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June 17, 2015

On June 17, 2015, nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. 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 June 17, 2015

  1. 2015 Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

    2015 mass shooting in South Carolina, U.S.

    On June 17, 2015, an anti-black mass shooting and hate crime occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed and another injured during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the Southern United States. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C.

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Died on June 17, 2015

Ron Clarke Australian long-distance runner (1937–2015)
John David Crow American football player, coach, and administrator (1935–2015)
Süleyman Demirel President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000
Roberto M. Levingston President of Argentina from 1970 to 1971
Clementa C. Pinckney American politician and pastor (1973–2015)

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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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