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2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted and scheduled events

• March 15 — It is 100 years since the last Tsar of Imperial Russia, Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his Throne.
• March 31 — The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility is scheduled to begin accepting nuclear waste.^[1]
• August 21 — 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 February 26, 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.^[2][3]
• December 6 — 100th anniversary of the independence of Finland.
• December 7 — Projected release of murderess Stella Nickell.^[4]

Unknown dates

• Sealed government documents surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination to be released.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• In Copenhagen (Denmark), the City Circle Line extension of the metro will open.^[7]
• South Korea states that it will attempt a space mission by this year.^[8]
• 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.

Fictional events

• Albus Severus Potter begins his Hogwarts education.

Notes and References

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