Kuan Yew Lee died on 23 March 2015 in Singapore, aged 91. A Singaporean statesman, Lee was the first prime minister of Singapore and led the country from self-government in 1959 until 1990. He guided the city through its separation from Malaysia in 1965 and oversaw a transformation from a poor trading port into a wealthy financial and manufacturing hub, through strict governance, public housing, anti-corruption measures and the promotion of English as a common language. His government's restrictions on opposition parties, speech and the press drew sustained criticism from human rights groups. He remained in the cabinet as senior and then minister mentor, and his son Lee Hsien Loong later became prime minister.
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- 20 March 2015Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
- 23 March 2015Death of Kuan Yew Lee
- 24 March 2015Germanwings Flight 9525
- 13 April 2015Death of Günter Grass
- 24 April 2015Creation of watchOS
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