A party boat on Lake Victoria in Uganda capsized and killed 29 people.
After 20 years of work, the Leaning Tower of Pisa had its lean corrected by 17.7 inches (45 cm).
A 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi was declared unconstitutional.
An American 26-year-old, John Allen Chau, was killed by natives living on the forbidden Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal.
A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.
The Camp Fire in California became that state's deadliest blaze after it killed 88 people and caused 52,000 people to be evacuated.
Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to be voted into the US Congress.
The UN published a report revealing more than 200 mass graves found in ISIS-controlled regions of Iraq.
A tiger, who hunted and killed 13 people, was killed after a large-scale hunt in Central India.
The Statue of Unity in India was officially completed making it the world's tallest statue at 597 ft (182 m).
Istanbul Airport was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Cesar Sayoc was arrested for sending 14 pipe bombs to prominent US Democrats.
Someone in South Carolina won a $1.6 billion lottery jackpot, making it the biggest win in US history at the time.
The biographic drama movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' about Freddie Mercury, premiered at Wembley Arena in London, UK.
The world's longest over sea bridge opened in China.
115,000-year-old human bones found in Poland turned out to be from a Neanderthal child who was eaten by a giant bird.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
The world's longest flight took place between Singapore and Newark Airport.
A mud volcano near Baku in Azerbaijan erupted.
The Japanese Space Agency sent two robots to explore an asteroid aboard their Hayabusa-2 spacecraft.
Barbados appointed Rihanna as an ambassador to the country.
A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
Crosshatch drawings discovered on a 1.5-inch piece of stone in Blombos Cave in South Africa were found to be the oldest known human drawing at 73,000 years old.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
Video gamer David Katz shot two people dead, injured nine then committed suicide at an NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
Singer Steven Tyler ordered Donald Trump to stop playing their Aerosmith songs at rallies.
A 50,000-year-old human bone was discovered in Siberia.
The world's oldest cheese dating back 3,200 years, was discovered in an Ancient Egyptian tomb near Cairo.
Over 566 wildfires swept through British Columbia in Canada, which led to a State of Emergency, and 3,000 people were evacuated.
A plane stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport flew for over an hour before crashing on a wooded island.
The Parker Solar Probe was launched by NASA, heading for the Sun.
Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
New South Wales, Australia, announced they were 100 percent in drought.
The Swedish crown jewels were stolen from a cathedral in broad daylight.
Albert Einstein's theory of gravitational redshift was proven after a telescope in Chile observed a black hole.
After introducing a preservation project, three bison calves were born in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
A deadly 106°F heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people, and more than 22,000 were hospitalized.
Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.
France defeated Croatia 4-2 to win their second FIFA World Cup.
During an interview with CBS, Donald Trump stated that the European Union is his biggest foe.
A Neolithic trackway dating to 2300 B.C. was uncovered in a nondescript field in Suffolk, on the east coast of England, thanks to a power company.
Donald Trump ended family separation on the southern border.
The ten millionth patent, a specialized laser radar, was issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The leaders of North Korea and the USA met for the first time ever.
The Opportunity Mars rover sent its last signal to Earth.
Xi'an, China, introduced a pedestrian lane for people who walk while looking at their phones.
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko faked his own death.
Starbucks closed over 8,000 US stores.
