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2017-2018
A timeline of major events.
Created by
Bob1423
⟶ Updated 6 Feb 2018 ⟶
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Events
Happy New Year! Jan 1
President Trump's Inauguration Jan 20
Woman's March Jan 21
Emanuel Macron wins presidency in France May 7
António Guterres replaces Ban Ki-moon as secretary-general of the UN Jan 1
The New England Patriots beat The Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI 34-28 Feb 5
The discovery of the eighth continent, Zealandia is announced Feb 17
The Arctic records its lowest ever sea ice Mar 22
“Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” becomes the highest grossing Indian box-office film ever earning $120 million May 7
James Comey is fired May 9
Apple is now worth More than $800 Billion May 10
The United States pulls out of the Paris Climate Agreement Jun 9
Amazon buys Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion Jun 16
Uber founder Travis Kalanick resigns as CEO after a shareholder revolt Jun 20
Facebook reaches 2 billion monthly users Jun 27
Noth Korea tests first Successful Ballistic Missile Jul 4
CEO Elon Musk is the first owner of Telsa's first mass-market electric car - the Model 3 Jul 9
The Spacecraft Juno makes it's closest pass with Jupiter so far Jul 10
Giant iceberg breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length Jul 12
"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigns Jul 21
Usain Bolt races his last race, coming third in the 100m at IAAF World Championships in London Aug 5
Former five-weight world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats MMA fighter Conor McGregor in his debut match Aug 27
Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history with winds of 185mph Sep 5
One million march on this state's national day in Barcelona in support of independence for Catalonia Sep 11
Apple unveils premium iPhone X costing $999, along with iPhone 8 Sep 12
Hurricane Maria passes over the The Caribbean island of Dominica as a category 5 hurricane, destroying 90% of structures and killing 27 Sep 18
Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves" Oct 3
In unprecedented move, Indian officials close all Delhi schools for rest of the week due to smog Nov 8
President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleads guilty of lying to the F.B.I. Dec 1
Russia is banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state-sponsored doping Dec 5
India's Kumbh festival given UNESCO intangible heritage status Dec 7
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" directed by Rian Johnson, starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Adam Driver premieres in Los Angeles Dec 9
The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion Dec 14
Indian movie star Rajinikanth announces he is entering politics Dec 31
Happy New Year! Jan 1 2018
