2017
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2017 is a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
Events
- August 21 - From 16:50 to 20:02 UTC the first total solar eclipse of the 21st century for the United States, and the first visible in the continental US since February 26, 1979 takes place. Totality will occur along a path curving from Oregon to South Carolina, and will last at most 2 minutes 40.2 seconds. The location and time of "greatest eclipse" will be on the western edge of Christian County Kentucky at 36.9715 degrees North and 87.6559 degrees West occuring 18:25.4716 UTC.
- Sealed government documents surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination to be released.
External links
- NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Home Page by Fred Espenak - The definative source for eclipse information.



