Historical Events on December 17 (Part 2)

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2013 Angela Merkel is elected Chancellor of Germany for a third term

2013 Cat Stevens, Hall & Oates, Kiss, Linda Ronstadt and Nirvana are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

2014 Sony Pictures cancels the release of "The Interview", starring Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan, and James Franco, after a cyber attack on the studio

2015 José Mourinho is sacked as manager of British Premier football club Chelsea
2015 Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals is arrested on fraud charges in New York by the FBI
2015 Libyan warring political factions sign a UN-brokered deal to form a unified government
2017 French sailor François Gabart sets round-the-world record for fastest solo navigation of the globe in 42 days 16 hours
2017 Terrorist suicide attack on a Methodist church in Quetta, Pakistan kills nine

2017 "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" takes more than $450m worldwide in its opening weekend, 2nd largest opening in North America ($220m)

2017 Sebastián Piñera wins Chile's presidential election run-off returning to office after 4 years
2017 Brazilian footballer and former AC Milan and Real Madrid player Kaka retires
2017 Set of ink-brush paintings by Qi Baishi sells at auction for 931.5m yuan in Bejing - record for Chinese paintings
2018 CBS announces former Chief Executive Les Moonves will not receive his $120 million exit payout
2018 US military confirms it has killed 62 fighters from Islamist group al-Shabab in air strikes in Somalia
2018 US poacher sentenced to watch the film "Bambi" repeatedly during year in prison, for killing hundreds of deer in Missouri
2018 Malaysia files criminal charges against US bank Goldman Sachs for it role in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal
2018 Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "justice"
2018 Astronomers identify furtherest object in the solar system as 2018 VG18 (nicknamed Farout), 120 x further from the sun than earth
2018 New reports to US Senate say Russian propaganda efforts on social media much more extensive than thought, including targeting African Americans

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