The BEST of '17 (from what I've seen.)
The year of when Donald Trump was inaugurated & sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Millions of people worldwide took the streets, 420 marches in the United States & 168 in other countries, in the largest single-day protest in American history in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump, which became known as "the Women's March." Dozens of women accused Harvey Weinstein of rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse for over a period of at least 30 years, which led to the #MeToo movement & "the Weinstein effect." Bill Paxton died aged 61 of a stroke. George A. Romero died aged 77 of lung cancer. Former cult leader Charles Manson died aged 83 of cardiac arrest resulting from respiratory failure brought on by colon cancer. Chris Cornell committed suicide aged 52 by a hanging. Chester Bennington committed suicide aged 41 by a hanging. The Mountain Goats released "Goths." Fleet Foxes released "Crack-Up." Richard Dawson released "Peasant." Sun Kil Moon released "Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood." Mount Eerie released "A Crow Looked at Me," which was composed in the aftermath of the diagnosis of Phil Elverum's wife, Geneviève Castrée, who died aged 35 of pancreatic cancer the year before. "Nirvanna the Band the Show" 1st aired on Viceland. WikiLeaks leaked "Vault 7." Amazon purchased Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. YouTube Adpocalypse began.
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement. President Donald Trump approved the Keystone XL & Dakota Access Pipelines by executive order. '17 South Sudan Famine. '17 North American Blizzard. Sierra Leone mudslides. Koshe & Mocoa landslides. California, Sri Lanka, and South Asian floods. Goodwin, Chile, Portugal, and California wildfires. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Ophelia, and Maria. Chiapas & Iran-Iraq earthquakes. Puebla earthquake, which happened on the 32nd anniversary of the '85 Mexico City earthquake.
United Express Flight 3411 incident. Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting. Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crash.
'17 French Riots. Turin stampede. Grenfell Tower fire. Shayrat Missile strike. Bahawalpur explosion. Charlottesville Car, Turku, Melbourne Car, New York City Truck, London Bridge, Barcelona, Tehran, Khan Shaykhun Chemical, and Sinai Mosque attacks. Sutherland Springs Church, Istanbul Nightclub, and Las Vegas shootings. Manchester Arena, Palm Sunday Church, Sehwan Suicide, Rann, Aleppo Suicide Car, and Mogadishu bombings. Bombing of German embassy in Kabul.
Doomsday Clock was set 2 & a half minutes to midnight. North Korea announced it had successfully conducted its 6th nuclear test. 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated aged 45 with VX nerve agent at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia. 1st Female President of South Korea Park Geun-hye was apprehended & charged with abuse of power, bribery, coercion, and leaking government secrets. Former Colonel-General of the Army of Republika Srpska Retock Mladić was found guilty for the Srebrenica massacre & sentenced to life imprisonment. Gambian Constitutional Crisis led to the exile of President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh. Battle of al-Bab ended. War in Iraq ended. Siege of Marawi. 2nd Battle of Raqqa. Rohingya Genocide (2nd Phase) began.
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement. President Donald Trump approved the Keystone XL & Dakota Access Pipelines by executive order. '17 South Sudan Famine. '17 North American Blizzard. Sierra Leone mudslides. Koshe & Mocoa landslides. California, Sri Lanka, and South Asian floods. Goodwin, Chile, Portugal, and California wildfires. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Ophelia, and Maria. Chiapas & Iran-Iraq earthquakes. Puebla earthquake, which happened on the 32nd anniversary of the '85 Mexico City earthquake.
United Express Flight 3411 incident. Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting. Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crash.
'17 French Riots. Turin stampede. Grenfell Tower fire. Shayrat Missile strike. Bahawalpur explosion. Charlottesville Car, Turku, Melbourne Car, New York City Truck, London Bridge, Barcelona, Tehran, Khan Shaykhun Chemical, and Sinai Mosque attacks. Sutherland Springs Church, Istanbul Nightclub, and Las Vegas shootings. Manchester Arena, Palm Sunday Church, Sehwan Suicide, Rann, Aleppo Suicide Car, and Mogadishu bombings. Bombing of German embassy in Kabul.
Doomsday Clock was set 2 & a half minutes to midnight. North Korea announced it had successfully conducted its 6th nuclear test. 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated aged 45 with VX nerve agent at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia. 1st Female President of South Korea Park Geun-hye was apprehended & charged with abuse of power, bribery, coercion, and leaking government secrets. Former Colonel-General of the Army of Republika Srpska Retock Mladić was found guilty for the Srebrenica massacre & sentenced to life imprisonment. Gambian Constitutional Crisis led to the exile of President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh. Battle of al-Bab ended. War in Iraq ended. Siege of Marawi. 2nd Battle of Raqqa. Rohingya Genocide (2nd Phase) began.
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