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July 29, 2015

On July 29, 2015, the first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island. 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 29, 2015

  1. 2015 The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.

    2014 aircraft disappearance

    Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared from radar on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination, Beijing Capital International Airport in China. The cause of its disappearance has not been determined. It is widely regarded as the greatest mystery in aviation history and remains the single deadliest case of aircraft disappearance.

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Died on July 29, 2015

Antony Holland British actor and theatre director (1920–2015)
Peter O'Sullevan Irish-British horse racing commentator (1918–2015)
Mike Pyle American football player (1939–2015)
Franklin H. Westervelt American computer scientist

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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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