2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter D), the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium, the 15th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
Events
March
27
- Weyland Corp launches first industrialized space mission to install solar panels that align and move in Earth's orbital plane but at an axial tilt, imitating a perpetual summer solstice. The renewable energy gathered in the months following this expedition made Peter Weyland his first billion.
June
30
- Following Weyland's success with solar panels, Weyland Corp receives funding from a trio of major venture capital firms.
Real World Events
January
1
- Actor John Hurt is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
February
11
- The comic Prometheus: Fire and Stone - Omega is released.
April
15
- Issue #1 of the comic series Archie vs. Predator is released.
26
- The novel Predator: Incursion, written by Tim Lebbon, is published.
May
- The book Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report is released in the United States.[1]
June
22
- Composer James Horner is killed in a plane crash.
July
7
- The Predator DLC, featuring the Predator as a playable character, is released for Mortal Kombat X.
September
2
- Issue #1 of the comic series Aliens/Vampirella is released.
11
- Actor Alan Purwin is killed in a plane crash.
October
21
- Prometheus: The Complete Fire and Stone is released.
December
10
- Audiobooks of Alien, Aliens, Alien3 and Alien Resurrection are released.
References
- ↑ "The Fandom Post - ‘Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report’ Release Detailed". Retrieved on 2015-07-21.