Timeline March 2015

Events in March 2015 10

• 1923 – 2015 Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015) Died 23 March 2015, aged 91 Lee Kuan Yew was the founding prime minister of Singapore, leading the city-state from independence in 1965 until 1990. He is widely credited with transforming Singapore from a small port into one of the world's wealthiest nations. His authoritarian style of governance and emphasis on economic pragmatism influenced leaders across Asia.
• 1930 – 2015 Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015) Died 20 March 2015, aged 84 Malcolm Fraser served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, coming to power after the controversial dismissal of Gough Whitlam's government by the Governor-General. His government pursued market-oriented economic reforms and multicultural immigration policy. Fraser later became a prominent critic of the major parties he had once led.
• 1948 – 2015 Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) Died 12 March 2015, aged 66 Terry Pratchett was an English author best known for the Discworld series of comic fantasy novels, which sold over 85 million copies worldwide. He was knighted in 2009 for services to literature. Pratchett continued writing for years after his 2007 diagnosis with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, which he also campaigned publicly about.
• 2015 Iditarod 2015 Winner: Dallas Seavey — 8 days 18h Dallas Seavey won his third Iditarod in 2015.
• 2015 – 2016 The Solar Impulse Bertrand Piccard The first round-the-world flight by a solar-powered aircraft, demonstrating Swiss innovation in green tech.
• 2015 Marvin Gaye's estate wins the Blurred Lines case Copyright verdict A jury finds Blurred Lines copied Got to Give It Up.
• 2015 Germanwings Flight 9525 Crashes in the Alps Co-pilot deliberately downs airliner, killing 150 Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps after co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately flew the plane into a mountainside. All 144 passengers and 6 crew were killed. The crash prompted airlines worldwide to adopt rules requiring two crew members in the cockpit at all times.
• 2015 Saudi-Led Coalition Intervenes in Yemen Airstrikes launched against Houthi rebels A Saudi Arabia-led coalition began airstrikes against Houthi rebels who had seized much of Yemen, aiming to restore the internationally recognized government. The intervention escalated Yemen's civil war into a protracted regional conflict often described as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. It contributed to what the United Nations later called one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
• 2015 Muhammadu Buhari Elected President of Nigeria First opposition victory in Nigerian history Muhammadu Buhari defeated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria's presidential election, marking the first time an opposition candidate had unseated a sitting president at the ballot box. The peaceful transfer of power was seen as a milestone for democracy in Africa's most populous nation. Buhari campaigned on fighting corruption and the Boko Haram insurgency.
• 2015 Joni Mitchell suffers a brain aneurysm Recovery Has to relearn to walk and talk.