2017
This article is about the year. For the number, see 2017 (number) § Selected numbers in the range 2001–2999.
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2017 (MMXVII) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.
| Gregorian calendar | 2017 MMXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2770 |
| Armenian calendar | 1466 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6767 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 173–174 |
| Bengali calendar | 1424 |
| Berber calendar | 2967 |
| British Regnal year | 65 Eliz. 2 – 66 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2561 |
| Burmese calendar | 1379 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7525–7526 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4713 or 4653 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4714 or 4654 |
| Coptic calendar | 1733–1734 |
| Discordian calendar | 3183 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2009–2010 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5777–5778 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2073–2074 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1938–1939 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5117–5118 |
| Holocene calendar | 12017 |
| Igbo calendar | 1017–1018 |
| Iranian calendar | 1395–1396 |
| Islamic calendar | 1438–1439 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 29 (平成29年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1950–1951 |
| Juche calendar | 106 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4350 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 106 民國106年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 549 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2560 |
| Unix time | 1483228800 – 1514764799 |
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2017. |
2017 has been designated as:
- International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.[1]
Contents
Events
January
Predicted and scheduled events
- June 10 – The 2017 World Expo will open in Astana, Kazakhstan.[2]
- September 15 – The spacecraft Cassini-Huygens, after having studied Saturn for 13 years, will be disposed of by plunging into Saturn's atmosphere.[3]
- December – NASA plans to launch the exoplanet-seeking TESS mission.[4]
- December – The ESA's CHEOPS exoplanet-hunting satellite will be launched.[5]
- The European Extreme Light Infrastructure project intends to complete its nuclear physics research hub, housing the world's most powerful laser in Romania in 2017.[6]
- The United States plans to deploy additional missile interceptors on its Pacific coast by 2017 to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles.[7]
- International scientists intend to complete the world's first fully synthetic yeast, intended for use in the production of medicines and biofuels, by 2017.[8]
Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2017
Further information: Category:2017 deaths
January
- January 1
- Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944)
- Derek Parfit, British philosopher (b. 1942)
- January 2
- John Berger, British art critic, novelist and painter (b. 1926)
- Viktor Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1931)
In fiction
Main article: List of works of fiction set in 2017
See also
References
- ^ "United Nations Observances: International Years". United Nations. Retrieved 7 Feb 2016.
- ^ "Future energy – solutions for tackling mankind's greatest challenge". BIE.
- ^ "Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Mission Timeline". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ "Next Wave of Exoplanet Searches Could Spot Alien Vegetation". Inverse. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "ESA's CHEOPS satellite to hunt transits of suspected exoplanets". Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Romania, EU launch works on world's most powerful laser". Straits Times. June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
- ^ "US to strengthen missile defence in response to North Korea 'provocations'". The Guardian. March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ "Scientists building synthetic yeast". BBC. July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.