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2017 (MMXVII) was a common
year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. Contents ·
1Events o 1.3March o 1.4April o 1.5May ·
2Predicted and
scheduled events o 3.4Music ·
4Deaths Events[change | change source] January[change | change source] 20 January: Donald Trump is inaugurated as
the 45th President
of the United States ·
1 January: o
The BBC's Royal Charter expires. o
An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey kills 39 people and injures
70. ISIS clams responsibility. ·
6 January – A mass
shooting occurs at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County,
Florida. Five people were killed while 48 were injured. ·
7 January – Mário Soares,
former President and Prime Minister of Portugal who brought democracy to Portugal
after a dictatorship, dies at 92 from a stroke in Lisbon. ·
8 January – Former President of Iran Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani dies of a heart attack in Tehran at age 82. ·
19 January – ECOWAS forces, including troops from
Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria, intervene
in the Gambia's political crisis to force longtime President Yahya Jammeh to step down after losing
the December 2016 elections to Adama Barrow.[1] ·
20 January – Donald Trump is inaugurated as
the 45th President
of the United States at the United
States Capitol Building at noon. February[change | change source] ·
11 February – North Korea prompts international
condemnation by test firing a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.[2] March[change | change source] The aftermath of the 2017 Westminster
attack ·
10 March o
Park Geun-hye is removed as President of
South Korea by the Constitutional Court.[3] o
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.[4] ·
22 March – a suspected
terrorist attack occurs at the Westminster Bridge in
London. Five people are killed including the assailant. ·
29 March – The United Kingdom
invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union,
beginning the formal EU withdrawal process.[5][6] ·
30 March – SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of
an orbital class rocket.[7][8] ·
31 March – The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is
scheduled to begin accepting nuclear
waste.[9] April[change | change source] ·
6 April – 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 US-Russia ties.[10] ·
8 April – 2017–18
North Korea Crisis begin threat United States with a nuclear
weapon. ·
20 April – Three police officers
were shot
and killed at Champs-Élysées, a
shopping boulevard in Paris, France. May[change | change source] Emmanuel Macron is elected President of France on
7 May ·
7 May – In the 2017
French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron is
elected President of France defeating Marine Le Pen. ·
10 May – Moon Jae-in is elected President of
South Korea in the 2017
South Korean presidential election after Park Geun-hye was impeached and removed
from office. ·
12 May – Computers around the world are
hit by a large-scale ransomware cyberattack,[11] which goes on to
affect at least 150 countries.[12] ·
22 – 19 May people confirmed dead
in two
explosions at Manchester Arena at
an Ariana Grande concert. October[change | change source] ·
26 October – The Third Rutte cabinet of
the Netherlands is
sworn in. Predicted and scheduled events[change | change source] ·
June- Confederations
cup 2017 ·
1 July – The first possible government
in Hong Kong elected
by Universal suffrage is
scheduled to take office. ·
7 August – Partial
lunar eclipse ·
21 August – From 16:50 to 20:02 UTC, the first total solar eclipse of the 21st
century for the United States, and the first visible in the continental U.S.
since 26 February 1979, takes place. Totality will
occur along a path curving from Oregon to South Carolina, and will last at most 2
minutes 40.2 seconds. The location and time of "greatest eclipse"
will be on the western edge of Christian
County, Kentucky at 36.9715 degrees North and 87.6559 degrees West
occurring at 18:25.4716 UTC.[13] Unknown dates[change | change
source] ·
Sealed government documents
surrounding John F. Kennedy's
assassination to be released.[14] ·
The government of China has announced it will start
sending probes to the Moon in 2017, resulting in a manned Chinese landing on
the moon in a few years.[15] ·
The IOC Decides the host city for the 2024
Summer Olympic Games ·
In Copenhagen (Denmark), the City
Circle Line extension of the metro will
open.[16] ·
South Korea states that it will attempt
a space mission by this year.[17] ·
Construction of London's Crossrail project is expected to be
completed, with the first passenger trains running this year. ·
In France the case-documents regarding the
execution of assumed World War I double spy Mata Hari will be revealed. ·
In Lisbon, the new Alcochete
Airport starts operations. ·
Phase II of the USMC VXX
Presidential helicopter program,
the AgustaWestland/Bell Helicopter VH-71B
Kestrel, is scheduled to enter Initial operating capability.[18] ·
Gazprom hopes that its market
capitalization will reach one trillion dollars.[19] ·
The European Extremely Large Telescope is
scheduled to be completed. ·
O. J. Simpson may be eligible for
parole from the Nevada correctional system. ·
Davao City, Philippines will start its
construction on Davao-Samal Bridge. In fiction[change | change source] Literature[change | change source] ·
The epilogue of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) takes place in this
year. Computer and video games[change | change
source] ·
Ever17 (2002) ·
Neo
Geo Battle Coliseum (2005) ·
Earth
Defense Force 2017 (2006) o
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All begins
in 2016, but ends in 2017, while Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations begins
in 2017, but ends in 2018. They are set in the future in a way to explain the
drastically different court system used from the US one. Movies[change | change source] ·
Cherry 2000 (1987) ·
The
Running Man: The beginning events occur in 2017. ·
Barb
Wire (1996) ·
Click (2006) ·
Surrogates (2009) Music[change | change source] ·
The Billy Joel song, Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) is
set in this year. ·
The Sheryl Crow song "Gasoline"
from her album Detours tells
of a gas shortage in the year 2017. Television[change | change source] ·
Code-E (2007) ·
Code Geass The events of the first
season take place in 2017. ·
SB-129 The
events of a 1999 Spongebob
SquarePants episode take place on 6 March of this year. Hit Songs[change | change source] ·
Starboy - The Weeknd and Daft Punk ·
Rockabye - Clean Bandit Anne-Marie and Sean Paul ·
Despacito - Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee ·
Me Enamore - Shakira ·
Look What You
Made Me Do - Taylor Swift ·
Chained to the
Rhythm - Katy Perry ·
American
Dreams - Papa Roach ·
RX
(Medicate) - Theory
of a Deadman ·
Body
Like a Back Road - Sam Hunt ·
You Look
Good - Lady Antebellum |
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