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24 July – The 17th Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia are held on 24 July 2017 at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 28 July – Mitch Cairns wins the 2017 Archibald Prize for his portrait of his partner, fellow artist Agatha Gothe-Snape. [114] 26 August – the film 3rd Night released.
Disasters and accidents Vanuatu begins evacuating 11,000 islanders from the island of Ambae because of the erupting volcano Manaro Voui which pollutes the water. (Reuters) Law and crime O. J. Simpson robbery case Nevada prison authorities release former NFL player O. J. Simpson on parole after serving nine years for a 2007 Las Vegas armed robbery. Previously, a jury had acquitted Simpson of ...
The 2017 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the seventh iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from September 23 – November 4 ...
Time 100 is a list of the top 100 most influential people in the world, assembled by the American news magazine Time. First published in 1999 as the result of a debate among American academics, politicians, and journalists, the list is now a highly publicized annual event. Appearing on the list is often seen as an honor, and Time makes it clear ...
Scenarios in which a global catastrophic risk creates harm have been widely discussed. Some sources of catastrophic risk are anthropogenic (caused by humans), such as global warming, [1] environmental degradation, and nuclear war. [2] Others are non-anthropogenic or natural, such as meteor impacts or supervolcanoes.
25 January 1973 (age 51) Hammersmith, London, England. Medium. Stand up, television, film. Years active. 2002–present. Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television. Skinner often performs as the character Angelos Epithemiou, and is also one half of the Brian and ...
June – The Kindred Spirits sculpture was unveiled in Midleton, County Cork. 8 September – The gothic horror film The Lodgers premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. 2017 – Cairde, an Irish dance group, began [clarification needed] at the 2017 Fleadh Cheoil in Ennis, County Clare.
Paul Kimelman (born 1947), holder of Guinness World Record for the greatest weight-loss in the shortest amount of time, 1982. Billy and Benny McCrary, holders of Guinness World Records's World's Heaviest Twins. Alayna Morgan (1948–2009), heavy woman from Santa Rosa, California. Ricky Naputi (1973–2012), heaviest man from Guam.