Boston:
January 26, 2015, The January 2015 nor'easter Juno, commonly referred to as the Blizzard of 2015, begins as an ongoing winter storm across the Central and Eastern United States. Blizzard warnings are in place from New Jersey through New York and New England.(The Telegraph)
-The blizzard causes the cancellation of over 6,000 flights, the cancellation of public transport services in New York City and Boston and the Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo ordering cars off the road in 13 counties. (NBC News)
January 27, 2015, January 2015 nor'easter: New England sees the worst of the blizzard with Boston, Massachusetts covered in two feet of snow. (AP)
January 30, 2015,
February 2, 2015, 2014–15 North American winter: A winter storm causes the cancellation of school in the midwestern United States and the cancellation of 1,000 flights. (Daily Mail)
February 9, 2015, The U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, sets all-time records for amount of snow on the ground and amount of snow over 30-day and 40-day periods in 17 days. (WCVB)
February 18, 2015,
February 19, 2015,
March 1, 2015,
March 15, 2015, The U.S. city of Boston sets an all time snow record, with 108.6 inches of snow for the season. (USA Today)
Deflategate is a controversy in the National Football League (NFL), stemming from an allegation that the New England Patriots used underinflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts on January 18, 2015.
The scandal was dubbed "Deflategate," the "-gate" suffix being a reference to the Watergate scandal.
January 23, 2015,
May 6, 2015, Deflategate: In American football, the National Football League finds that two New England Patriots employees intentionally deflated footballs used in the American Football Conference game against the Indianapolis Colts and that quarterback Tom Brady was generally aware of the deflation. (NBC News)
May 11, 2015, In American football, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is suspended without pay for four games. The team is also fined $1 million dollars (USD) and forced to forfeit their first-round pick in the 2016 NFL draft and their fourth-round selection in the 2017 draft for their role in Deflategate.(NBC)
September 3, 2015, National Football League In arbitration, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman overturns the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. The judge rules that Brady had been given no notice that ball deflation would result in a suspension. The NFL announces that they will appeal the ruling. (AP)
September 8, 2015,
April 25, 2016, In American football, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game suspension imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the Deflategate scandal. The suspension had been stayed due to a lower court ruling. (ESPN)
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:The Men of Liberty
January 25, 2015, Mini Series Premiere of Sons of Liberty
The story of a group of very different men fighting
in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future
for the United States of America. Based on true stories.
February 1, 2015, Bill Belichick, Patriots coach, wears ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ T-shirt before Super Bowl. (WashingtonTimes)
February 2, 2015, The four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta go on public display at the British Library in London to commemorate the 800th anniversary signing of the document in June 1215. (AFP via AsiaOne)
June 15, 2015, The 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John of England is commemorated around the world. (BBC)
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:2015 Superbowl
February 1, 2015, Super Bowl XLIX: In American football, the New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in the Super Bowl at the University of Phoenix Stadium. (NFL)
-Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wins his third MVP award at a Super Bowl and becomes the third quarterback to win four Super Bowls after Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw. (Sports International)
February 2, 2015,
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Halftime Show:
The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona as part of Super Bowl XLIX and featured American singer Katy Perry with special guests Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott. The show was streamed on YouTube. The halftime show attracted 118.5 million viewers, the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl.
:Symbolism
Katy Perry riding in echos The Whore riding in on the Beast of Revelation.
Revelation 17: Babylon, the Prostitute on the Beast
With Katy Perry outfit entering echos The Hunger Games scene in 2013's Catching Fire.
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November 21, 2014, Release of The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay Pt.1
Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever.
Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted
friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a
nation moved by her courage.
[First Hunger Games movie was released in 2012]
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February 20, 2015, Release of Hot Tub Time Machine 2
When Lou finds himself in trouble, Nick and Jacob
fire up the hot tub time machine in an attempt to get back to the past.
But they inadvertently land in the future with Adam Jr. Now they have to
alter the future in order to save the past - which is really the
present.
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Three years earlier, 2012's Superbowl 46's halftime show also featuring the New England Patriots in a loss, seen Madonna parading into the performance as the Egyptian Queen Isis.
And now again with the parading in of the Goddess at the Superbowl. 2012 was also the year Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub on February 11th, six days after the Superbowl and one day before the Grammy's.
February 11, 2012, American singer and actress Whitney Houston dies suddenly at the age of 48 at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. (AP via Herald-Sun)
February 12, 2012,
February 13, 2012, Beverley Hills police confirm Whitney Houston was underwater and unconscious when found in a bath in her Los Angeles hotel room last Saturday. (BBC)
Now her only daughter was found unconscious in a tub 2 weeks after her mothers biopic was released
January 17, 2015, Release of Whitney
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
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Two days before the Superbowl and 8 days before the Grammy's and subsequently died in July 2015.
June 24, 2015,
July 26, 2015, Bobbi
Kristina Brown, age 22, daughter of American entertainer Whitney
Houston and heiress to the Houston estate, dies approximately 6 months
after having been put in a medically induced coma since being found
face-down in a bathtub in her Roswell, Georgia home near Atlanta on
January 31, 2015. (CNN)
Two days before the Superbowl and 8 days before the Grammy's and subsequently died in July 2015.
June 24, 2015,
March 4, 2016,
:2015 Grammy's
February 8, 2015, 57th Annual Grammy Awards: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences members present the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. (News Limited)
-"Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)" wins Song of the Year and Record of the Year. (AP)
-Morning Phase performed by Beck wins Album of the Year. (Reuters via Yahoo!)
:Symbolism
Madonna performs a Scarlet Lady performance for her song Live for Love.
March 10, 2015, Release of Madonna album Rebel Heart
March 17, 2015,
Costa Concordia:
Continuing the callback theme comes along Costa Concordia.
February 11, 2015, Costa Concordia disaster: A court in the city of Grosseto convicts the former captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, of manslaughter for his part in the January 2012 ship's sinking and sentences him to 16 years in jail. (BBC)
Cannabis:
February 24, 2015,
[2012 was the year of the first states to legalize]
February 26, 2015, Effective midnight, Washington, D.C. joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the United States that locally purport to override federal law and allow the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. (Huffington Post)
April 19, 2015, Series Premiere of High Profits
April 19, 2015,
May 21, 2015,
June 6, 2015,
June 19, 2015,
September 9, 2015,
November 20, 2015,
April 2, 2016,
April 20, 2016, Canada's Minister of Health Jane Philpott says federal legislation to legalize marijuana will be introduced in spring of 2017. (CBC)
April 22, 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proposes legalizing marijuana for medical purposes and easing limits for personal use of the drug. He said he would be sending a bill to the Congress to increase the amount users can legally carry from the current five grams to 28 (0.18-1oz). The news comes just two days after he addressed the United Nations General Assembly at a special session on drug policy and is seen as a chance to re-think the current strategy of fighting drug-trafficking, especially in Mexico where the fighting has killed tens of thousands of people. (BBC)
February 28, 2015,
March 15, 2015, Series Premiere of The Royals
April 21, 2015,
April 22, 2015,
May 4, 2015, It is announced that the daughter of the Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, named after her grandfather, grandmother, and great grandmother. (News Limited)
June 6, 2015,
July 18, 2015,
July 5, 2015,
July 9, 2015,
:2015 World Series
April 10, 2016,
April 12, 2016,
April 16, 2016,
April 19, 2016,
April 21, 2016, Elizabeth II, queen regnant of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations, celebrates her 90th birthday. (BBC)
April 22, 2016,
[2012 was the year of the first states to legalize]
February 26, 2015, Effective midnight, Washington, D.C. joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the United States that locally purport to override federal law and allow the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. (Huffington Post)
April 19, 2015, Series Premiere of High Profits
April 19, 2015,
May 21, 2015,
June 6, 2015,
June 19, 2015,
September 9, 2015,
November 20, 2015,
April 2, 2016,
April 20, 2016, Canada's Minister of Health Jane Philpott says federal legislation to legalize marijuana will be introduced in spring of 2017. (CBC)
April 22, 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proposes legalizing marijuana for medical purposes and easing limits for personal use of the drug. He said he would be sending a bill to the Congress to increase the amount users can legally carry from the current five grams to 28 (0.18-1oz). The news comes just two days after he addressed the United Nations General Assembly at a special session on drug policy and is seen as a chance to re-think the current strategy of fighting drug-trafficking, especially in Mexico where the fighting has killed tens of thousands of people. (BBC)
The Royal Family:
February 28, 2015,
March 15, 2015, Series Premiere of The Royals
April 21, 2015,
April 22, 2015,
May 2, 2015, Catherine,
Duchess of Cambridge, returns home to cheering crowds after giving
birth to her and the Duke's second child, Princess Charlotte of
Cambridge, fourth in line to the throne behind her older brother, Prince
George of Cambridge, at St Mary's Hospital, London. Many countries send
congratulations. (BBC)
May 4, 2015, It is announced that the daughter of the Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, named after her grandfather, grandmother, and great grandmother. (News Limited)
June 6, 2015,
July 18, 2015,
July 5, 2015,
July 9, 2015,
September 9, 2015, Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's
longest-reigning monarch (63 years and seven months), surpassing the
record set by Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother. (BBC)
:2015 World Series
November 1, 2015, The
Kansas City Royals win the 2015 World Series, defeating the New York
Mets 7–2 in 12 innings in Game 5 to take the best-of-seven series. (NY Times)
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November 29, 2015,
November 29, 2015,
January 3, 2016,
January 9, 2016,
April 10, 2016,
April 12, 2016,
April 16, 2016,
April 19, 2016,
April 21, 2016, Elizabeth II, queen regnant of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations, celebrates her 90th birthday. (BBC)
April 22, 2016,
May 2, 2016,
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