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December 7, 2015

On December 7, 2015, the JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt. The year's #1 song was "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. Princess Charlotte of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales would arrive in the same year.

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2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.

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On December 7, 2015

  1. 2015 The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.

    Japan's national air and space agency

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is the Japanese national air and space agency.

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Died on December 7, 2015

Gerhard Lenski American sociologist
Hyron Spinrad American astronomer
Peter Westbury British racing driver (1938–2015)
Shirley Stelfox British actress (1941–2015)

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Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne

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