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August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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From 2001

  • 2002 – The water levels of the River Elbe reach their highest-recorded level. The city of Dresden is among the places flooded.
  • 2004 – New state symbols are adopted by Serbia.
  • 2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers as part of the Israeli unilateral disengagement plan begins.
  • 2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at around 300 locations in 63 out of 64 districts in Bangladesh.
  • 2008Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win 8 individual gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
  • 2009 – An accident occurs at the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam in Khakassia, Russia, killing 75 people and shutting down the hydroelectric power station.
  • 2015 – A bomb explodes at the Ratchaprasong Intersection near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing 23 people and injuring over 100.
  • 2017 – 2017 Barcelona attack: A vehicle is driven at people on the street Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, killing 13 people.
  • 2019 – A bomb attack on a wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills at least 63 people and wounds 180.

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