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2144 or 1763 or 991. Unix time. 1483228800 – 1514764799. 2017(MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sundayof the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era(CE) and Anno Domini(AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010sdecade. Calendar year.
The Vegas Golden Knights play their first NHL game in franchise history with a 2–1 win over the Dallas Stars. October 8 – October 2017 Northern California wildfires: The deadliest week of wildfires in California's history occurs, killing at least 35 people and leaving devastation across hundreds of thousands of acres. [230] October 10
2021 in U.S. states and territories. This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading to a substantial rise in both infections and deaths across the country.
Wikipedia's main page (20 December 2001) Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. [2] It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and ...
763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.; 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1962 – The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230 million in damages and 46 people died. 1963 – After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
2017 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (b. 1929) 2017 – Colin Dexter, English author (b. 1930) 2017 – Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1950) 2017 – Mike Hall, British cyclist (b. 1981) 2019 – Victor Hochhauser CBE, British music promoter (b. 1923)
2017 – Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947) 2018 – Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (b. 1947) 2020 – Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935) 2021 – Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)