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2015Death of Arthur CaveCave's fifteen-year-old son diesCave's fifteen-year-old son Arthur, one of his twins with Susie Bick, dies on 14 July 2015 after falling from a cliff near Ovingdean, Brighton, having taken LSD. The tragedy devastates Cave and his family and profoundly reshapes the tone of his subsequent work, introducing an unguarded, grief-centered honesty into his songwriting that had not been present before. The loss becomes the central, if often oblique, subject of the albums that follow.
2015Iran Nuclear Deal SignedJoint Comprehensive Plan of Action reached in ViennaIran and six world powers signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, agreeing to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. The deal was the product of over a decade of on-and-off negotiations. It became one of the defining diplomatic achievements of the Obama administration.
2015New Horizons Spacecraft Flies Past PlutoFirst close-up images of the dwarf planetNASA's New Horizons probe conducted the first close flyby of Pluto, returning detailed images of its surface including the heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio. The nine-year journey completed the initial reconnaissance of all the classical planets and Pluto. Data from the flyby reshaped scientific understanding of the dwarf planet's geology.
2015New Horizons flies past PlutoFirst close-up images of dwarf planetNASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, sending back the first detailed images of the dwarf planet, revealing a heart-shaped nitrogen ice plain.