2017

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 - Literature (Poetry) - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video
Politics
Countries - 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
Argentina - Australia - Canada - China -France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Norway- Pakistan - Singapore - South Africa - United Kingdom - United States - Zimbabwe
Other topics
Deaths - 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 v • d • e

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

[edit] Predicted and scheduled events

March 31 — The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility is scheduled to begin accepting nuclear waste.^[1]

July 1 — The first possible government in Hong Kong elected by Universal suffrage 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.^[3]^[4]

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.
In Lisbon, the new Alcochete Airport starts operations.

Epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Harry Potter's second son and middle child, Albus Potter, attends his first year at Hogwarts.