This year will be remembered as the year when women came together to fight pervasive sexual violence. These women, dubbed the “Silence Breakers,” would go on to be named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. While 2017 was tarnished by a number of terrorist attacks, including the terrible Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people, it also helped to demonstrate humanity’s unity. It was also the first total solar eclipse in the United States since 1918.
Disney smashed its competition at the box office in terms of popular media. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming all finished in the top five with gross receipts above $300 million. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” rocketed off bookshop shelves while Game of Thrones dominated our television screens. At the meantime, the Nintendo Switch has become a trendy item in electronics and video game stores.
The discovery of a new organ, the construction of the world’s first ‘cyborg,’ the exploration of a new continent, the approval of a treatment proven effective against all cancer kinds, and the first instance of genetic repairs done to a human embryo were just some of the amazing discoveries made in 2017. Volvo will also be remembered as the first automaker to commit to an all-electric or all-hybrid lineup by 2019.
In 2017, we also lamented the passing of a number of outstanding individuals. On June 9th, the first Batman, Adam West, died of leukaemia. Fats Domino, one of the founding fathers of rock n’ roll, died peacefully in October at the age of 89. Terrorism claimed the lives of 7,656 people around the world. As the year came to a close, many concerned Americans turned their attention to the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Continue reading to discover more about the events of 2017.
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![]() (October 01, 2017) The 64-year-old gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a music festival from his hotel room in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds before turning the pistol on himself. This was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, surpassing the Orlando massacre in 2016. photo source: wikimedia.org |
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