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July 27, 2015

On July 27, 2015, seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab. 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 July 27, 2015

  1. 2015 Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.

    2015 terrorist attack of a police station in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India

    On 27 July 2015, three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants dressed in army uniforms opened fire on a bus and then attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India. The attack resulted in the death of three civilians and four policemen, including a superintendent of police; fifteen others were injured. In addition, five bombs were found planted on the Amritsar–Pathankot line on a rail-bridge near Parmanand railway station, five kilometers from the site of the attack.

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Died on July 27, 2015

Rickey Grundy Musical artist
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam President of India from 2002 to 2007
Samuel Pisar Polish-American lawyer (1929-2015)
Anthony Shaw British general (1930–2015)

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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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