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October 2015 was the tenth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Thursday, ended on a Saturday after 31 days.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2015.

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October 2015 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31  Ongoing events Political Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Iraqi Civil War Military intervention against ISIL Iranian-led American-led Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015) Lebanese anti-government protests Nagorno-Karabakh conflict PKK rebellion Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South China Sea disputes Syrian Civil War American-led intervention against ISIL (Syria) Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Sports 2015 Rugby World Cup 2015 World Series 2015 Breeders' Cup 2015 League of Legends World Championship Environmental Southeast Asian haze More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths October 31: Ants Antson 30: Mel Daniels 30: Zehra Deović 30: Al Molinaro 29: Luther Burden 29: Ernesto Herrera 28: Diane Charlemagne 27: Philip French 27: Tshepo Ngwane 27: Gulam Noon 27: Rajendra Singh Rana 26: Ed Walker 25: Cao Ying 25: David Cesarani 25: Pijush Ganguly 25: Lisa Jardine 25: Flip Saunders 24: Ján Chryzostom Korec 24: Maureen O'Hara 24: Sandra Peterson 23: Murphy Anderson 23: Leon Bibb 23: Roger De Clerck 23: Thomas G. Stemberg 23: Paride Tumburus 22: Peter Baldwin 22: Willem Aantjes 22: Arnold Klein 22: Mark Murphy 22: Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy 21: France Bučar 21: Marty Ingels 21: Ian Steel death announced on this date 20: Makis Dendrinos 20: Michael Meacher 20: John Scott 20: Cory Wells 19: Leon Bramlett 19: Ron Greener 19: Ali Treki 18: Robert Dickerson 18: Gamal El-Ghitani 18: Robert W. Farquhar 18: Frank Watkins 17: Howard Kendall 17: Anne-Marie Lizin 16: Bevo XIV 16: Denis Cuspert 16: Irwin Schiff 15: Nate Huffman 15: Kenneth D. Taylor 15: Michael Stevens 14: Mathieu Kérékou 14: Bruce Mozert 14: Skip Yowell 13: Bruce Hyde 13: Rosalyn Baxandall 13: Rizzini Alexis Gomez 13: Sue Lloyd-Roberts 12: Sam de Brito 12: Duncan Druce 12: Hal Hackady 12: Joan Leslie 12: George Mueller 11: Dean Chance 11: David Hunt 11: Steve Mackay 10: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha 10: Richard F. Heck 10: Manorama 10: Sybil Stockdale 9: Ray Duncan 9: Gordon Honeycombe 9: Geoffrey Howe 9: Ravindra Jain 9: Dave Meyers 9: Koopsta Knicca 9: Jerry Parr 9: Larry Rosen 9: Robbin Thompson 8: Richard Davies 8: Jim Diamond 8: Hossein Hamadani 8: Lindy Infante 8: Paul Prudhomme 8: Elizabeth Ramsey 8: Hugh Scully 7: Elena Lucena 7: Gail Zappa 6: Kevin Corcoran 6: Árpád Göncz 6: Billy Joe Royal 5: Chantal Akerman 5: Joker Arroyo 5: Grace Lee Boggs 5: Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria 5: Anna Pump 4: Job de Ruiter 4: Henning Mankell 4: Edida Nageswara Rao 4: Neal Walk 3: Denis Healey 3: Barbara Meek 2: Brian Friel 2: Coleridge Goode 1: Don Edwards 1: Hadi Norouzi  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of the Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger Boko Haram insurgency Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion Moro conflict Cross border attacks in Sabah Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Chechen–Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey–PKK conflict Turkey–ISIL conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent October 4: Kyrgyzstan, Supreme Council 4: Portugal, Assembly of the Republic 11: Belarus, President 11: Guinea, President 17–19: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase) 18: Switzerland, Federal Assembly 19: Canada, House of Commons 25: Argentina, President, National Congress 25: Republic of the Congo, Referendum 25: Côte d'Ivoire, President 25: Guatemala, President (2nd round) 25: Haiti, President, National Assembly (2nd round) 25: Oman, Consultative Assembly 25: Poland, Parliament 25: Tanzania, President, National Assembly Upcoming November 1: Azerbaijan, National Assembly 1: Turkey, Grand National Assembly 4: Belize, House of Representatives 8: Croatia, Parliament 8: Myanmar, Legislature 16: Marshall Islands, Legislature 21–23: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase)  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Ji Jianye, Li Chuncheng, Jiang Jiemin, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou Yongkang, Gu Junshan Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Jordan: Abu Qatada Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Eston Kohver, Vladimir Kvachkov South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Jesse Jackson Jr., Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Jodi Arias, Anas al-Libi, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir Ongoing China: Yao Mugen, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani, Jason Rezaian Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Romania: Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu, Relu Fenechiu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić PCA: China Upcoming China: Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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