Donald Trump is inaugurated
In the culmination of his extraordinary rise to power over a tumultuous election year, Donald John Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States in Washington, D.C.…
This Year in History:
2017
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
In the culmination of his extraordinary rise to power over a tumultuous election year, Donald John Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States in Washington, D.C.…
On the first full day of Donald Trump’s presidency, hundreds of thousands of people crowd into the U.S. capital for the Women’s March on Washington, a massive protest in the…
On April 13, 2017, American forces in Afghanistan drop one of the largest non‑nuclear weapons ever used by the U.S. military. The “Mother of All Bombs” hits an Islamic State…
Just moments after Ariana Grande finished the final song of her May 22, 2017 concert at Manchester Arena, a suicide bomber detonated an explosion on the premises, killing 22 concertgoers and injuring…
During one horrific 8‑minute period on June 3, 2017, eight people were killed as a band of terrorists drove a van through a pedestrian walkway on the London Bridge. The…
On June 13, 2017 Otto Warmbier, a 22‑year‑old student who was taken prisoner in North Korea 17 months earlier, returned home to the United States in a comatose state. His…
On June 14, 2017, a gunman walked onto a baseball field at Eugene Simpson Park in Alexandria, Virginia, opening fire on politicians and wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of…
Shortly before 1:00 A.M. on June 14, 2017, a fire tears through West London’s 24‑story Grenfell tower. Seventy‑two people died in the blaze, scores were injured and hundreds were left…
On the night of October 1, 2017, a gunman opens fire on a crowd attending the final night of a country music festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and…
On October 5, 2017, The New York Times publishes a detailed investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against film producer Harvey Weinstein. The bombshell report led to Weinstein’s eventual arrest…
On November 24, 2017, a bomb ripped through a mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai region as terrorists opened fire on those finishing Friday prayer at the al‑Rawdah mosque. The attack…