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* [[July 4]] &ndash; Russia and China urge [[North Korea]] to halt its missile and nuclear programs after it successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40497972|title=North Korea missile test: Russia and China urge freeze in launches |date=4 July 2017|work=BBC News|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/asia/north-korea-missile-japan-waters/index.html|title=North Korea tests missile it claims can reach 'anywhere in the world' |date=4 July 2017|work=CNN|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
* [[July 4]] &ndash; Russia and China urge [[North Korea]] to halt its missile and nuclear programs after it successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40497972|title=North Korea missile test: Russia and China urge freeze in launches |date=4 July 2017|work=BBC News|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/asia/north-korea-missile-japan-waters/index.html|title=North Korea tests missile it claims can reach 'anywhere in the world' |date=4 July 2017|work=CNN|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[European Union]] and [[Japan]] conclude a landmark free trade deal in Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40520218|title=EU and Japan reach free trade deal |date=6 July 2017|work=BBC News|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref>
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[European Union]] and [[Japan]] conclude a landmark free trade deal in Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40520218|title=EU and Japan reach free trade deal |date=6 July 2017|work=BBC News|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[July 7]] &ndash; The [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]] is voted for by 124 of the 193 nations.<ref>
*[[July 7]] &ndash; The [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]] is voted for by 122 of the 193 nations.<ref>
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{{Cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/unoda-web/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/A.Conf_.229.2017.L.3.Rev_.1.pdf|title=Voting record of the UN draft treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons| editor=United Nations |date=2017-07-07|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-07-08}}</ref>
*[[July 12]] &ndash; A massive iceberg more than 5,800 km2 breaks away from the [[Larsen C Ice Shelf]] in [[Antarctica]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/12/world/larsen-c-antarctica/index.html|title=Massive iceberg breaks away from Antarctica|date=2017-07-12|access-date=2017-07-12}}</ref>


==Predicted and scheduled events==
==Predicted and scheduled events==

Revision as of 17:58, 12 July 2017

Millennium: 3rd millennium
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2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of 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 2010s decade.

2017 has been designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.[1]

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

Predicted and scheduled events

Deaths

January

Mário Soares
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Roman Herzog
John Hurt

February

Hans Rosling
Peter Mansfield
Mildred Dresselhaus
Bill Paxton
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Carlos Humberto Romero

March

René Préval
Chuck Berry
David Rockefeller
Martin McGuinness

April

Don Rickles
Carme Chacón
Magdalena Abakanowicz

May

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Mauno Koivisto
Roger Moore
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Konstantinos Mitsotakis

June

Sandra Reemer
Adam West
Helmut Kohl
Quett Masire
Simone Veil

July

Elsa Martinelli

See also

References

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