The Austrian courts ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2019.
The US Supreme Court allowed President Trump's travel ban to come into effect for six predominantly Muslim countries.
The first pizza party was held in space.
A rainbow in Taiwan was visible for a record-breaking 8 hours and 58 minutes.
Eight Donkeys were freed from jail after four days in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A ghost ship from North Korea washed up on a beach in Japan with eight skeletons onboard.
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta was blown to smithereens in a controlled demolition.
Nineteen countries vowed to gradually phase out coal at the United Nations Summit in Bonn, Germany.
An Iran-Iraq earthquake killed 630 people and injured over 8,100.
All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
President Donald Trump's attempt to ban transgender persons from serving in the US military was blocked by US federal judge.
The first successful operation of conjoined twins joined at the head was completed in New Delhi, India.
Scientists in India discovered a 152-million-year-old fossil of an extinct marine reptile called the ichthyosaur.
Uganda Ministry of Health announced they were under an outbreak of a Marburg virus, a virus similar to Ebola.
Marvel superhero film 'Thor: Ragnarok' premiered in Los Angeles, California, US.
Northern California's wine country was devastated by sweeping wildfires.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May was 'pink-slipped' during her speech at the Conservative National Conference.
O. J. Simpson was released from prison.
Mass murderer, Stephen Paddock, shot dead 59 people and injured 869 while firing at 22,000 concertgoers in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
President Donald Trump threatened to 'totally destroy North Korea.'
East London sewers were blocked by an 829-foot (253 meters), 260,000 lb (23 ton) giant fatberg.
The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
The tomb of a goldsmith family dating back 3,500 years was discovered near Luxor, Egypt.
Hurricane Irma hit the Atlantic Basin area of the United States.
Peggy Whitson set a NASA record for spending the most cumulative days living and working in space at 665 days.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets of Barcelona due to a terrorist attack.
A Massachusetts lottery player, Mavis Wanczyk, won a staggering $758.7 million, claiming the largest lottery win in the US.
Instant divorce was banned in India, which became a giant leap forward for women's rights in the country.
The USS Indianapolis warship, which sank during World War II, was discovered in the Pacific Ocean 3.4 miles below the surface.
Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain, killing 14 people and injuring at least 130 others.
Mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown claimed the lives of 1,141 people and left 3,00 without homes.
The 'Unite the Right' gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, became violent after a car smashed into protesters.
An inflatable chicken that resembled US President Donald Trump was placed outside the US White House as part of a political protest.
Rapper Kidd Creole stabbed a homeless man to death in New York City and was arrested.
President Donald Trump banned transgender persons from joining the US military.
North Korea tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
The World Health Organization estimated that Yemen had over 200,000 cases of cholera.
Montenegro became the 29th country to join NATO.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
Donald Trump launched 59 missiles into Syria.
The Pink Star Diamond sold for a record USD 71 million in Hong Kong.
North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.
The world's largest dinosaur footprint was discovered.
The UK issued a new 12-sided £1 coin into circulation.
The world's largest banana split was made in Innisfail, Australia.
Four people died, and at least twenty were injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London.
Chemical elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were added to the Periodic Table of Elements.
Transgender people were no longer allowed to use public toilets after Obama's rule was rebuked by Donald Trump.
