Historical Events on December 17 (Part 2)

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

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

2014 103-year-old Gus Andreone records the 8th ace of his career on the 113-yard, 14th hole of the Lakes Course, Palm Aire, Sarasota, FL; oldest golfer to record a hole-in-one
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 ($US140m) in Bejing, a 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

2019 Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death in absentia for high treason

2019 Young girl's 5,700 year old DNA extracted from birch tar used as chewing gum, from Lolland Island, southern Denmark
2019 England's Fallon Sherrock becomes first woman to win a match at the PDC World Darts Championship, beating compatriot Ted Evetts, 3-2 at the Alexandra Palace in London
2019 Australia has its hottest day ever with average temperature of 40.9 across the country
2019 China's 1st domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, enters naval service
2020 China's Chang'e-5 mission successfully returns from collecting rock samples from the Moon, landing in Siziwang Banner, Mongolia
2020 French President Emanuel Macron tests positive for COVID-19, sending other European leaders into isolation
2020 King Carl XVI Gustaf says Swedish authorities have failed in their response to COVID-19, criticizing the country's controversial anti-lockdown strategy
2020 More than 300 school boys rescued after they were kidnapped from their school in Katsina state, northern Nigeria
2020 Cyclone Yasa makes landfall as a category 5 storm over Bula province, Fiji, killing two people