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October 24, 2015

On October 24, 2015, a driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34. 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 October 24, 2015

  1. 2015 A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.

    Fatal vehicle rampage in Oklahoma, US

    The 2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade attack occurred on October 24, 2015, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, when Adacia Avery Chambers intentionally drove her sedan into a crowd watching the homecoming parade for Oklahoma State University–Stillwater on the university's campus. Four people were killed in the crash, and 47 others were reported injured. Chambers pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and assault charges, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Died on October 24, 2015

Michael Beetham Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1923–2015)
Alvin Bronstein American lawyer (1928–2015)
Margarita Khemlin Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)
Ján Chryzostom Korec Slovak Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic cardinal (1924–2015)
Maureen O'Hara Irish and American actress (1920–2015)

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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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