On 20 March 2015 the Moon's shadow crossed the North Atlantic and the Arctic in a total solar eclipse, the first in Europe's skies for several years. Totality was visible only from the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, while a deep partial eclipse could be seen across the whole of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia. Weather was uncertain, but many observers in the Faroes saw the Sun disappear. The eclipse fell on the March equinox and coincided with a supermoon, and in Europe it drew concern about solar power output because so much of the continent's electricity grid depends on photovoltaic generation.
Before and after
- from 10 January 2015 to 11 January 2015Republican marches
- from 8 February 2015 to 15 August 2022Premiere of Better Call Saul
- 12 February 2015Creation of Windows 10 Mobile
- from 2 March 2015 to 17 April 2015Second Battle of Tikrit
- 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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- 5 March 1979Discovery of Thebe
- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 16 June 1989Discovery of Proteus
- 23 July 1995Discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Nix
The era
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