2017

Predicted and scheduled events

January 20 — The individual elected in the 2016 US Presidential Election will be inaugurated as President of the United States
March 15 — It is 100 years since the last Tsar of Imperial Russia, Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his Throne.
March 31 — The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility is scheduled to begin accepting nuclear waste.<ref>ReviewJournal.com Article on the Yucca Mountain Project</ref>
April 16 - The ten-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre (April 16, 2007)
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 U.S. 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 occurring at 18:25.4716 UTC.<ref>Hermit.org Solar Eclipse Information</ref><ref>Wikipedia Article on the Solar Eclipse of August 21 2017</ref>
December 6 — 100th anniversary of the independence of Finland.
December 7 — Projected release of murderess Stella Nickell.<ref>BOP.gov: Stella Nickell</ref>
— Projected release of murderess Carolyn Warmus.<ref>"The "Fatal Attraction" Murder Case, Chapter 16". The Crime Library</ref>

Sealed government documents surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination to be released.<ref>CommonDreams.Org Article Regarding the release of the JFK documents</ref>
The government of China has announced it will start sending probes to the Moon in 2017, resulting in a manned Chinese landing on the moon in a few years.<ref>FoxNews.com Article on China sending probes to the Moon</ref>
In Copenhagen (Denmark), the City Circle Line extension of the metro will open.<ref>The City Ring Official Website</ref>
South Korea states that it will attempt a space mission by this year.<ref>South Korea reaches for space in 2017</ref>
Construction of London's Crossrail project is expected to be completed, with the first passenger trains running this year.
In France the case-documents regarding the execution of assumed World War I double spy Mata Hari will be revealed.