2017

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2017 in other calendars
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 丙申年十二月初四日
(4653/4713-12-4)
— to —
丁酉年十一月十四日
(4654/4714-11-14)
Coptic calendar 1733–1734
Ethiopian calendar 2009–2010
Hebrew calendar 5777–5778
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 - Vikram Samvat 2073–2074
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Holocene calendar 12017
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 - Ǹrí Ìgbò 1017–1018
Iranian calendar 1395–1396
Islamic calendar 1438–1439
Japanese calendar Heisei 29
(平成29年)
Juche calendar 106
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4350
Minguo calendar ROC 106
民國106年
Thai solar calendar 2560
Unix time 1483228800–1514764799

2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on a Sunday. In the Gregorian calendar, it will be the 2017th year of the Common Era, or of the Anno Domini designation; the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

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Predicted and scheduled events [edit]

January [edit]

  • The ESA's Solar Orbiter (SOLO) will be launched to orbit the Sun, aiming to perform close observations of its polar regions.[1]

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August [edit]

October [edit]

December [edit]

Date unknown [edit]

In fiction [edit]

Literature [edit]

Computer and video games [edit]

Film [edit]

  • Oblivion (2013): The events that triggered the destruction of Earth occurred in 2017, when an alien species destroyed the moon.
  • Cherry 2000 (1987)
  • The Running Man (1987): The beginning events occur in 2017.
  • Barb Wire (1996)
  • Click (2006): February 5, 2017, is featured as the date when Adam Sandler's character becomes CEO of his architectural firm.
  • Surrogates (2009)

Music [edit]

Television [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "UK industry to build Solar Orbiter satellite". BBC. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  2. ^ "HK 'to elect its leader by 2017'". BBC. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. ^ Total Solar Eclipse: August 21 2017. Hermit.org. Updated 2006. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  4. ^ "Juno Mission to Jupiter" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  5. ^ "NASA Unveils New Rocket Design". New York Times. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. ^ "China Wants Men on Moon by 2017". Fox News. 14 December 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2013. 
  7. ^ "China's Moon Ambitions: Rover in 2013, Bring Home Samples in 2017, and a Manned Base to Follow". PopSci. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  8. ^ "NASA Picks Next Exoplanet Mission for Launch in 2017". Science AAAS. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013. 
  9. ^ BBC Newsbeat. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Russia's Gazprom Plans Pipeline to Italy". VOA News. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  11. ^ Big Dams. HydroWorld.com. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  12. ^ Srinivas Laxman (16 July 2012). "Japan SELENE-2 Lunar Mission Planned For 2017". Asian Scientist. Retrieved 7 August 2012. 
  13. ^ "Europe to begin search for habitable planets in our cosmic backyard". The Guardian. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013. 
  14. ^ "ESA picks exoplanet telescope for launch in 2017". Spaceflight Now. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013. 
  15. ^ "U.S. Navy To Retire Mine-Sweeping Dolphins And Use Robots Instead". Popular Science. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012. 
  16. ^ "US to strengthen missile defence in response to North Korea 'provocations'". The Guardian. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.