Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s - 2010s - 2020s 2030s 2040s
|
Years: | 2014 2015 2016 - 2017 - 2018 2019 2020 |
2017 (MMXVII ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.
2017 by topic: |
News by month |
Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec |
Arts |
Architecture – Art – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming |
Politics |
Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states |
Science and technology |
Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight |
Sports |
Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – Rugby league |
By place |
Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Belgium - Brazil – Canada – People's Republic of China – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – European Union – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Hungary – India – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States |
Other topics |
Awards – Law – Religious leaders |
Birth and death categories |
Births – Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments – Disestablishments |
Works and introductions categories |
Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
Gregorian calendar | 2017 MMXVII
|
Ab urbe condita | 2770 |
Armenian calendar | 1466 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԶ |
Bahá'í calendar | 173 – 174 |
Buddhist calendar | 2561 |
Coptic calendar | 1733 – 1734 |
Ethiopian calendar | 2009 – 2010 |
Hebrew calendar | 5777 – 5778 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 2072 – 2073 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1939 – 1940 |
- Kali Yuga | 5118 – 5119 |
Holocene calendar | 12017 |
Iranian calendar | 1395 – 1396 |
Islamic calendar | 1438 – 1439 |
Japanese calendar | Heisei
29
|
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2677 (皇紀2677年) |
Julian calendar | 2062 |
Korean calendar | 4350 |
Thai solar calendar | 2560 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
2017 was designated as:
- International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.[1]
Events[]
January[]
- January 20 – Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Trump, a Republican New York City businessman, becomes the first person, not a political office holder or a military general, to be elected President of the United States.[2]
- January 21 – Millions of people worldwide join the Women's March in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States. 420 marches were reported in the U.S. and 168 in other countries, becoming the largest single-day protest in American history and the largest worldwide protest in recent history.[3]
February[]
- February 11 – North Korea prompts international condemnation by test firing a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.[4]
March[]
- March 3 – The hybrid Nintendo Switch game console is released worldwide to critical acclaim, and later becomes the fastest-selling game console in the United States.
- March 10 – The UN warns that the world is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II, with up to 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.[5]
- March 14 – March 2017 North American blizzard was a major late-season blizzard that affected the Northeastern United States, New England and Canada, dumping up to 3 feet of snow in the hardest hit areas.
- March 29 – The United Kingdom triggers article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting the Brexit Negotiations, the talks for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.[6]
- March 30 – SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.[7][8]
April[]
- April 6 – In response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town, the U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage U.S.–Russia ties.[9]
- April 13 – In the 2017 Nangarhar airstrike the U.S. drops the GBU-43/B MOAB, the world's largest non-nuclear weapon, at an ISIL base in Afghanistan.
May[]
- May 12 – Computers around the world are hit by a large-scale ransomware cyberattack,[10] which goes on to affect at least 150 countries.[11]
- May 22 – A terrorist bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England kills 22 people and injures over 500.[12]
June[]
- June 1 – Amidst widespread criticism, the U.S. announces its decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement in due time.[13]
- June 3 – An Islamic terror attack on London Bridge, United Kingdom kills 8 and injures 48.
- June 7 – Two terrorist attacks are simultaneously carried out by five terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran, leaving 17 civilians dead and 43 wounded. It becomes the first ISIL attack in Iran.
- June 8 – In the midst of Brexit, a snap general election is held in the UK, three years before the next one was due, resulting in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, losing their majority in Parliament. The Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, makes gains for the first time since 1997. Days later, the Conservative Party, now lacking a majority, enters a confidence-and-supply deal with the Northern Irish DUP.[14]
- June 10 – The 2017 World Expo is opened in Astana, Kazakhstan.[15]
- June 12 – American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.[16][17]
- June 14 – A fire at Grenfell Tower in London kills 71 people.[18]
- June 18 – Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fire six surface-to-surface mid-range ballistic missiles from domestic bases targeting ISIL forces in the Syrian Deir ez-Zor Governorate in response to the terrorist attacks in Tehran earlier that month.
- June 21 – The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, is destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[19]
- June 25 – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.
- June 27 – A series of cyberattacks using the Petya malware begins, affecting organizations in Ukraine.[20]
July[]
- July 4 – Russia and China urge North Korea to halt its missile and nuclear programs after it successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.[21][22]
- July 7 – The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is voted for by 122 states.[23]
- July 10 – Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[24]
August[]
- August 5 – The UN Security Council unanimously approves fresh sanctions on North Korean trade and investment.[25]
- August 12 – The Unite the right rally is held in Charlottesville, Virginia, by a variety of white nationalist and other far-right racist groups; Heather Heyer, a counter-protestor, is killed after being hit by a car.
- August 17 – The first observation of a collision of two neutron stars (GW170817)[26] is hailed as a breakthrough in multi-messenger astronomy[27] when both gravitational and electromagnetic waves from the event are detected.[28][29] Data from the event provided confirmatory evidence for the r-process theory of the origin of heavy elements like gold.[30][31]
- August 21 – A total solar eclipse (nicknamed "The Great American Eclipse")[32] is visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States of America, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts.[33][34][35]
- August 25 – ongoing – A military operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.[36]
- August 25–30 – Hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 108 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $125 billion (2017 USD), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history, tied with Hurricane Katrina in 2005.[37][38]
September[]
- September 1 – Russian President Vladimir Putin expels 755 diplomats in response to United States sanctions.[39]
- September 3 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.[40]
- September 6–10 – The Caribbean and United States are struck by Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane that is the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The storm causes at least 146 deaths and $64.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage.[38][41]
- September 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards Paris and Los Angeles the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.[42]
- September 15 – Cassini–Huygens ends its 13-year mission by plunging into Saturn, becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.[43]
- September 19 – Eleven days after another powerful earthquake, and on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a Mw 7.1 earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing more than 350, leaving up to 6,000 injured[44] and thousands more homeless.[45]
- September 19–20 – Just two weeks after Hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria strikes similar areas, making landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane, and Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Maria caused at least 112 deaths and damages estimated in excess of $91.6 billion (2017 USD).[38][46]
- September 25 – Iraqi Kurdistan votes in a referendum to become an independent state, in defiance of Iraq;[47] by October 15, the crisis escalates into a short-lived armed conflict over disputed territories.
October[]
- October 1 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 851 injured when Stephen Paddock opens fire on a crowd in Las Vegas, surpassing the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting as the deadliest mass shooting perpetrated by a lone gunman in U.S. history.[48]
- October 12 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO,[49] and is immediately followed by Israel.[50]
- October 14 – A massive blast caused by a truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 512 people and injures 316 others.[51]
- October 17 – Syrian Civil War: Raqqa is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
- October 25 – At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping assumes his second term as General Secretary (China's paramount leader), and the political theory Xi Jinping Thought is written into the party's constitution.[52]
- October 27 – Based on the results of a previously held referendum, Catalonia declares independence from Spain,[53] but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation.[54]
November[]
- November 2 – A new species of orangutan is identified in Indonesia, becoming the third known species of orangutan as well as the first great ape to be described for almost a century.[55]
- November 3 – Syrian Civil War: both Deir ez-Zor in Syria and Al-Qa'im in Iraq are declared liberated from ISIL on the same day.[56]
- November 5 – The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung publishes 13.4 million documents leaked from the offshore law firm Appleby, along with business registries in 19 tax jurisdictions that reveal offshore financial activities on behalf of politicians, celebrities, corporate giants and business leaders. The newspaper shared the documents with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and asked it to lead the investigation.[57]
- November 12 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the border region between Iraq and Iran leaving at least 530 dead and over 70,000 homeless.[58]
- November 15
- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is placed under house arrest, as the military take control of the country.[59] He resigns six days later, after 37 years of rule.[60]
- A Leonardo da Vinci painting, Salvator Mundi, sells for US$450 million at Christie's in New York, a new record price for any work of art.[61]
- November 20 – Nature publishes an article recognising the high velocity asteroid ʻOumuamua as originating from outside the Solar System i.e. the first known interstellar object.
- November 22 – The International Court of Justice finds Ratko Mladić guilty of genocide committed in Srebrenica during the 1990s Bosnian War, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. He is sentenced to life in prison.[62]
- November 24 – A mosque attack in Sinai, Egypt kills 305 worshippers and leaves hundreds more wounded.[63]
December[]
- December 5 – Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee, following an investigation into state-sponsored doping.[64]
- December 6 – The United States officially recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital.[65]
- December 9 – The Iraqi military announces that it has "fully liberated" all of Iraq's territory from "ISIS terrorist gangs" and retaken full control of the Iraqi-Syrian border.[66]
- December 14 – The Walt Disney Company announces that it will acquire most of 21st Century Fox, including the 20th Century Fox film studio, for $66 billion.[67]
- December 22 – The UN Security Council votes 15–0 in favor of additional sanctions on North Korea, including measures to slash the country's petroleum imports by up to 90%.[68][69]
- December 24 – Guatemala follows in the footsteps of the United States by announcing that they will also move their Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, followed by Honduras and Panama two days later.[70]
Births[]
- August 31 – Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna
Deaths[]
Main article: Deaths in 2017
Further information: Category:2017 deaths
January[]
- January 1
- January 2
- January 3 – Igor Volk, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937)
- January 4
- January 6
- January 7
- January 8
- January 9
- January 10
- January 11 – François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (b. 1954)
- January 12
- January 13
- Gilberto Agustoni, Swiss cardinal (b. 1922)
- Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, British photographer (b. 1930)
- January 14 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist (b. 1906)
- January 15 – Jimmy Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler (b. 1943)
- January 16 – Eugene Cernan, American astronaut (b. 1934)
- January 18
- January 19 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1955)
- January 20 – Carlos Alberto Silva, Brazilian football manager (b. 1939)
- January 21 – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer (b. 1930)
- January 22 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (b. 1938)
- January 23
- January 25
- January 26
- January 27 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (b. 1927)
- January 28 – Geoff Nicholls, British keyboardist (b. 1944)
- January 31 – John Wetton, British musician (b. 1949)
February[]
- February 1 – Étienne Tshisekedi, 18th Prime Minister of Zaire (b. 1932)
- February 2
- February 3 – Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (b. 1931)
- February 6
- February 7
- Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist (b. 1916)
- Sotsha Dlamini, 5th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1940)
- Smail Hamdani, 11th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1930)
- Richard Hatch, American actor, writer and producer (b. 1945)
- Hans Rosling, Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker (b. 1948)
- Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian-French philosopher and literary critic (b. 1939)
- February 8
- February 9 – Piet Keizer, Dutch footballer (b. 1943)
- February 10 – Hal Moore, American lieutenant general and author (b. 1922)
- February 11
- February 12
- February 13
- February 15
- Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (b. 1948)
- February 16
- February 17 – Tom Regan, American philosopher (b. 1938)
- February 18
- February 19
- February 20
- February 21
- February 25 – Bill Paxton, American actor (b. 1955)
- February 26
- February 27 – Carlos Humberto Romero, 37th President of El Salvador (b. 1924)
- February 28 – Vladimir Petrov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1947)
March[]
- March 1 – Paula Fox, American writer (b. 1923)
- March 3
- March 5 – Kurt Moll, German operatic bass (b. 1938)
- March 7 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-born American Nobel physicist (b. 1922)
- March 8
- March 9 – Howard Hodgkin, British painter and printmaker (b. 1932)
- March 10
- March 12 – Patrick Nève, Belgian racing driver (b. 1949)
- March 13 – Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b. 1934)
- March 16
- March 17
- March 18
- March 19 – Roger Pingeon, French road racing cyclist (b. 1940)
- March 20 – David Rockefeller, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1915)
- March 21
- March 22 – Tomas Milian, Cuban-born American-Italian actor (b. 1933)
- March 23
- March 25 – Cuthbert Sebastian, Kittitian politician (b. 1921)
- March 27 – David Storey, English writer (b. 1933)
- March 28 – Christine Kaufmann, Austrian-born German actress (b. 1945)
- March 29 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American Nobel theoretical physicist (b. 1928)
- March 31 – James Rosenquist, American artist (b. 1933)
April[]
- April 1
- April 4
- April 5 – Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929)
- April 6 – Don Rickles, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 1926)
- April 7 – Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor and author (b. 1946)
- April 8 – Georgy Grechko, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1931)
- April 9 – Carme Chacón, Spanish politician (b. 1971)
- April 11 – Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (b. 1935)
- April 12 – Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (b. 1959)
- April 15
- April 20
- April 21 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer and coach (b. 1972)
- April 22
- April 23
- April 24 – Robert M. Pirsig, American writer and philosopher (b. 1928)
- April 26 – Jonathan Demme, American film director (b. 1944)
- April 27 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor (b. 1946)
- April 28 – Vito Acconci, American artist and architectural designer (b. 1940)
- April 30 – Ueli Steck, Swiss rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1976)
May[]
- May 1 – Karel Schoeman, South African novelist (b. 1939)
- May 2 – Heinz Kessler, German politician and military officer (b. 1920)
- May 3 – Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (b. 1942)
- May 4
- May 5
- May 6 – Steven Holcomb, American Olympic bobsledder (b. 1980)
- May 9
- May 12
- May 14 – Powers Boothe, American actor (b. 1948)
- May 15 – Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (b. 1922)
- May 17
- May 18
- May 19 – Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Air Force officer (b. 1939)
- May 22
- May 23 – Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927)
- May 24 – Denis Johnson, American author (b. 1949)
- May 26
- May 27 – Gregg Allman, American musician (b. 1947)
- May 29
- May 31
June[]
- June 1
- June 2
- June 4 – Juan Goytisolo, Spanish writer (b. 1931)
- June 5
- June 6
- June 8
- June 9 – Adam West, American actor (b. 1928)
- June 10 – Julia Perez, Indonesian actress and singer (b. 1980)
- June 12 – Charles P. Thacker, American computer designer (b. 1943)
- June 13
- June 14 – Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Argentine publisher and executive (b. 1925)
- June 15 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor (b. 1928)
- June 16
- John G. Avildsen, American film director (b. 1935)
- Stephen Furst, American actor (b. 1954)
- Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1930)
- June 17 – Baldwin Lonsdale, 8th President of Vanuatu (b. 1948)
- June 19
- June 20 – Prodigy, American rapper (b. 1974)
- June 22 – Quett Masire, 2nd President of Botswana (b. 1925)
- June 23 – Stefano Rodotà, Italian jurist and politician (b. 1933)
- June 25 – José Manuel Mourinho Félix, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1938)
- June 26 – Habib Thiam, 3rd Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1933)
- June 27
- June 30
July[]
- July 3 – Paolo Villaggio, Italian writer and actor (b. 1932)
- July 4 – Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)
- July 5
- July 8
- July 9 – Ilya Glazunov, Russian painter (b. 1930)
- July 10 – Peter Härtling, German writer and poet (b. 1933)
- July 13
- July 14
- July 15 – Martin Landau, American actor (b. 1928)
- July 16 – George A. Romero, American-Canadian film director (b. 1940)
- July 18 – Max Gallo, French writer, historian, and politician (b. 1932)
- July 20
- Chester Bennington, American musician (b. 1976)
- Claude Rich, French stage and screen actor (b. 1929)
- July 21
- July 23
- July 25 – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Indigenous Australian musician (b. 1971)
- July 26
- July 27 – Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (b. 1943)
- July 29 – Redha Malek, 8th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1931)
- July 30 – Anton Vratuša, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1915)
- July 31
August[]
- August 2 – Jim Marrs, American journalist (b. 1943)
- August 3
- August 5 – Dionigi Tettamanzi, Italian cardinal (b. 1934)
- August 6
- August 8 – Glen Campbell, American singer and actor (b. 1936)
- August 10 – Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani nun and physician (b. 1929)
- August 15 – Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-born American architect (b. 1925)
- August 17 – Sonny Landham, American actor (b. 1941)
- August 18 – Bruce Forsyth, British actor and game show host (b. 1928)
- August 19
- August 20
- August 21
- August 22
- August 24 – Jay Thomas, American actor (b. 1948)
- August 26
- August 28
- August 30
- August 31 – Richard Anderson, American actor (b. 1926)
September[]
- September 1 – Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, British cardinal (b. 1932)
- September 3
- September 5
- September 6
- September 7 – Türkân Akyol, Turkish politician (b. 1928)
- September 8
- September 9 – Velasio de Paolis, Italian cardinal (b. 1935)
- September 10
- September 11
- September 15
- September 16 – Arjan Singh, Indian diplomat (b. 1919)
- September 17 – Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1944)
- September 19
- September 21 – Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman (b. 1922)
- September 22 – Paavo Lonkila, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1923)
- September 24 – Gisèle Casadesus, French actress (b. 1914)
- September 25 – Liz Dawn, English actress (b. 1939)
- September 26 – Barry Dennen, American actor (b. 1938)
- September 27
- Hugh Hefner, American magazine publisher (b. 1926)
- Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
- September 29 – Ludmila Belousova, Russian pair skater (b. 1935)
- September 30
October[]
- October 1 – Arthur Janov, American psychologist (b. 1924)
- October 2
- October 3
- October 4 – Liam Cosgrave, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1920)
- October 5
- October 6 – Roberto Anzolin, Italian footballer (b. 1938)
- October 7 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian philologist and semiotician (b. 1929)
- October 9
- October 11 – Clifford Husbands, 6th Governor-General of Barbados (b. 1926)
- October 13
- October 14 – Richard Wilbur, American poet (b. 1921)
- October 15 – Choirul Huda, Indonesian footballer (b. 1979)
- October 16 – Roy Dotrice, British actor (b. 1923)
- October 17
- October 18 – Marino Perani, Italian football manager and player (b. 1939)
- October 19 – Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (b. 1931)
- October 20 – Federico Luppi, Argentine-Spanish actor (b. 1936)
- October 22
- October 23
- October 24
- October 27 – Katalin Szőke, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (b. 1935)
- October 28 – Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Spanish footballer (b. 1938)
- October 29
November[]
- November 1 – Vladimir Makanin, Russian writer (b. 1937)
- November 2 – Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (b. 1944)
- November 3 – Abdur Rahman Biswas, 11th President of Bangladesh (b. 1926)
- November 5
- November 6
- November 7
- November 8
- November 9
- November 10 – Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Russian comedian and writer (b. 1948)
- November 11
- November 12 – Bernard Panafieu, French cardinal (b. 1931)
- November 13
- November 15
- November 16 – Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress and voice actress (b. 1960)
- November 17 – Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster (b. 1930)
- November 18
- November 19
- Charles Manson, American criminal and cult leader (b. 1934)
- Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
- Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (b. 1968)
- Della Reese, American actress and singer (b. 1931)
- Pancho Segura, Ecuadorian-American tennis player (b. 1921)
- Mel Tillis, American country music singer (b. 1932)
- November 21 – David Cassidy, American singer and actor (b. 1950)
- November 22
- November 25 – Rance Howard, American actor (b. 1928)
- November 29
- November 30
December[]
- December 1 – Fredy Schmidtke, German cyclist (b. 1961)
- December 2 – Nava Semel, Israeli author and playwright (b. 1954)
- December 3 – John B. Anderson, American politician (b. 1922)
- December 4
- December 5
- December 6 – William H. Gass, American novelist (b. 1924)
- December 9 – Leonid Bronevoy, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1928)
- December 10 – Charles Green, American Internet personality (b. 1950)
- December 12 – Ed Lee, American politician (b. 1952)
- December 13 – Warrel Dane, American singer (b. 1961)
- December 16 – Keely Smith, American singer (b. 1928)
- December 18 – Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (b. 1990)
- December 20 – Bernard Francis Law, American cardinal (b. 1931)
- December 21 – Bruce McCandless II, American astronaut (b. 1937)
- December 24 – Heather Menzies, Canadian American actress (b. 1949)
- December 25 – Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1925)
- December 26 – Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
- December 27 – Osvaldo Fattori, Italian footballer (b. 1922)
- December 28
- December 29 – Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noble (b. 1926)
- December 31 – Doreen Keogh, Irish actress (b. 1924)
Nobel Prizes[]
- Chemistry – Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
- Economics – Richard Thaler
- Literature – Kazuo Ishiguro
- Peace – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Physics – Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss
- Physiology or Medicine – Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young
See also[]
- List of international years
Genealogical events[]
People of the year 2017 at Familypedia
25 people were born in 2017
0 children were born to the 9 women born in 2017
85 people died in 2017
316 people lived in 2017
Events of the year 2017 at Familypedia
13 people were married in 2017.
Joined with | |
---|---|
Lisa Michelle Bonet (1967) | Leonard Albert Kravitz (1964)+ Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (1979) |
Seth Robert Bradtl (1988) | Emily Horner (1995) |
Joseph Garret Duggar (1995) | Kendra Renée Caldwell (1998) |
Joy-Anna Duggar (1997) | Austin Martyn Forsyth (1993) |
Melanie Alissa Fisher (1984) | Baldassare Rosario Pellegrino |
Hugo Grant | Olivia Douglass |
Ryota Kohama (1989) | Michelle Lavigne (1991) |
Philippa Charlotte Middleton (1983) | James Spencer Matthews (1975) |
Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (1979) | Lisa Michelle Bonet (1967) |
Jeremy Steven Suarez (1990) | Maria Vidal (1992) |
Elizabeth Andrea 'Bitsie' Tulloch (1981-) | David Giuntoli (1980-) |
Maria Vidal (1992) | Jeremy Steven Suarez (1990) |
Tatiana zu Leiningen (1989-) | Clayton Reynolds (c1987) |
There were 0 military battles in 2017.
See also[]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "United Nations Observances: International Years". United Nations. http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2015-12-07/united-nations-declares-2017-international-year-sustainable-tourism-develop. Retrieved 7 Feb 2016.
- ^ Murse, Tom. "Obama's Last Day as President: When Barack Obama's Second Term Ends". http://uspolitics.about.com/od/CampaignsElections/a/Obamas-Last-Day-As-President.htm. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ^ Easley, Jason (2017-01-21). "Women's March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March". http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-biggest-protest-history-estimated-2-4-million-march.html.
- ^ "North Korea conducts ballistic missile test". BBC News. 12 February 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38947451. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945". BBC News. 11 March 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39238808. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Brexit: Article 50 has been triggered - what now?". BBC News. 29 March 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39143978. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "SpaceX Launches a Satellite With a Partly Used Rocket". New York Times. 30 March 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/science/spacex-launches-a-satellite-with-a-partly-used-rocket.html. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Success for SpaceX 're-usable rocket'". BBC News. 31 March 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39451401. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Syria war: US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack'". BBC News. 7 April 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Ransomware strike gives glimpse of 'cyber-apocalypse'". Sky News. 13 May 2017. http://news.sky.com/story/biggest-ransomware-attack-in-history-targets-almost-100-countries-10874647. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Ransomware: Cyber-attack threat escalating - Europol". BBC News. 14 May 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39913630. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "UK police: 22 confirmed dead after terror incident at Ariana Grande concert" (in en). CBS News. 22 May 2017. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ariana-grande-concert-manchester-arena-explosion/.
- ^ "US leaves Paris climate deal". euobserver. 1 June 2017. https://euobserver.com/environment/138099.
- ^ "Tory-DUP deal: The agreement in full". The Telegraph. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170626191220/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/tory-dup-deal-agreement-full/. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Future energy – solutions for tackling mankind’s greatest challenge". BIE. http://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/expos/upcoming-expos/expo-astana-2017/future-energy-solutions-for-tackling-mankind-s-greatest-challenge.
- ^ Duffy, Conor (19 June 2017). "Otto Warmbier: US rubbishes North Korea's 'sleeping pill' explanation after brain-damaged student dies". ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-20/otto-warmbier-us-rubbishes-sleeping-pill-explanation-death/8633730. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Otto Warmbier: US student sent home from North Korea dies". BBC. 20 June 2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40335169. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Grenfell Tower fire: safety rules failing, says review". BBC News. 18 December 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42392138. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Destroying Great Mosque of al-Nuri 'is Isis declaring defeat'". The Guardian. 22 June 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/21/mosuls-grand-al-nouri-mosque-blown-up-by-isis-fighters. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ Prentice, Alessandra (27 June 2017). "Ukrainian banks, electricity firm hit by fresh cyber attack". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-cyber-attacks-idUSKBN19I1IJ.
- ^ "North Korea missile test: Russia and China urge freeze in launches". BBC News. 4 July 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40497972. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "North Korea tests missile it claims can reach 'anywhere in the world'". CNN. 4 July 2017. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/asia/north-korea-missile-japan-waters/index.html. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ United Nations, ed (2017-07-07). "Voting record of the UN draft treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons". https://s3.amazonaws.com/unoda-web/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/A.Conf_.229.2017.L.3.Rev_.1.pdf.
- ^ "Battle for Mosul: Iraq PM Abadi formally declares victory". BBC. 10 July 2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40558836. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "North Korea: UN backs fresh sanctions over missile tests". BBC News. 5 August 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40838582. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Cho, Adrian (2017). "Merging neutron stars generate gravitational waves and a celestial light show". Science. DOI:10.1126/science.aar2149.
- ^ Berger, Edo. "Editorial: Focus on the Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Neutron Star Binary Merger GW170817". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 848 (2).
- ^ "Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 848 (2). DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9.
- ^ "Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 848 (2). DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c.
- ^ Krieger, Lisa M. (16 October 2017). "A Bright Light Seen Across The Universe, Proving Einstein Right – Violent collisions source of our gold, silver". The Mercury News. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/16/a-bright-light-seen-across-the-universe-proving-einstein-right/. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 848 (2). DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/aa90b6.
- ^ Steed, Edward (4 September 2017). "The Great American Eclipse of 2017". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/11/the-great-american-eclipse-of-2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Chan, Melissa (25 July 2017). "The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse: Everything You Need to Know". Time. http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Redd, Nola Taylor (29 September 2017). "What the 2017 Solar Eclipse Taught Us About Boosting Public Interest in Science". Purch Group. https://www.space.com/38318-solar-eclipse-2017-house-science-hearing.html. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Massimino, Mike (narrator) (August 22, 2017). The Great American Eclipse. Science Channel. https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/great-american-eclipse/full-episodes/great-american-eclipse. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ^ "Rohingya crisis: UN sees 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar". BBC News. 11 September 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41224108. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Eric S. Blake; David A. Zelinsky (January 23, 2018) (PDF). Hurricane Harvey (AL092017) (Report). Tropical Cyclone Report. National Hurricane Center. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092017_Harvey.pdf. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c Costliest U.S. tropical cyclones tables update (Report). United States National Hurricane Center. January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/UpdatedCostliest.pdf. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Putin expels 755 diplomats in response to US sanctions". July 30, 2017. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07/30/putin-expels-755-diplomats-in-response-to-us-sanctions.html.
- ^ Sanger, David E.; Sang-Hun, Choe (September 2, 2017). "North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of ‘Massive Military Response’". https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ^ Innerarity, Andrew. "Trump to visit hurricane-ravaged Florida". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-irma-trump/trump-to-visit-hurricane-ravaged-florida-idUSKCN1BP1A8?feedType=RSS&feedName=newsOne&google_editors_picks=true. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ Wharton, David. "Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics". http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Mission Timeline". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/interactive/missiontimeline/. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ "Death toll in Mexico earthquake rises to 369 as last body pulled from rubble". CBS News. 4 October 2017. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-earthquake-death-toll-rises-last-body-pulled-from-rubble/. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ McDonnell, Patrick J. (11 October 2017). "'I am full of anguish right now.' Thousands in Mexico remain without homes weeks after quake". L.A. Times. http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-quake-2017-story.html. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Otero, Carlos Antonio (25 September 2017). "Impacto multibillonario de María" (in Spanish). El Vocero. http://www.elvocero.com/economia/impacto-multibillonario-de-mar-a/article_5f364bf0-a176-11e7-892a-ff1a85c871da.html. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Kurdistan referendum results: 93% of Iraqi Kurds vote for independence, say reports". Independent.co.uk. 27 September 2017. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kurdistan-referendum-results-vote-yes-iraqi-kurds-independence-iran-syria-a7970241.html.
- ^ Torres-Cortez, Ricardo (January 19, 2018). "Sheriff: Person of interest part of Strip shooting probe; Paddock had child porn". Las Vegas Sun. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/19/sheriff-to-provide-update-about-strip-mass-shootin/. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ "The United States Withdraws From UNESCO". US Department of State. October 12, 2017. https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ^ "US withdraws from Unesco over 'anti-Israel bias'". Independent.co.uk. October 12, 2017. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/unesco-us-withdraw-israel-bias-trump-palestine-haram-al-sharif-temple-mount-latest-a7996791.html. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ^ "Death toll from Somalia truck bomb in October now at 512: probe committee". Reuters. 30 November 2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "China formally lifts Xi Jinping's status to most powerful leader in decades". October 24, 2017. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/24/china-lifts-xi-jinpings-status-powerful-leader-decades/.
- ^ "Catalonia declares independence from Spain as political crisis deepens". CNN. October 27, 2017. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/27/europe/catalonia-independence-spain/index.html.
- ^ "Catalans declare independence as Madrid imposes direct rule". BBC. October 27, 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41780116.
- ^ Gill, Victoria (November 2, 2017). "New great ape species identified". http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41848816.
- ^ "Big losses for IS in Syria and Iraq". November 3, 2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41856330.
- ^ Forsythe, Michael (April 3, 2016). "Paradise Papers Shine Light on Where the Elite Keep Their Money". https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/paradise-papers.html.
- ^ "Iran-Iraq border quake kills hundreds". November 13, 2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41963373.
- ^ Moyo, Jeffrey; Onishi, Norimitsu (14 November 2017). "Zimbabwe’s Military, in Apparent Takeover, Says It Has Custody of Mugabe". NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa-chiwenga.html. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Zimbabwe's President Mugabe resigns". BBC News. 21 November 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42071488. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "'Leonardo da Vinci artwork' sells for record $450m". BBC News. 16 November 2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42000696. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Ratko Mladic found guilty of genocide over Bosnia war". BBC News. 22 November 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42080090. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Egyptian mosque attack death toll climbs to 305" (in en-US). Fox News. 2017-11-25. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/25/egyptian-mosque-attack-death-toll-climbs.html.
- ^ "Russian doping: IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics" (in en-US). BBC News. 5 December 2017. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/42242007.
- ^ "Jerusalem is Israel's capital - Trump". BBC News. 6 December 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42259443. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Iraq is 'fully liberated' from ISIS, its military says". CNN. 9 December 2017. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/09/middleeast/iraq-isis-military-liberated/index.html. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Subscribe to read". https://www.ft.com/content/c9635a99-8be6-33ed-9711-beb8c5bcc177.
- ^ "Security Council further tightens sanctions against DPR Korea". UN. 22 December 2017. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58345. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "North Korea: Trump praises latest UN sanctions over missiles". BBC News. 23 December 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42464011. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Julian, Hana Levi (December 26, 2017). "Honduras, Panama to Transfer Embassies to Jerusalem, Following US and Guatemala - The Jewish Press - 9 Tevet 5778 – December 26, 2017 - JewishPress.com". http://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/honduras-panama-to-transfer-embassies-to-jerusalem-following-us-and-guatemala/2017/12/26/.
This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at 2017. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License. |