41 events found for 2017
O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being…
Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption…
A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the deaths of 3 and injuring nearly 50 more.
Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight.
Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in…
A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space.
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall…
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks…
China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long…
North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the…
Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the…
The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.
Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada.
The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.