2015
2010s Era
Act I
The World Stage
2015
7.3B
people on Earth when this year began
Today
8.2B
+900M more people since
🇺🇸
US President
Barack Obama
🇬🇧
UK Prime Minister
David Cameron
🇺🇳
UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
Defining Moments
Paris terror attacks
Paris Climate Agreement
Syrian refugee crisis peaks
Same-sex marriage legalized in US
Act II
Culture & Entertainment
#1 Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Oscar Best Picture: Birdman
- 🎥 The Force Awakens
- 🎥 Jurassic World
- 🎥 Furious 7
Top TV Shows
- 📺 Game of Thrones
- 📺 The Walking Dead
- 📺 The Big Bang Theory
Notable Books
- 📚 The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
Act III
Technology & Science
Apple Watch launched
Windows 10 released
Self-driving cars tested
AI assistants (Siri, Alexa)
Space
New Horizons reaches Pluto • SpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster
Nobel Peace Prize
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
Nobel Physics
Takaaki Kajita & Arthur B. McDonald (neutrino mass)
Act IV
Cost of Living
Gas / Gallon
$2.43
Today: $3.50
Milk / Gallon
$3.39
Today: $4.15
Movie Ticket
$8.43
Today: $11.75
Average Home
$297,000
Today: $420,000
New Car
$33,560
Today: $49,500
Postage Stamp
$0.49
Today: $0.73
Average Salary
$52,000 / year (min wage: $7.25/hr)
Act V
Sports Champions
World Series
Kansas City Royals
NBA Finals
Golden State Warriors
Super Bowl
New England Patriots (SB XLIX)
Act VI
Our Planet
CO₂ Levels
0
parts per million
Today: 422 ppm
Temperature Anomaly
+0.9°C
vs. pre-industrial average
Today: +1.45°C
Life Expectancy
78.7 years
Internet
3.2B users, streaming wars begin, Instagram 400M users