Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
The International Court of Justice, or colloquially the World Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It settles legal disputes submitted to it by states…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapor
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in…
NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gange…
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of
The 2008 Iceland earthquake was a doublet earthquake that struck on 29 May at 15:46 UTC in southwestern Iceland. The recorded magnitudes of the two main quakes were 5.9 Mw and 5.8 …
A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6
Baptiste John "Bap" Manzini was a professional American football center and high school football coach.
Baptiste Manzini, American football player (born 1920)
Nuala Brigid Anne O'Faolain was an Irish journalist and writer. Her debut memoir, Are You Somebody?, published when she was in her mid-fifties, became a sensation in Ireland and a …
Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (born 1942)
Pascal Sevran was a French TV presenter and author.
Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (born 1945)
John Howard Rutsey was a Canadian musician best known as a founding member and original drummer of Rush. He performed on the band's 1974 debut album, but left shortly after its rel…
John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (born 1953)
Leyla Gencer also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano.
Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (born 1928)
Irena Stanisława Sendler, operating under the nom de guerre Jolanta, was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during Worl…
Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (born 1910)
The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster munitions, a type of explosive weapon …
Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted
TACA Flight 390 was a scheduled flight on May 30, 2008, by TACA International from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Miami, Florida, United States, with intermediate stops at Tegucigal…
TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and crashes, killing f
Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operationa…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-124 carrying the second portion of the Japanese Kibō module to the International
On June 1, 2008, a fire broke out on the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood, an American film studio and theme park in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County, Calif…
A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archiv
The Akihabara massacre was an incident of mass murder that took place on 8 June 2008, in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomo…
7 people are killed and 11 more are injured in a massacre in Akihabara
Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 15 January 2006, succeeding Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, until abdicating nine days later on 24 Ja…
Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait (born 1930)
Ron Stone was an American news anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston for 20 years from 1973 to 1992. He was called "the most popular and revered news anchor the city has ever known" by the …
Ron Stone, American journalist and author (born 1936)
Thomas Burns was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He is best known for his long association with Celtic, where he was a player, manager and coach.
Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1956)
Alexander Mair Courage Jr. familiarly known as "Sandy" Courage, was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. He is best known a…
Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (born 1919)
William Elder was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a frantically funny cartoon style that helped l…
Will Elder, American illustrator (born 1921)
The 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008 that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerdès Province, 50 km (31 mi) from Algiers, the capital …
Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people
Sudan Airways Flight 109 was a scheduled international Amman–Damascus–Khartoum passenger flight, operated with an Airbus A310 by the flag carrier of Sudan, Sudan Airways. On 10 Jun…
Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people
The prime minister of Canada is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority of the elected House of…
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses a
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations…
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit