Timeline October 2015

Events in October 2015 9

• 1917 – 2015 Denis Healey (1917-2015) Died 3 October 2015, aged 98 Denis Healey was a British Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the economic turmoil of the 1970s, including the 1976 IMF crisis. He later served as deputy leader of the Labour Party. Healey was known for his sharp wit and long parliamentary career spanning four decades.
• 1920 – 2015 Maureen O'Hara (1920-2015) Died 24 October 2015, aged 95 Maureen O'Hara was an Irish-American actress known for her roles in The Quiet Man, Miracle on 34th Street and a string of Technicolor films opposite John Wayne. She was one of the leading actresses of Hollywood's golden age. O'Hara received an honorary Academy Award in 2014 for her body of work.
• 2015 Dell announces $67 billion EMC acquisition Dell announces its intention to acquire EMC Corporation for $67 billion on 12 October 2015 — the largest technology acquisition in history. The deal gives Dell EMC's storage business and its 81% stake in VMware, the virtualisation software leader. Michael Dell and Silver Lake must arrange $49.5 billion in debt financing — the largest leveraged buyout in history.
• 2015 Justin Trudeau Elected Prime Minister of Canada Liberal Party wins decisive majority Justin Trudeau led the Liberal Party from third place to a parliamentary majority, ending nearly a decade of Conservative government under Stephen Harper. At 43, he became one of the youngest prime ministers in Canadian history. His victory was widely covered internationally as a generational and ideological shift.
• 2015 Spectre — Daniel Craig Spectre returns as the master organisation, now retconned as the villainous network behind every previous film. Christoph Waltz plays Blofeld. The film is visually spectacular but narratively cluttered, over-explaining mysteries that worked better as mysteries. It is the longest Bond film at 148 minutes. Budget: $245 million. Box office: $879.6 million.
• 2015 China Announces End of One-Child Policy Families permitted to have two children The Chinese Communist Party announced it would end its decades-old one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children. The policy, in place since 1980, was blamed for an aging population and shrinking workforce. The change took effect at the start of 2016.
• 2015 2015 Rugby World Cup triumph The perfect farewell Carter capped his international career in style at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, kicking crucial points and a memorable drop goal as the All Blacks defeated Australia 34-17 in the final at Twickenham on 31 October 2015. He was named Man of the Match in the final, becoming the first player to win the World Cup Player of the Match award in a final on two occasions across his career.
• 2015 2015 Rugby World Cup victory Becomes the first captain to win two Rugby World Cups McCaw led the All Blacks to a 34-17 victory over Australia in the final at Twickenham, retaining the Webb Ellis Cup and making him the first captain in rugby history to lift the trophy twice. The win capped an extraordinary tournament in which New Zealand became the first side to successfully defend the Rugby World Cup.
• 2015 Metrojet Flight 9268 Bombed Over Sinai Islamic State bombing kills 224 aboard Russian airliner A bomb hidden aboard a Russian charter flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg exploded over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. Islamic State's Sinai affiliate claimed responsibility. It was the deadliest attack against an aircraft since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.