Historical Events In 2017

Sep 17   Wanda Metropolitano stadium, new home of football team Atlético Madrid hosts its 1st match (against Malaga) in Madrid, Spain on this day in history.  

Sep 18   On this day in history 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elizabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win  

Sep 18   In the year 2017 england footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years  

Sep 18   Hurricane Maria passes over the Caribbean island of Dominica as a category 5 hurricane, destroying 90% of structures and killing 27 on this day in history.  

Sep 19   In the year 2017 7.1 earthquake south east of Mexico City kills over 300  

Sep 19   In the year 2017 eleven days after another powerful earthquake, and on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a Mw 7.1 earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing more than 350, leaving up to 6,000 injured and thousands more homeless.  

Sep 19   On this day in history hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Dominica killing 3,059 people  

Sep 19   Just two weeks after Hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria strikes similar areas, making landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane, and Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Maria caused at least 94 deaths and damages estimated in excess of $103 billion (2017 USD) on this day in history.  

Sep 19   On this day in history new MLB record for most home runs in a season, no. 5,694 hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals  

Sep 19   In the year 2017 president Hassan Rouhani of Iran in his UN speech criticizes US President Donald Trump for his comments about Iran in his own UN speech  

Sep 19   In the year 2017 uS President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations vowing to “totally destroy North Korea” if threatens the US  

Sep 20   Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico as a category 4 hurricane, knocking out all power and killing 25 in the year 2017.  

Sep 20   US Federal Reserve says it will start to unwind its bond portfolio employed in wake of the financial crisis on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 2017 andre Ward, unified light heavyweight champion and world’s top pound-for-pound boxer, announces his retirement  

Sep 21   In the year 2017 discovery of the first brainless animal that sleeps, the jellyfish Cassiopea, research published in "Current Biology" by Caltech scientists  

Sep 22   US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn't want to attend in the year 2017.  

Sep 23   On this day in history women are allowed in King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for the first time during Saudi Arabia's 87th anniversary celebrations  

Sep 24   LeBron James calls President Donald Trump "U Bum" in a tweet in response to Trump's comments about Stephen Curry on this day in history.  

Sep 24   On this day in history nFL players kneal, lock arms or stay in their dressing room during the anthem in protests against comments made by President Donald Trump  

Sep 24   Plastic polystyrene rubbish discovered for first time only 1,000 miles from the north pole by international team of scientists in the year 2017.  

Sep 25   92% of Iraqi kurds vote in favour of independence in controversial referendum on this day in history.  

Sep 25   Ex-New York congressman Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in jail for sexting underage girl on this day in history.  

Sep 25   On this day in history first ever woman graduates from the US Marine Corps' Infantry Officer Course  

Sep 25   In the year 2017 iraqi Kurdistan votes in a referendum to become an independent state, in defiance of Iraq; by October 15, the crisis escalates into a short-lived armed conflict over disputed territories.  

Sep 25   Uber's licence to operate is not renewed by Transport for London in the UK, citing problems with background checks on this day in history.  

Sep 26   In the year 2017 fights break out in Uganda's parliament during debate to raise presidential age limit  

Sep 26   In the year 2017 saudi Arabia announces it is overturning its ban on women driving - last country in the world to do so  

Sep 26   World's second-largest gem-quality diamond, the "Lesedi La Rona", sells for $53m on this day in history.  

Sep 27   In the year 2017 researchers confirm existence of giant tree rat "Vika" in the Solomon Islands that can crack open coconuts  

Sep 27   In the year 2017 thai Ex-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra found guilty of criminal negligence in rice subsidy scheme, sentenced to 5 years in absentia  

Sep 28   Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus reveals she has breast cancer on this day in history.  

Sep 29   Mysterious sonic attacks on US diplomats prompt US to warn citizens not to travel to Cuba and pull some embassy staff on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Indonesian man survives a fight with giant python 7.8m long in Batang Gansal on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Amid a deepening constitutional crisis, Catalonia holds an independence referendum on seceding from Spain on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 2017 death of tony Atkinson, British economist  

Jan 01   On this day in history death of hilarion Capucci, Syrian Catholic bishop  

Jan 01   In the year 2017 death of derek Parfit, British philosopher  

Jan 02   John Berger, British art critic, novelist and painter died on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Viktor Tsaryov, Russian footballer died on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of igor Volk, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of ezio Pascutti, Italian footballer  

Jan 04   Georges Prêtre, French conductor died on this day in history.