What happened in 2017
400 entries recorded for 2017, listed by date. That was 9 years ago.
2017 at a glance
- Years ago
- 9 (as of 2026)
- Century
- 21st century
- Decade
- 2010s
- Generation born
- Generation Alpha
- Entries here
- 400
- Breakdown
- 103 historical events · 297 deaths
January
- January 1
Istanbul nightclub shooting
An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.
- January 2
John Berger
John Berger, English art critic, novelist and painter (born 1926)
- January 2
Jean Vuarnet
Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (born 1933)
- January 3
H. S. Mahadeva Prasad
H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, Indian politician (born 1958)
- January 4
Milt Schmidt
Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (born 1918)
- January 4
Georges Prêtre
Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (born 1924)
- January 5
Jill Saward
Jill Saward, English rape victim and activist (born 1965)
- January 6
Fort Lauderdale airport shooting
Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
- January 6
Om Puri
Om Puri, Indian actor (born 1950)
- January 6
Octavio Lepage
Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (born 1923)
- January 7
Mário Soares
Mário Soares, Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (born 1924)
- January 8
Nicolai Gedda
Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925)
- January 8
James Mancham
James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939)
- January 8
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (born 1934)
- January 8
Peter Sarstedt
Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
- January 9
Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre
Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre, the province of Quebec's first alternative schooling democratic learning centre to support homeschooled youth, opens in the city of Montreal.
- January 9
Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (born 1925)
- January 10
Clare Hollingworth
Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (born 1911)
- January 10
Buddy Greco
Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (born 1926)
- January 11
Adenan Satem
Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (born 1944)
- January 12
Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor, English football player and manager (born 1944)
- January 12
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty, American writer and filmmaker (born 1928)
- January 13
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930)
- January 13
Magic Alex
Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (born 1942)
- January 13
Dick Gautier
Dick Gautier, American actor (born 1931)
- January 14
Zhou Youguang
Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (born 1906)
- January 15
Jimmy Snuka
Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (born 1943)
- January 16
Turkish Airlines Flight 6491
Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashed in Manas International Airport (aftermath pictured) after the flight overflew the entire runway, which resulted in 39 deaths.
- January 16
Gene Cernan
Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)
- January 17
Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is announced to be suspended.
- January 17
Colo (gorilla)
Colo, American western lowland gorilla, first gorilla born in captivity and oldest recorded (born 1956)
- January 17
Tirrel Burton
Tirrel Burton, American football player and coach (born 1929)
- January 18
Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (born 1919)
- January 18
Roberta Peters
Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (born 1930)
- January 18
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)
- January 19
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer, American actor (born 1955)
- January 21
2017 Women's March
Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.
- January 22
Masaya Nakamura (businessman)
Masaya Nakamura, Japanese businessman (born 1925)
- January 22
Yordano Ventura
Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (born 1991)
- January 24
Helena Kmieć
Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991)
- January 24
Butch Trucks
Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947)
- January 25
Harry Mathews
Harry Mathews, American novelist and poet (born 1930)
- January 25
Marcel Prud'homme
Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (born 1934)
- January 25
Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (born 1936)
- January 25
John Hurt
John Hurt, English actor (born 1940)
- January 25
Stephen P. Cohen (Middle East scholar)
Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (born 1945)
- January 25
Robert Garcia (New York politician)
Robert Garcia, American politician (born 1933)
- January 26
Lindy Delapenha
Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927)
- January 26
Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale, American actress (born 1922)
- January 26
Barbara Howard (athlete)
Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (born 1920)
- January 26
Tam Dalyell
Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (born 1932)
- January 26
Mike Connors
Mike Connors, American actor (born 1925)
- January 27
Tennessine
A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.
- January 27
Emmanuelle Riva
Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (born 1927)
- January 27
Arthur H. Rosenfeld
Arthur H. Rosenfeld, American physicist (born 1926)
- January 28
Geoff Nicholls
Geoff Nicholls, British musician (born 1948)
- January 28
Alexander Chancellor
Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (born 1940)
- January 29
Quebec City mosque shooting
A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.
- January 31
Rob Stewart (filmmaker)
Rob Stewart, Canadian filmmaker (born 1979)
February
- February 1
Desmond Carrington
Desmond Carrington, British actor and broadcaster (born 1926)
- February 3
Dritëro Agolli
Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (born 1931)
- February 4
Steve Lang
Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (born 1949)
- February 4
Bano Qudsia
Bano Qudsia, Pakistani writer (born 1928)
- February 6
Joost van der Westhuizen
Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby union footballer (born 1971)
- February 6
Alec McCowen
Alec McCowen, English actor (born 1925)
- February 6
Inge Keller
Inge Keller, German actress (born 1923)
- February 6
Irwin Corey
Irwin Corey, American comedian and actor (born 1914)
- February 7
Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (born 1948)
- February 7
Richard Hatch (actor)
Richard Hatch, American actor (born 1945)
- February 7
Tzvetan Todorov
Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (born 1939)
- February 8
Peter Mansfield
Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (born 1933)
- February 8
Rina Matsuno
Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (born 1998)
- February 8
Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)
Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (born 1929)
- February 9
André Salvat
André Salvat, French Army colonel (born 1920)
- February 10
Mike Ilitch
Mike Ilitch, American businessman (born 1929)
- February 11
North Korea
North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
- February 11
Trish Doan
Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)
- February 11
Jaap Rijks
Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)
- February 11
Fab Melo
Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)
- February 12
Anna Marguerite McCann
Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (born 1933)
- February 12
Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940)
- February 13
Kim Jong-nam
Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was assassinated using VX nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- February 13
Kim Jong-nam
Kim Jong-nam, North Korean politician (born 1971)
- February 13
Aileen Hernandez
Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and activist (born 1926)
- February 13
Ricardo Arias Calderón
Ricardo Arias Calderón, Panamanian politician (born 1933)
- February 13
E-Dubble
E-Dubble, American rapper (born 1982)
- February 13
Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker (born 1923)
- February 15
Stuart McLean
Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (born 1948)
- February 17
Robert H. Michel
Robert H. Michel, American politician (born 1923)
- February 17
Michael Novak
Michael Novak, American Roman Catholic theologian (born 1933)
- February 19
Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (born 1943)
- February 20
Mildred Dresselhaus
Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (born 1930)
- February 20
Steve Hewlett (journalist)
Steve Hewlett, British journalist (born 1958)
- February 20
Vitaly Churkin
Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (born 1952)
- February 21
Jeanne Martin Cissé
Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (born 1926)
- February 23
Free Syrian Army
The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
- February 23
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.
- February 25
Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton, American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)
- February 26
Joseph Wapner
Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (born 1919)
March
- March 2
Chemical element
A naming ceremony for the chemical elements moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson took place at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
- March 2
Moscovium
The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.
- March 3
René Préval
René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943)
- March 4
The Buddha
Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.
- March 4
Clayton Yeutter
Clayton Yeutter, American politician (born 1930)
- March 5
Kurt Moll
Kurt Moll, German opera singer (born 1938)
- March 6
Robert Osborne
Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (born 1932)
- March 7
Lynne Stewart
Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939)
- March 8
Azure Window
The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor
- March 9
Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin, British painter (born 1932)
- March 10
Impeachment of Park Geun-hye
The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
- March 13
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (born 1965)
- March 14
Nihonium
A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.
- March 16
Lewis Rowland
Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (born 1925)
- March 18
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926)
- March 20
David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (born 1915)
- March 21
Mike Hall (cyclist)
Mike Hall, British cyclist (born 1981)
- March 21
Colin Dexter
Colin Dexter, English author (born 1930)
- March 21
Chuck Barris
Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (born 1929)
- March 21
Martin McGuinness
Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1950)
- March 22
2017 Westminster attack
A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
- March 22
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.
- March 23
Miroslava Breach
Miroslava Breach, Mexican investigative journalist (born 1962)
- March 25
Cuthbert Sebastian
Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (born 1921)
- March 26
2017–2018 Russian protests
Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
- March 29
Theresa May
British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
- March 29
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
- March 29
Alexei Abrikosov (physicist)
Alexei Abrikosov, Russian physicist, 2003 Nobel laureate in Physics (born 1928)
- March 30
SpaceX
SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
- March 31
James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist, American artist (born 1933)
- March 31
Gilbert Baker (artist)
Gilbert Baker, American artist and LGBT rights activist (born 1951)
April
- April 1
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet and Russian poet and writer (born 1932)
- April 1
Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933)
- April 2
Alma Delia Fuentes
Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress (born 1937)
- April 3
2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
- April 3
Kishori Amonkar
Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (born 1931)
- April 4
Khan Shaykhun chemical attack
Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.
- April 5
Makoto Ōoka
Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (born 1931)
- April 5
Ilkka Sinisalo
Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (born 1958)
- April 5
Memè Perlini
Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (born 1947)
- April 5
Arthur Bisguier
Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (born 1929)
- April 5
Paul G. Comba
Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (born 1926)
- April 5
Paul O'Neill (producer)
Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (born 1956)
- April 5
Tim Parnell
Tim Parnell, British race car driver (born 1932)
- April 5
Attilio Benfatto
Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (born 1943)
- April 5
Atanase Sciotnic
Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (born 1942)
- April 6
2017 Shayrat missile strike
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.
- April 6
Don Rickles
Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (born 1926)
- April 7
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.
- April 7
2017 Stockholm truck attack
A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.
- April 7
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1941)
- April 9
Palm Sunday church bombings
The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
- April 9
John Clarke (satirist)
John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (born 1948)
- April 11
Borussia Dortmund
The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, killing a police officer and injuring one of the team's players.
- April 11
J. Geils
J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (born 1946)
- April 11
Mark Wainberg
Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (born 1945)
- April 12
Charlie Murphy (actor)
Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (born 1959)
- April 13
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.
- April 13
Dan M. Rooney
Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (born 1932)
- April 15
Clifton James
Clifton James, American actor (born 1920)
- April 15
Emma Morano
Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899)
- April 19
Lu Chao-Hsuan
Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (born 1929)
- April 21
Ugo Ehiogu
Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (born 1972)
- April 22
Donna Williams
Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (born 1963)
- April 24
Robert M. Pirsig
Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (born 1928)
- April 26
Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong
The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier.
- April 26
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)
- April 27
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1938)
- April 27
Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946)
- April 28
Mariano Gagnon
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)
- April 29
R. Vidyasagar Rao
R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (born 1939)
- April 30
Belchior (singer)
Belchior, Brazilian singer and composer (born 1946)
May
- May 3
Daliah Lavi
Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (born 1942)
- May 5
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (born 1953)
- May 5
Binyamin Elon
Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (born 1954)
- May 9
Robert Miles
Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (born 1969)
- May 10
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces, assisted by the U.S. military, captured the Tabqa Dam and surrounding countryside, completing the Battle of Tabqa.
- May 12
WannaCry ransomware attack
The WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 400,000 computers worldwide, including systems used by the National Health Service and Telefónica.
- May 12
Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (born 1923)
- May 13
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal won the contest for the first time, with the song "Amar pelos dois," performed by Salvador Sobral (pictured).
- May 14
Powers Boothe
Powers Boothe, American actor (born 1948)
- May 15
Herbert R. Axelrod
Herbert R. Axelrod American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (born 1927)
- May 17
Todor Veselinović
Todor Veselinović, Serbian football player and manager (born 1930)
- May 18
Jacque Fresco
Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (born 1916)
- May 18
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell, American singer (born 1964)
- May 18
Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes, American businessman (born 1940)
- May 19
Stanislav Petrov
Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (born 1939)
- May 19
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944)
- May 21
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus perform their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
- May 22
Ariana Grande
Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
- May 22
Donald Trump
United States President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall.
- May 22
Nicky Hayden
Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (born 1981)
- May 23
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao following the Maute Group attack on Marawi.
- May 23
Roger Moore
Roger Moore, English actor (born 1927)
- May 26
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (born 1928)
- May 27
Andrew Scheer
Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- May 27
Gregg Allman
Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)
- May 28
Formula One
Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event.
- May 29
Mordechai Tzipori
Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (born 1924)
- May 29
Manuel Noriega
Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (born 1934)
- May 29
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (born 1918)
- May 31
May 2017 Kabul bombing
A car bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing more than 90 people and injuring 463 others.
June
- June 4
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)
- June 5
Montenegro
Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO.
- June 5
Bahrain
Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
- June 5
Cheick Tioté
Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (born 1986)
- June 5
Andy Cunningham (actor)
Andy Cunningham, English actor (born 1950)
- June 6
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of the Raqqa campaign, capturing the de facto capital of the Islamic State four months later.
- June 7
Myanmar Air Force
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board.
- June 9
Adam West
Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928)
- June 10
Julia Perez
Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980)
- June 14
Steve Scalise
Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
- June 14
Grenfell Tower fire
A fire severely damaged Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, killing 72 people.
- June 16
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1930)
- June 17
June 2017 Portugal wildfires
Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.
- June 17
Baldwin Lonsdale
Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)
- June 19
Otto Warmbier
Otto Warmbier, American college student detained in North Korea (born 1994)
- June 20
Prodigy (rapper)
Prodigy, American music artist (born 1974)
- June 22
Mao Kobayashi (actress)
Mao Kobayashi, Japanese newscaster and actress (born 1982)
- June 22
Quett Masire
Quett Masire, Botswanan politician (born 1926)
- June 23
June 2017 Pakistan attacks
A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others.
- June 27
2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks
Websites of Ukrainian organizations were swamped by a massive cyberattack, blamed on Russian military hackers, using the malware Petya.
- June 27
Peter L. Berger
Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (born 1929)
- June 29
Dave Semenko
Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)
- June 29
Louis Nicollin
Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (born 1943)
- June 30
Barry Norman
Barry Norman, English television presenter (born 1933)
- June 30
Simone Veil
Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (born 1927)
July
- July 2
Smith Hart
Smith Hart, American-born Canadian professional wrestler (born 1948)
- July 2
Vladislav Rastorotsky
Vladislav Rastorotsky, a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, (born 1933)
- July 3
Boundary Fire (2017)
In the U.S. state of Arizona, the Boundary Fire (pictured) burned out after 32 days, burning 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests.
- July 4
John Blackwell (musician)
John Blackwell, American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (born 1973)
- July 4
Gene Conley
Gene Conley, American MLB player and NBA player (born 1930)
- July 4
Daniil Granin
Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (born 1919)
- July 7
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour.
- July 10
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.
- July 11
Jim Wong-Chu
Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (born 1949)
- July 13
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955)
- July 14
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (born 1977)
- July 15
Martin Landau
Martin Landau, American film and television actor (born 1928)
- July 16
George A. Romero
George A. Romero, American filmmaker (born 1940)
- July 20
O. J. Simpson
O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.
- July 20
Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington, American singer (born 1976)
- July 21
John Heard (actor)
John Heard, American film and television actor (born 1946)
- July 23
John Kundla
John Kundla, American basketball coach (born 1916)
- July 24
Harshida Raval
Harshida Raval, Indian Gujarati playback singer
- July 25
Michael Johnson (singer)
Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
- July 26
Ronald Phillips (murderer)
Ronald Phillips, American criminal (born 1973)
- July 26
Patti Deutsch
Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (born 1943)
- July 26
June Foray
June Foray, American voice actress (born 1917)
- July 27
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (born 1943)
- July 28
Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
- July 31
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau, French actress (born 1928)
August
- August 1
August 2017 Herat mosque attack
A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
- August 2
Judith Jones
Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (born 1924)
- August 6
Betty Cuthbert
Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (born 1938)
- August 6
Darren Daulton
Darren Daulton, American baseball player (born 1962)
- August 7
Don Baylor
Don Baylor, American baseball player (born 1949)
- August 7
David Maslanka
David Maslanka, American composer (born 1943)
- August 8
Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)
- August 10
Ruth Pfau
Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (born 1929)
- August 11
Alexandria train collision
At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
- August 11
Segun Bucknor
Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (born 1946)
- August 11
Yisrael Kristal
Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (born 1903)
- August 12
Unite the Right rally
The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to three deaths and injuring nearly 50 more.
- August 12
Bryan Murray (ice hockey)
Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (born 1942)
- August 15
Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (born 1925)
- August 17
2017 Barcelona attacks
Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
- August 18
Asylum seeker
Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.
- August 18
2017 Turku attack
The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight.
- August 18
Zoe Laskari
Zoe Laskari, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (born 1944)
- August 18
Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth, English television presenter and entertainer (born 1928)
- August 19
Fish farming
Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.
- August 19
Atlantic salmon
Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
- August 19
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (born 1932)
- August 19
Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss, British novelist (born 1925)
- August 20
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (born 1926)
- August 21
Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
- August 21
Bajram Rexhepi
Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)
- August 22
Michael J. C. Gordon
Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (born 1948)
- August 24
List of government space agencies
The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space.
- August 24
Jay Thomas
Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (born 1948)
- August 25
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.
- August 25
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.
- August 25
Rich Piana
Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (born 1971)
- August 26
Tobe Hooper
Tobe Hooper, American film director (born 1943)
- August 28
2017 China–India border standoff
China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long stalemate over China's construction of a road in disputed territory.
- August 28
Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc, French actress and model (born 1938)
- August 30
Louise Hay
Louise Hay, American motivational author (born 1926)
- August 30
Skip Prokop
Skip Prokop, Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist (born 1943)
September
- September 3
North Korea
North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
- September 3
2017 North Korean nuclear test
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.
- September 3
John Ashbery
John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)
- September 3
Walter Becker
Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)
- September 5
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)
- September 6
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
- September 6
Kate Millett
Kate Millett, American feminist author and activist (born 1934)
- September 6
Peter Luck
Peter Luck, Australian journalist and television host (born 1944)
- September 7
2017 Chiapas earthquake
The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
- September 8
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.
- September 8
Pierre Bergé
Pierre Bergé, French businessman (born 1930)
- September 8
Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (born 1933)
- September 8
Ljubiša Samardžić
Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (born 1936)
- September 8
Don Williams
Don Williams, American musician (born 1939)
- September 10
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida, as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean.
- September 12
Edith Windsor
Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (born 1929)
- September 12
Allan MacEachen
Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (born 1921)
- September 13
Pete Domenici
Pete Domenici, American politician, senator of New Mexico (born 1932)
- September 15
Parsons Green train bombing
A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.
- September 15
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (born 1926)
- September 16
Arjan Singh
Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)
- September 16
Marcelo Rezende
Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)
- September 17
Bobby Heenan
Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager (born 1944)
- September 18
Toys "R" Us
Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada.
- September 18
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937)
- September 19
2017 Puebla earthquake
The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
- September 19
Leonid Kharitonov (singer)
Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (born 1933)
- September 20
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
- September 25
Jan Tříska
Jan Tříska, Czech actor (born 1936)
- September 27
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (born 1926)
- September 28
Daniel Pe'er
Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (born 1943)
- September 29
Tom Alter
Tom Alter, Indian actor (born 1950)
- September 30
Vladimir Voevodsky
Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (born 1966)
- September 30
Monty Hall
Monty Hall, American game show host (born 1921)
October
- October 1
2017 Las Vegas shooting
Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
- October 1
Stephen Paddock
A lone gunman fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his hotel suite on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, resulting in 60 deaths and 867 injuries.
- October 1
2017 Catalan independence referendum
An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
- October 1
Stephen Paddock
Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer (born 1953)
- October 1
Dave Strader
Dave Strader, American sportscaster (born 1955)
- October 2
Tom Petty
Tom Petty, American musician (born 1950)
- October 4
United States Army Special Forces
Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.
- October 5
Eberhard van der Laan
Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (born 1955)
- October 6
David Marks (architect)
David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (born 1952)
- October 6
Ralphie May
Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972)
- October 9
Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort, French actor (born 1930)
- October 11
Clifford Husbands
Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)
- October 12
UNESCO
The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.
- October 12
Margarita D'Amico
Margarita D'Amico, Venezuelan journalist (born 1938)
- October 13
Albert Zafy
Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (born 1927)
- October 14
Al-Shabaab (militant group)
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated a massive truck bomb at the Zobe junction in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing 587 people, injuring 316 others, and leaving more than 500 missing.
- October 15
Deng Ken
Deng Ken, Chinese politician, younger brother of former Paramount leader of China Deng Xiaoping (born 1911)
- October 15
Chinggoy Alonzo
Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (born 1950)
- October 16
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija.
- October 16
Hurricane Ophelia (2017)
Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss.
- October 16
John Dunsworth
John Dunsworth, Canadian actor (born 1946)
- October 16
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (born 1964)
- October 16
Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice, British actor (born 1923)
- October 16
Sean Hughes (comedian)
Sean Hughes, British-born Irish stand-up comedian (born 1965)
- October 17
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.
- October 17
Gord Downie
Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964)
- October 18
Marino Perani
Marino Perani, Italian football player and manager (born 1939)
- October 19
Robert Weryk
Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
- October 19
Umberto Lenzi
Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (born 1931)
- October 20
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
- October 22
Paul J. Weitz
Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)
- October 22
George Young (rock musician)
George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)
- October 23
War against the Islamic State
War against the Islamic State: Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana declares the end of the Siege of Marawi.
- October 23
Walter Lassally
Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (born 1926)
- October 24
Girija Devi
Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)
- October 24
Robert Guillaume
Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)
- October 24
Fats Domino
Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)
- October 26
Ali Ashraf Darvishian
Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (born 1941)
- October 27
Catalonia
Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
- October 30
Kim Joo-hyuk
Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (born 1972)
- October 31
2017 New York City truck attack
An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.
November
- November 2
Aboubacar Somparé
Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (born 1944)
- November 4
Ned Romero
Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)
- November 4
Isabel Granada
Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)
- November 5
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
- November 6
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)
- November 7
Shamshad TV
Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.
- November 7
Roy Halladay
Roy Halladay, American baseball player (born 1977)
- November 7
James R. Thompson Jr.
James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (born 1936)
- November 7
Carl Sargeant
Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (born 1968)
- November 8
Louvre Abu Dhabi
The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- November 9
Shyla Stylez
Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (born 1982)
- November 9
Chuck Mosley
Chuck Mosley, American singer songwriter (born 1959)
- November 11
Chiquito de la Calzada
Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish singer, actor and comedian (born 1932)
- November 12
2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake
The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.
- November 13
Bobby Doerr
Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)
- November 14
Rancho Tehama shootings
A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.
- November 15
2017 West Attica floods
A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people.
- November 15
Lil Peep
Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996)
- November 16
Hiromi Tsuru
Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (born 1960)
- November 16
Ann Wedgeworth
Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (born 1934)
- November 18
Cyclone Numa
Cyclone Numa, a rare "medicane", made landfall in Greece to become the worst weather event that the country had experienced since 1977.
- November 18
Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (born 1953)
- November 19
Charles Manson
Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (born 1934)
- November 19
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (born 1968)
- November 19
Warren "Pete" Moore
Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1938)
- November 19
Della Reese
Della Reese, American singer and actress (born 1931)
- November 19
Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (born 1932)
- November 20
Peter Berling
Peter Berling, German actor, film producer and writer (born 1934)
- November 21
Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
- November 21
David Cassidy
David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)
- November 22
Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene, American singer-songwriter (born 1958)
- November 22
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (born 1962)
- November 22
George Avakian
George Avakian, American music producer (born 1919)
- November 23
Stela Popescu
Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (born 1935)
- November 24
2017 Sinai mosque attack
A terrorist attack on a Mosque in Al-Rawda, North Sinai, Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128.
- November 29
Slobodan Praljak
Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (born 1945)
- November 30
Surin Pitsuwan
Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician and diplomat (born 1949)
Questions about 2017
What happened in 2017?
This site records 400 entries for 2017, including Istanbul nightclub shooting on January 1. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 2017?
9 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 2017 turns 9 this year.
Which century is 2017 in?
2017 falls in the 21st century, in the 2010s.
Which generation was born in 2017?
Generation Alpha (2013–2024). Born entirely in the 21st century.
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