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January 12, 2015

On January 12, 2015, government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon. 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 January 12, 2015

  1. 2015 Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.

    Failed assault by Boko Haram on a Cameroonian military base

    On January 12, 2015, militants from Boko Haram attacked a Cameroonian military base in Kolofata, Far North Region, Cameroon. The raid was unsuccessful, and over 100 Boko Haram fighters were killed.

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Died on January 12, 2015

Trevor Colbourn Australian professor & academic (1927-2015)
Robert Gover American novelist
Carl Long American baseball player
Elena Obraztsova Soviet and Russian opera singer
Inge Vermeulen Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player

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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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