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** ISIL affiliated insurgents attacked an Egyptian military checkpoint in Northern Sinai's Rafah which resulted in the deaths of 26 Egyptian personnel including colonel ] and 44 other insurgents. ** ISIL affiliated insurgents attacked an Egyptian military checkpoint in Northern Sinai's Rafah which resulted in the deaths of 26 Egyptian personnel including colonel ] and 44 other insurgents.
* ] – ]: ] is declared fully liberated from the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40558836|title=Battle for Mosul: Iraq PM Abadi formally declares victory|publisher=BBC|date=July 10, 2017|access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref> * ] – ]: ] is declared fully liberated from the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40558836|title=Battle for Mosul: Iraq PM Abadi formally declares victory|publisher=BBC|date=July 10, 2017|access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref>

=== August ===
* ]
** The ] unanimously approves fresh sanctions on North Korean trade and investment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40838582|title=North Korea: UN backs fresh sanctions over missile tests |work=BBC News|date=August 5, 2017|access-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref>
** ] holds a ] for approval of proposed amendments to the constitution.
* ] – The ] is held in ], United States, by a variety of white nationalist and other far-right groups; Heather Heyer, a counter-protester, is killed after being ].
* ] – The first observation of a collision of two neutron stars (])<ref>{{cite journal|title = Merging neutron stars generate gravitational waves and a celestial light show|first = Adrian|last = Cho|journal = ]|year = 2017|doi = 10.1126/science.aar2149}}</ref> is hailed as a breakthrough in ]<ref>{{cite journal|title = Editorial: Focus on the Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Neutron Star Binary Merger GW170817|first = Edo|last = Berger|journal = ]|volume = 848|issue = 2|url = http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205/page/Focus_on_GW170817}}</ref> when both gravitational and electromagnetic waves from the event are detected.<ref>{{cite journal|title = Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger|first1 = B. P.|last1 = Abbott|display-authors = etal|collaboration = ] & ]|journal = ]|volume = 848|issue = 2|doi-access = free|doi = 10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9|page = L12|year = 2017|arxiv = 1710.05833|bibcode = 2017ApJ...848L..12A}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title = Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A|first1 = B. P.|last1 = Abbott|display-authors = etal|collaboration = ] & ]|journal = ]|volume = 848|issue = 2|doi-access = free|doi = 10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c|page = L13|year = 2017|arxiv = 1710.05834|bibcode = 2017ApJ...848L..13A}}</ref> Data from the event provided confirmatory evidence for the ] theory of the origin of heavy elements like gold.<ref>{{cite news|first = Lisa M.|last = Krieger|title = A Bright Light Seen Across The Universe, Proving Einstein Right – Violent collisions source of our gold, silver|newspaper = ]|date = October 16, 2017|access-date = October 29, 2017|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/16/a-bright-light-seen-across-the-universe-proving-einstein-right/}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title = The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars|first1 = N. R.|last1 = Tanvir|display-authors=etal|journal = ]|volume = 848|issue = 2|doi-access = free|doi = 10.3847/2041-8213/aa90b6|page = L27|year = 2017|arxiv = 1710.05455|bibcode = 2017ApJ...848L..27T}}</ref>
** ]: 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others.
* ] – The ] ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two people and injures eight others. Islamic terrorist Abderrahman Bouanane, a Moroccan man carried out the ISIS-inspired attack in southwest Finland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/15/world/europe/ap-eu-finland-stabbings.html|title=Asylum-Seeker Gets Life After Finland's First Terror Trial|date=2018-06-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-stabbings/knife-attacker-sentenced-to-life-by-a-finnish-court-idUSKBN1JB15F|title=Knife attacker sentenced to life by a Finnish court|last=Rosendahl|first=Jussi|date=2018-06-15|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref>
* ] – A ] (nicknamed "]")<ref>{{cite magazine|first = Edward|last = Steed|date = September 4, 2017|title = The Great American Eclipse of 2017|magazine = ]|access-date = October 29, 2017|url = https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/11/the-great-american-eclipse-of-2017}}</ref> is visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States of America, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts. The moon was just 3 days past ], making it relatively large.<ref>{{cite magazine|first = Melissa|last = Chan|date = July 25, 2017|title = The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse: Everything You Need to Know|magazine = ]|access-date = October 29, 2017|url = http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = What the 2017 Solar Eclipse Taught Us About Boosting Public Interest in Science|first = Nola Taylor|last = Redd|website = ]|publisher = ]|date = September 29, 2017|access-date = October 29, 2017|url = https://www.space.com/38318-solar-eclipse-2017-house-science-hearing.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/great-american-eclipse/full-episodes/great-american-eclipse|date=August 22, 2017|access-date=October 29, 2017|title=The Great American Eclipse|publisher=]|last=Massimino|first=Mike (narrator)|author-link=Mike Massimino}}</ref>
* ]–ongoing – A ] targeting ] in ] "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", according to the ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rohingya crisis: UN sees 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41224108|access-date=September 11, 2017|work=BBC News|date=September 11, 2017}}</ref>
* ]–] – ] strikes the United States as a ], causing catastrophic damage to the ], mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 108 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $125&nbsp;billion (2017 ]), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history, tied with ] in 2005.<ref name="TCR">{{cite report|author1=Eric S. Blake|author2=David A. Zelinsky|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=January 23, 2018|access-date=January 29, 2018|title=Hurricane Harvey (AL092017)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092017_Harvey.pdf}}</ref><ref name=NOAACostliest>{{cite report|archive-date=January 27, 2018|url-status=live|date=January 12, 2018|title=Costliest U.S. tropical cyclones tables update|access-date=January 12, 2018|publisher=United States National Hurricane Center|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/UpdatedCostliest.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127083930/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/UpdatedCostliest.pdf}}</ref>

=== September ===
* ] – ] ] expels 755 ]s in response to ] ].<ref>{{cite web | title=Putin expels 755 diplomats in response to US sanctions | website=Fox News | date=July 30, 2017 | url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07/30/putin-expels-755-diplomats-in-response-to-us-sanctions.html | access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html|title=North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of 'Massive Military Response'|first1=David E.|last1=Sanger|first2=Choe|last2=Sang-Hun|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 2, 2017|access-date=October 20, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – The ] awards ] and ] the right to host the ] and ], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wharton|first1=David|title=Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 31, 2017|access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – '']'' ends its 13-year mission by plunging into ], becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.<ref name="Cassini">{{cite web | url=http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/interactive/missiontimeline/ | title=Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Mission Timeline | publisher=NASA | work=Jet Propulsion Laboratory | access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
* ] – Eleven days after another powerful ], and on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly ], a 7.1 {{M|w}} ] strikes central Mexico, killing 369, leaving up to 6,000 injured<ref name="CBSMexicoCity">{{cite news|title=Death toll in Mexico earthquake rises to 369 as last body pulled from rubble|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-earthquake-death-toll-rises-last-body-pulled-from-rubble/|access-date=October 18, 2017|work=CBS News|date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> and thousands more homeless.<ref name="McDonnell">{{cite news|last1=McDonnell|first1=Patrick J.|title='I am full of anguish right now.' Thousands in Mexico remain without homes weeks after quake|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-quake-2017-story.html|access-date=October 18, 2017|work=L.A. Times|date=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
* ]–] – Just two weeks after ] struck the Caribbean, ] strikes similar areas, making landfall on ] as a Category&nbsp;5 hurricane, and ] as a Category&nbsp;4 hurricane. Maria caused over 3,000 deaths and damages estimated in excess of $91.6&nbsp;billion (2017 USD).<ref name=NOAACostliest /><ref name="auto">{{cite news|last1=Otero|first1=Carlos Antonio|title=Impacto multibillonario de María|url=http://www.elvocero.com/economia/impacto-multibillonario-de-mar-a/article_5f364bf0-a176-11e7-892a-ff1a85c871da.html|access-date=September 25, 2017|publisher=]|date=September 25, 2017|language=es}}</ref>
* ] – ] ] in a referendum to become an independent state, in defiance of ];<ref>{{cite web|title=Kurdistan referendum results: 93% of Iraqi Kurds vote for independence, say reports|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kurdistan-referendum-results-vote-yes-iraqi-kurds-independence-iran-syria-a7970241.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kurdistan-referendum-results-vote-yes-iraqi-kurds-independence-iran-syria-a7970241.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|publisher=Independent.co.uk|date= September 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> by October 15, the crisis escalates into a ] over disputed territories.

=== October ===
* ] – 60 people are killed and 867 more injured when ] ] in ], surpassing the 2016 ] as the deadliest ] perpetrated by a lone gunman in U.S. history.<ref name="LVS">{{cite news |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/19/sheriff-to-provide-update-about-strip-mass-shootin/ |title=Sheriff: Person of interest part of Strip shooting probe; Paddock had child porn |date=January 19, 2018 |work=] |access-date=January 19, 2018 |first1=Ricardo |last1=Torres-Cortez}}</ref><ref name="59th Victim">{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/california-woman-declared-59th-victim-of-2017-massacre-in-las-vegas-2102779/|title=California woman declared 59th victim of 2017 massacre in Las Vegas|publisher=The Las Vegas Review-Journal|last=Lacanlale|first=Rio|date=August 24, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref>
* ] – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from ],<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm|title=The United States Withdraws From UNESCO|publisher=US Department of State| date=October 12, 2017
| access-date =October 13, 2017}}</ref> and is immediately followed by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=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 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/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 |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=US withdraws from Unesco over 'anti-Israel bias' |publisher= Independent.co.uk| date=October 12, 2017
| access-date =October 13, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ] – A ] in ], ] kills at least 587 people and injures 316 others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC|title=Death toll from Somalia truck bomb in October now at 512: probe committee|work=Reuters|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>
* ] – ]: ] is declared fully liberated from the ].
* ] – At the ], ] assumes his second term as ] (]'s ]), and the political theory ] is written into the ].<ref>{{cite news | title=China formally lifts Xi Jinping's status to most powerful leader in decades | website=The Telegraph | date=October 24, 2017 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/24/china-lifts-xi-jinpings-status-powerful-leader-decades/ | access-date=December 30, 2017| last1=Connor | first1=Neil }}</ref>
* ] – At the level crossing of the ] line, a passenger train collided with an off-road truck of the ] in ], ]; four people died and 11 were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/conscript_acquitted_over_raseborg_level_crossing_crash/11691544 |title=Yle News: Conscript acquitted over Raseborg level crossing crash |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019022945/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/conscript_acquitted_over_raseborg_level_crossing_crash/11691544 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031034630/https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2017/10/finland-train-crash-in-raseborg-october-26 |date=October 31, 2022 }} – GardaWorld</ref>
* ] – Based on the results of a previously held ], ] from ],<ref>{{cite news |date=October 27, 2017 |title=Catalonia declares independence from Spain as political crisis deepens |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/27/europe/catalonia-independence-spain/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref> but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 27, 2017 |title=Catalans declare independence as Madrid imposes direct rule |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41780116 |work=BBC |access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>

=== November ===
* ] – A ] is identified in ], becoming the third known species of ] as well as the first ] to be described for almost a century.<ref>{{cite web | last=Gill | first=Victoria | title=New great ape species identified | website=BBC News | date=November 2, 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41848816 | access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – ]: both ] in ] and ] in ] are declared liberated from ] on the same day.<ref>{{cite web | title=Big losses for IS in Syria and Iraq | website=BBC News | date=November 3, 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41856330 | access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>
* ]
** The German newspaper '']'' publishes ] leaked from the ] law firm ], 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 ] and asked it to lead the investigation.<ref>{{cite web | last=Forsythe | first=Michael | title=Paradise Papers Shine Light on Where the Elite Keep Their Money | website=The New York Times | date=April 3, 2016 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/paradise-papers.html | access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>
** ]: A gunman opens fire in a Baptist church in ], United States, killing 26 people and injures 20 more. It was the deadliest shooting in an American ] in modern history, surpassing the ] of 2015<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadliest-church-shooting-in-american-history-strikes-sutherland-springs-texas |title = Deadliest Church Shooting in American History Kills at Least 26 |last = Weill |first = Kelly |date = November 5, 2017 |work = The Daily Beast |access-date = July 17, 2019 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171106062833/https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadliest-church-shooting-in-american-history-strikes-sutherland-springs-texas |archive-date = November 6, 2017 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> and the ] of 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ky3.com/content/news/FAST-FACTS-Deadliest-mass-shootings-in-modern-US-history--455579613.html|title=Fast facts: Deadliest mass shootings in modern US history|date=November 6, 2017|publisher=]|location=Springfield, MO|url-status=live|access-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107164847/http://www.ky3.com/content/news/FAST-FACTS-Deadliest-mass-shootings-in-modern-US-history--455579613.html|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – A magnitude 7.3 ] strikes the border region between ] and ] leaving at least 530 dead and over 70,000 homeless.<ref>{{cite web | title=Iran-Iraq border quake kills hundreds | website=BBC News | date=November 13, 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41963373 | access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>
* ]
** ]an ] ] is ], as the military take control of the country.<ref name="Mugabe">{{cite news|last1=Moyo|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Onishi|first2=Norimitsu|title=Zimbabwe's Military, in Apparent Takeover, Says It Has Custody of Mugabe|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa-chiwenga.html|access-date=November 16, 2017|work=NY Times|date=November 14, 2017}}</ref> He resigns six days later, after 37 years of rule.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe's President Mugabe resigns|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42071488|access-date=November 21, 2017|work=BBC News|date=November 21, 2017}}</ref>
** A ] painting, '']'', sells for US$450&nbsp;million at ] in New York, a new record price for any work of art.<ref name="DaVinci">{{cite news|title='Leonardo da Vinci artwork' sells for record $450m|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42000696|access-date=November 16, 2017|work=BBC News|date=November 16, 2017}}</ref>
** The Argentinian submarine ] suddenly vanished with 44 crew members on board whilst on a routine patrol in the South Atlantic. It would be found one year later wrecked {{convert|907|m|feet}} below the ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46248970|title=Argentina 'lacks means' to raise lost sub|date=2018-11-17|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ] – '']'' publishes an article recognising the high-velocity asteroid ] as originating from outside the ], i.e. the first known ].
* ] – The ] finds ] guilty of ] committed in ] during the 1990s ], the worst massacre in Europe since ]. He is sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratko Mladic found guilty of genocide over Bosnia war|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42080090|access-date=November 22, 2017|work=BBC News|date=November 22, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – A ] in Sinai, Egypt kills 305 worshippers and leaves hundreds more wounded.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/25/egyptian-mosque-attack-death-toll-climbs.html|title=Egyptian mosque attack death toll climbs to 305|date=2017-11-25|work=Fox News|access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref>
*] – Start of the ].<ref name="ABC-EFE">{{cite news|date=2 December 2017|title=Honduras: posible fraude, muertos y mucha tensión|language=Spanish|trans-title=Honduras: possible fraud, deaths and great tension|publisher=ABC Color|agency=EFE|location=Tegucigalpa|url=http://www.abc.com.py/internacionales/honduras-posible-fraude-muertos-y-mucha-tension-1654877.html|accessdate=2 December 2017}}</ref>

=== December ===
* ] – Russia is banned from the ] in Pyeongchang by the ], following an investigation into state-sponsored ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/42242007|title=Russian doping: IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics|date=December 5, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – The United States officially recognizes ] as ]'s capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42259443|title=Jerusalem is Israel's capital - Trump |date=December 6, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – The ] announces that it has "fully liberated" all of Iraq's territory from "] terrorist gangs" and retaken full control of the Iraqi-Syrian border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/09/middleeast/iraq-isis-military-liberated/index.html|title=Iraq is 'fully liberated' from ISIS, its military says |date=December 9, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – ] announces that it will acquire most of ], including the ] film studio, for $66&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c9635a99-8be6-33ed-9711-beb8c5bcc177 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/c9635a99-8be6-33ed-9711-beb8c5bcc177 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Disney to buy 21st Century Fox assets in $66bn deal|website=Financial Times|date=December 14, 2017|last1=Garrahan|first1=Matthew}}</ref>
* ] – The ] votes 15–0 in favor of additional ], including measures to slash the country's petroleum imports by up to 90%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58345|title=Security Council further tightens sanctions against DPR Korea |date=December 22, 2017|work=UN|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42464011|title=North Korea: Trump praises latest UN sanctions over missiles |date=December 23, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>
* ] – ] follows in the footsteps of the ] by announcing that they will also move their Israeli embassy to ], followed by ] and ] two days later.<ref>{{cite web | last=Julian | first=Hana Levi | title=Honduras, Panama to Transfer Embassies to Jerusalem, Following US and Guatemala - The Jewish Press - 9 Tevet 5778 – December 26, 2017 - JewishPress.com | website=JewishPress.com | date=December 26, 2017 | url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/honduras-panama-to-transfer-embassies-to-jerusalem-following-us-and-guatemala/2017/12/26/ | access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>


== Births and deaths == == Births and deaths ==

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This article is about the year 2017. For the number, see 2017 (number). For other uses, see 2017 (disambiguation).

2017
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Clockwise from top-left: the war against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul; aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; the Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a series of missiles in the face of international condemnation; the 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Central Mexico; Spain rejects the result of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum; 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in American history; the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ends its mission

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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 and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

Calendar year

2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.

Events

January

February

"February 2017" redirects here. For the Charli XCX song, see Charli (album).

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Births and deaths

Main pages: Category:2017 births and Deaths in 2017

Nobel Prizes

Nobel medal
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See also

References

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