| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 2030s 2040s |
| Years: | 2014 2015 2016 – 2017 – 2018 2019 2020 |
| 2017 by topic: |
| News by month |
| Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec |
| Arts |
| Architecture – Art – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television |
| Politics |
| Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – National Rugby League |
| By place |
| Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Canada – China – Denmark – European Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq – Ireland – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Philippines – Singapore – South Africa – Sri Lanka – United Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders – Video gaming |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions |
| Gregorian calendar | 2017 MMXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2770 |
| Armenian calendar | 1466 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 173 – 174 |
| Berber calendar | 2967 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2561 |
| Burmese calendar | 1379 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7525 – 7526 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年十二月初四日 (4653/4713-12-4) — to —
丁酉年十一月十四日(4654/4714-11-14) |
| Coptic calendar | 1733 – 1734 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2009 – 2010 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5777 – 5778 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2072 – 2073 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1939 – 1940 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5118 – 5119 |
| Holocene calendar | 12017 |
| Iranian calendar | 1395 – 1396 |
| Islamic calendar | 1438 – 1439 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 29 (平成29年) |
| Korean calendar | 4350 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2560 |
| Unix time | 1483228800 – 1514764799 |
2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents |
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 – The BBC's Royal Charter expires.
- January 20 – The newly elected President of the United States takes the Oath of Office at noon.
- March 31 – The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is scheduled to begin accepting nuclear waste.[1]
- June- Confederations cup 2017
- July 1 – The first possible government in Hong Kong elected by Universal suffrage is scheduled to take office.
- 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]
Unknown dates
- Sealed government documents surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination to be released.[3]
- 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.[4]
- In Copenhagen (Denmark), the City Circle Line extension of the metro will open.[5]
- South Korea states that it will attempt a space mission by this year.[6]
- 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.
- In Lisbon, the new Alcochete Airport starts operations.
- Phase II of the USMC VXX Presidential helicopter program, the AgustaWestland/Bell Helicopter VH-71B Kestrel, is scheduled to enter Initial operating capability.[7]
- Gazprom hopes that its market capitalization will reach one trillion dollars.[8]
- The European Extremely Large Telescope is scheduled to be completed.
- O. J. Simpson may be eligible for parole from the Nevada correctional system.
- Davao City, Philippines will start its construction on Davao-Samal Bridge.
In fiction
Literature
- The epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) takes place in this year.
Computer and video games
- Ever17 (2002)
- Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (2005)
- Earth Defense Force 2017 (2006)
- Phoenix Wright: Justice For All begins in 2016, but ends in 2017, while Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations begins in 2017, but ends in 2018. They are set in the future in a way to explain the drastically different court system used from the US one.
Film
- Cherry 2000 (1987)
- The Running Man: The beginning events occur in 2017.
- Barb Wire (1996)
- Click (2006)
- Surrogates (2009)
Music
- The Billy Joel song, Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) is set in this year.
- The Sheryl Crow song "Gasoline" from her album Detours tells of a gas shortage in the year 2017.
Television
- The first season of Code Geass takes place in 2017
- Code-E (2007)
References
- ^ ReviewJournal.com Article on the Yucca Mountain Project
- ^ Hermit.org Solar Eclipse Information
- ^ CommonDreams.Org Article Regarding the release of the JFK documents
- ^ FoxNews.com Article on China sending probes to the Moon
- ^ The City Ring Official Website
- ^ South Korea reaches for space in 2017
- ^ "Kestrel". http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idINL1568372120080715.
- ^ "Russia's Gazprom Plans Pipeline to Italy". VOA News. 2007-06-26. http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48725624_world_russias_gazprom_plans_pipeline_italy.
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