or a warning to list ingredients, that can be given from the federal agency, which has ultimate jurisdiction over the safety of all food and drug products, public or private, in the United States. The substances occur in processed meats and other foods, and have been repeatedly implicated in atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. (FDA's statement)
June 16, 2015, An Egyptian court sentences former President Mohamed Morsi to life in prison for conspiring with foreign groups and upholds an earlier preliminary death sentence issued for a prison break. Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater and two others are given death sentences. (Al-Jazeera)
June 16, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016: Real estate mogul and reality television host Donald Trump announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party nomination. (Bloomberg)
June 17, 2015, Charleston church shooting Nine people are dead following a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. (CNN)
June 17, 2015,
June 17, 2015,
June 17, 2015, North Korea runs a campaign to fight water drought, which according to United Nations is the worst within the past 100 years. (Reuters)
June 17, 2015, In the United States, the California Labor Commission ruled that a San Francisco Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. Uber is appealing this ruling, that would increase the company's costs and liabilities, to the state's court system. A hearing for a class certification of a similar lawsuit against Uber is scheduled for August 2015.(NPR)
June 17, 2015, The United States announces that it will supplement Alexander Hamilton's depiction on the ten-dollar bill with that of a woman, to be chosen after public debate. (The Hill)
June 17, 2015, The American NBC network announces that Lester Holt will continue as the host of the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams returning in an undisclosed role. (The Wrap)
June 18, 2015, Series Premiere of The Astronauts Club
June 18, 2015, Series Premiere of Complications
June 18, 2015, Season 3 Premiere of Mmistresses
June 18, 2015, Charleston church shooting Suspected shooter Dylann Roof is arrested at a traffic stop. Roof is suspected of killing nine people including a South Carolinian state senator. (ABC News)
June 18, 2015, At the Vatican, Pope Francis's officials in the Roman Curia formally release the text of his most recent encyclical, "Laudato si" (Latin; meaning "Praised Be", from the famous poem/hymn "Canticle of Brother Sun", by Saint Francis of Assisi). The text, which had been quite anticipated by many sides on the climate change debate and been criticized by some for his involvement in the politicized and charged issue, had been previously leaked.(CNN)
June 18, 2015, The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish on the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel is damaged by a suspected arson attack. (i24)
June 18, 2015, Universal Orlando decides to close Wet 'n Wild Orlando at the end of 2016 to be replaced by Volcano Bay, which is expected to open in 2017. (NewsMax)
June 19, 2015, Release of Inside Out
June 19, 2015, Release of Dope
June 19, 2015, Series Premiere of KillJoys
June 19, 2015,
June 19, 2015,
June 19, 2015,
June 19, 2015, The European Central Bank increased the cap on cash available to Greek banks through emergency liquidity assistance, as those banks continue to experience steady withdrawals. Greek citizens have withdrawn over 3 billion Euros in the last month. (Reuters)
June 19, 2015, Hawaii becomes the first U.S. state to raise smoking age from 18 to 21, effective January 1, 2016, and will also outlaw sales, purchases, or uses of electronic cigarettes for those under 21. (Reuters)
June 20, 2015,
June 20, 2015, In Major League Baseball, Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, one strike away from a perfect game, loses his bid when he hits the Pittsburgh Pirates' José Tábata with a pitch. Scherzer retires the next batter to complete a 6–0 win and a no-hitter. (ESPN)
June 21, 2015, Series Premiere of Ballers
June 21, 2015, Series Premiere of The Brink
June 21, 2015, Season 2 Premiere of True Detective
June 21, 2015, Season 2 Premiere of The Last Ship
June 21, 2015,
June 21, 2015, Ninety-four people die, and 45 others are hospitalized, after drinking moonshine in Mumbai (Bombay), India. (Reuters via News24)
June 21, 2015, Ten people are injured in a shooting at a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania block party. (AFP via News24)
June 21, 2015, One person dies and nine others are injured in a shooting at a block party on a basketball court in Detroit, Michigan. (AP via News24)
June 21, 2015, 2015 U.S. Open (golf): In golf, American Jordan Spieth wins his second major championship of the year winning the U.S. Open by a stroke and becomes the first golfer since Gene Sarazen to win two majors before the age of 22. (The Guardian)
June 22, 2015, Charleston church shooting: The Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley calls for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the South Carolina State House. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
June 22, 2015,
June 22, 2015, Office of Personnel Management data breach: The CNN reports that the size of the Office of Personnel Management data breach could be as large as 18 million past, present and prospective employees of the United States Government. (CNN)
June 22, 2015, A light plane belonging to American composer James Horner crashes in Ventura County, California resulting in his death. (KSBY)
June 22, 2015, Japan announces plans to resume whale hunting in the Antarctic during the southern hemisphere summer. Whaling has been banned for over 30 years by the International Whaling Commission. (AFP via Straits Times)
June 23, 2015, Release of Batman: Arkham Knight
June 23, 2015,
June 23, 2015,
June 23, 2015, ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of Palmyra. (euronews)
June 23, 2015, Charleston church shooting: Amazon.com announces that it is removing Confederate Flag merchandise from sale following the shootings. (Time)
June 23, 2015, The suspension appeal hearings for Tom Brady's 4-game suspension over Deflategate begin today. (New York Times)
June 24, 2015, Series Premiere of Mr. Robot
June 24, 2015, Season 5 Premiere of Suits
June 24, 2015, Boston Marathon bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is formally sentenced to death in a federal court. He confirms his guilt and apologizes to the victims. (CNN)
-Tsarnev is sent to the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where 61 other inmates are awaiting their lethal injections. (NBC News)
June 24, 2015,
June 24, 2015, Trans-Pacific Partnership: The United States Senate approves a motion giving President Barack Obama fast track authority to complete trade negotiations with 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. (CNBC)
June 24, 2015, The President of France François Hollande: warns that France "will not tolerate" acts that threaten its security following claims by Wikileaks that the United States spied on him and his two predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006 and 2012. (BBC)
June 24, 2015, The People's Republic of China claims that the Golden Triangle regions of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand are the source of most of its imports of heroin and methamphetamine. The region has been known for drug cultivation for centuries. (AP via ABC News America)
June 24, 2015, China's customs officers seize more than 100,000 t (98,000 long tons; 110,000 short tons) of meat, many of which expired, some more than 40 years ago. (China Daily)
June 24, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016: Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana, announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party nomination in the 2016 Presidential election.(New York Times)
June 24, 2015, The United States House of Representatives votes 247-180 to allow states to opt out of Barack Obama's carbon emissions reduction if the state governor believes compliance would increase electricity bills too much or have an adverse effect on reliability of supply. (AP)
June 24, 2015, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price wins the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, the Vezina Trophy as the league's most outstanding goaltender, and the Ted Lindsay Award as the league's most outstanding player as chosen by fellow players. Price becomes the first player to win both the Hart and Vezina Trophies in the same season since José Théodore, also of the Canadiens, in 2002. (AP via ESPN)
June 25, 2015, Graceland Season 3 Poster
June 25, 2015, King v. Burwell: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds key elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) including subsidies for healthcare policies and employer mandates, with a 6-3 vote. (CNBC)
June 25, 2015,
June 25, 2015, The United States House of Representatives votes to grant President Barack Obama fast track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP)
June 25, 2015, More than 400 Albanian police supported by Army helicopters surround the village of Lazarat in southern Albania known as the "cannabis Kingdom" where an armed criminal gang has entrenched itself. (AFP via ABCNews Australia)
June 25, 2015, A journalist from CNN is shot and killed in the Philippines, the 27th journalist murdered during the administration of Benigno Aquino III. (Rappler)
June 25, 2015, In basketball, the 2015 NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with the Minnesota Timberwolves selecting Karl-Anthony Towns as the first pick. (Los Angeles Times)
June 26, 2015, Release of Ted 2
June 26, 2015, Release of Max
June 26, 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges: In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court declares state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and effectively legalizes it across the United States. (CNN)
June 26, 2015, 2015 Sousse attack: Two hotels in Sousse, Tunisia came under attack from an unknown number of gunmen; at least 37 people have been killed and 36 injured. Libyan branch of ISIL is suspected. (Sky News)
-2015 Kuwait mosque bombing At least 27 people are killed and 227 injured after a suicide bombing at the Shia Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
-Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack: A man is decapitated and at least two others are injured during an attack in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier as a man carrying an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant flag attacks a factory near the French city of Lyon. (The Local)
June 26, 2015, 2015 Taiwan water park explosion: A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care. (CNN)
June 26, 2015, 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape: Richard Matt, one of the two escapees, has been shot dead south of the town of Malone, New York. (New York Times)
June 26, 2015, 2015 NHL Entry Draft: The NHL Draft is held at the BB&T Center with the Edmonton Oilers selecting Connor McDavid as their number 1 pick. (Bleacher Report)
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015, 2015 Sousse attacks: Tunisia announces plans to close down 80 "propagandist" mosques following yesterday's attacks in which 39 people died. (BBC)
-Nineteen victims have so far been identified with fifteen from the United Kingdom and one each from Belgium, Germany, Ireland and Portugal. (Boston Herald)
June 27, 2015, 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing: Kuwait declares a day of mourning for the victims of the bombing of a Shia mosque yesterday. (AFP via Melbourne Age)
-A mass funeral for the victims of the bombing draws thousands of mourners in Kuwait City. (Brisbane Times)
June 27, 2015, Tonga begins an 11 day coronation ceremony of King Tupou VI. (ABC Australia)
June 27, 2015, Greek government-debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reject a request by Greece to extend debt negotiations past Tuesday's deadline. (New York Times)
June 28, 2015, Series Premiere of Humans
June 28, 2015, An unmanned Space-X Falcon 9 space rocket explodes 2 minutes after take-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rocket was on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. This is the third such incident this year. (Reuters via News24)
June 28, 2015, 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape: Remaining escapee David Sweat is shot and captured in upstate New York near the border with Canada. (NBC News)
June 28, 2015, Greek government-debt crisis: The BBC reports that European Central Bank will cap lending to Greece's struggling banks causing the run on the nation's banks to become even worse. (BBC)
-Greece announces that it will close banks and the Athens Exchange as financial conditions worsen. (Reuters)
June 28, 2015, The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating a series of fires at black churches in the states of Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia with three of the four cases confirmed as arson. (Buzzfeed)
June 29, 2015, Season 5 Premiere of Falling Skies
June 29, 2015, The United States Office of Personnel Management closes down its system for employee background checks following the theft of millions of records in a computer hacking incident suspected to be conducted by Chinese hackers. (Breaking News)
June 29, 2015, The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the use of capital punishment by lethal injection involving midazolam. (USA Today)
June 29, 2015, Puerto Rico government-debt crisis: Governor Alejandro García Padilla said the region has failed attempts and is unable to pay off the $72 billion debt. (USA Today)
June 29, 2015, U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act (H.R. 2146), renewing Trade Promotion Authority, and the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R. 1295), extending Trade Adjustment Assistance. (Farm Futures)
June 30, 2015, Series Premiere of Zoo
June 30, 2015, Series Premiere of Scream
June 30, 2015, Greek government-debt crisis: The Greek bailout program by the European Union ends today with Greece failing to make a payment to the International Monetary Fund. (AP)
June 30, 2015, A leap second is added to the clock for first time in 3 years. (BBC)
June 30, 2015, British reinsurance broker the Willis Group announces a merger with American company Towers Watson to create an $18 billion company. (FT)
June 30, 2015, 2015 Indonesian military plane crash: A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 12 people onboard crashes in a residential area in the Indonesian city of Medan resulting in at least 116 deaths. (AP)
June 30, 2015, The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs a law making all children get vaccinations before being allowed to go to school or day care. (SFgate)
June 30, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016: New Jersey governor Chris Christie formally announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election. (CNN)
June 30, 2015, The United States defeats Germany 2-0 in Montreal, Canada, to reach the Final of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. (CNN)
June 24, 2015, Season 5 Premiere of Suits
June 24, 2015, Boston Marathon bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is formally sentenced to death in a federal court. He confirms his guilt and apologizes to the victims. (CNN)
-Tsarnev is sent to the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where 61 other inmates are awaiting their lethal injections. (NBC News)
June 24, 2015,
June 24, 2015, Trans-Pacific Partnership: The United States Senate approves a motion giving President Barack Obama fast track authority to complete trade negotiations with 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. (CNBC)
June 24, 2015, The President of France François Hollande: warns that France "will not tolerate" acts that threaten its security following claims by Wikileaks that the United States spied on him and his two predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006 and 2012. (BBC)
June 24, 2015, The People's Republic of China claims that the Golden Triangle regions of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand are the source of most of its imports of heroin and methamphetamine. The region has been known for drug cultivation for centuries. (AP via ABC News America)
June 24, 2015, China's customs officers seize more than 100,000 t (98,000 long tons; 110,000 short tons) of meat, many of which expired, some more than 40 years ago. (China Daily)
June 24, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016: Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana, announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party nomination in the 2016 Presidential election.(New York Times)
June 24, 2015, The United States House of Representatives votes 247-180 to allow states to opt out of Barack Obama's carbon emissions reduction if the state governor believes compliance would increase electricity bills too much or have an adverse effect on reliability of supply. (AP)
June 24, 2015, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price wins the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, the Vezina Trophy as the league's most outstanding goaltender, and the Ted Lindsay Award as the league's most outstanding player as chosen by fellow players. Price becomes the first player to win both the Hart and Vezina Trophies in the same season since José Théodore, also of the Canadiens, in 2002. (AP via ESPN)
June 25, 2015, Graceland Season 3 Poster
June 25, 2015, King v. Burwell: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds key elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) including subsidies for healthcare policies and employer mandates, with a 6-3 vote. (CNBC)
June 25, 2015,
June 25, 2015, The United States House of Representatives votes to grant President Barack Obama fast track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP)
June 25, 2015, More than 400 Albanian police supported by Army helicopters surround the village of Lazarat in southern Albania known as the "cannabis Kingdom" where an armed criminal gang has entrenched itself. (AFP via ABCNews Australia)
June 25, 2015, A journalist from CNN is shot and killed in the Philippines, the 27th journalist murdered during the administration of Benigno Aquino III. (Rappler)
June 25, 2015, In basketball, the 2015 NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with the Minnesota Timberwolves selecting Karl-Anthony Towns as the first pick. (Los Angeles Times)
June 26, 2015, Release of Ted 2
June 26, 2015, Release of Max
June 26, 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges: In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court declares state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and effectively legalizes it across the United States. (CNN)
June 26, 2015, 2015 Sousse attack: Two hotels in Sousse, Tunisia came under attack from an unknown number of gunmen; at least 37 people have been killed and 36 injured. Libyan branch of ISIL is suspected. (Sky News)
-2015 Kuwait mosque bombing At least 27 people are killed and 227 injured after a suicide bombing at the Shia Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
-Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack: A man is decapitated and at least two others are injured during an attack in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier as a man carrying an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant flag attacks a factory near the French city of Lyon. (The Local)
June 26, 2015, 2015 Taiwan water park explosion: A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care. (CNN)
June 26, 2015, 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape: Richard Matt, one of the two escapees, has been shot dead south of the town of Malone, New York. (New York Times)
June 26, 2015, 2015 NHL Entry Draft: The NHL Draft is held at the BB&T Center with the Edmonton Oilers selecting Connor McDavid as their number 1 pick. (Bleacher Report)
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015,
June 27, 2015, 2015 Sousse attacks: Tunisia announces plans to close down 80 "propagandist" mosques following yesterday's attacks in which 39 people died. (BBC)
-Nineteen victims have so far been identified with fifteen from the United Kingdom and one each from Belgium, Germany, Ireland and Portugal. (Boston Herald)
June 27, 2015, 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing: Kuwait declares a day of mourning for the victims of the bombing of a Shia mosque yesterday. (AFP via Melbourne Age)
-A mass funeral for the victims of the bombing draws thousands of mourners in Kuwait City. (Brisbane Times)
June 27, 2015, Tonga begins an 11 day coronation ceremony of King Tupou VI. (ABC Australia)
June 27, 2015, Greek government-debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reject a request by Greece to extend debt negotiations past Tuesday's deadline. (New York Times)
June 28, 2015, Series Premiere of Humans
June 28, 2015, An unmanned Space-X Falcon 9 space rocket explodes 2 minutes after take-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rocket was on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. This is the third such incident this year. (Reuters via News24)
June 28, 2015, 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape: Remaining escapee David Sweat is shot and captured in upstate New York near the border with Canada. (NBC News)
June 28, 2015, Greek government-debt crisis: The BBC reports that European Central Bank will cap lending to Greece's struggling banks causing the run on the nation's banks to become even worse. (BBC)
-Greece announces that it will close banks and the Athens Exchange as financial conditions worsen. (Reuters)
June 28, 2015, The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating a series of fires at black churches in the states of Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia with three of the four cases confirmed as arson. (Buzzfeed)
June 29, 2015, Season 5 Premiere of Falling Skies
June 29, 2015, The United States Office of Personnel Management closes down its system for employee background checks following the theft of millions of records in a computer hacking incident suspected to be conducted by Chinese hackers. (Breaking News)
June 29, 2015, The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the use of capital punishment by lethal injection involving midazolam. (USA Today)
June 29, 2015, Puerto Rico government-debt crisis: Governor Alejandro García Padilla said the region has failed attempts and is unable to pay off the $72 billion debt. (USA Today)
June 29, 2015, U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act (H.R. 2146), renewing Trade Promotion Authority, and the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R. 1295), extending Trade Adjustment Assistance. (Farm Futures)
June 30, 2015, Series Premiere of Zoo
June 30, 2015, Series Premiere of Scream
June 30, 2015, Greek government-debt crisis: The Greek bailout program by the European Union ends today with Greece failing to make a payment to the International Monetary Fund. (AP)
June 30, 2015, A leap second is added to the clock for first time in 3 years. (BBC)
June 30, 2015, British reinsurance broker the Willis Group announces a merger with American company Towers Watson to create an $18 billion company. (FT)
June 30, 2015, 2015 Indonesian military plane crash: A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 12 people onboard crashes in a residential area in the Indonesian city of Medan resulting in at least 116 deaths. (AP)
June 30, 2015, The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs a law making all children get vaccinations before being allowed to go to school or day care. (SFgate)
June 30, 2015, United States presidential election, 2016: New Jersey governor Chris Christie formally announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election. (CNN)
June 30, 2015, The United States defeats Germany 2-0 in Montreal, Canada, to reach the Final of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. (CNN)
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