A 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi was declared unconstitutional.
An American 26-year-old, John Allen Chau, was killed by natives living on the forbidden Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal.
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 3.2 times bigger than our world was announced.
A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.
Michelle Obama published her memoir 'Becoming.'
The Camp Fire in California became that state's deadliest blaze after it killed 88 people and caused 52,000 people to be evacuated.
Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to be voted into the US Congress.
The UN published a report revealing more than 200 mass graves found in ISIS-controlled regions of Iraq.
A tiger, who hunted and killed 13 people, was killed after a large-scale hunt in Central India.
Palau's archipelago became the first country in the world to ban the use of sunscreen containing harmful chemicals that destroy reefs.
The Statue of Unity in India was officially completed making it the world's tallest statue at 597 ft (182 m).
The World Wildlife Fund blamed humanity's rapidly expanding consumerism for decreasing 60% of the world's wildlife between 1970 & 2014.
Nigel Richards won the World Scrabble Championships for the fourth time in a row with the word 'groutier.'
Istanbul Airport was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Singer Sinéad O'Connor was converted to Islam.
Cesar Sayoc was arrested for sending 14 pipe bombs to prominent US Democrats.
Rockstar Games' hit Wild-West series returned with the release of Red Dead Redemption 2.
The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.
Someone in South Carolina won a $1.6 billion lottery jackpot, making it the biggest win in US history at the time.
The biographic drama movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' about Freddie Mercury, premiered at Wembley Arena in London, UK.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
The world's longest over sea bridge opened in China.
A remake of the American horror slasher movie ''Halloween” was released starring Jamie Curtis.
115,000-year-old human bones found in Poland turned out to be from a Neanderthal child who was eaten by a giant bird.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
The world's longest flight took place between Singapore and Newark Airport.
An intergovernmental panel on Climate Change reported that the planet will heat up by 2.7°F by 2040, which will wreak havoc on our world.
Banksy's famous 'Girl With Balloon' was sold for £1 million at an auction, then the piece automatically self-destructed by running through a shredder fitted into the frame.
The Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care declared that over 250 people had died since 2011 taking selfies.
A Neptune-sized exomoon became the first one discovered outside the Solar System.
Kanye West tweeted that he had changed his name to Ye.
Science magazine announced that half the killer whale population would likely die due to human pollution.
Designer Michael Kors purchased the luxury fashion brand Versace for $2.1 billion.
A mud volcano near Baku in Azerbaijan erupted.
The Japanese Space Agency sent two robots to explore an asteroid aboard their Hayabusa-2 spacecraft.
Barbados appointed Rihanna as an ambassador to the country.
A report published claimed that the fossils of Dickinsonia were the oldest animals to roam the planet.
A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
Crosshatch drawings discovered on a 1.5-inch piece of stone in Blombos Cave in South Africa were found to be the oldest known human drawing at 73,000 years old.
The World Surf League closed the gender pay gap by giving equal prizes to all genders.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
Amazon became the second company in the world to be worth over $1 trillion.
Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was laid to rest in Detroit as thousands turned up to pay tributes.
Video gamer David Katz shot two people dead, injured nine then committed suicide at an NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
Singer Steven Tyler ordered Donald Trump to stop playing their Aerosmith songs at rallies.
A 50,000-year-old human bone was discovered in Siberia.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that measles cases were at an all-time record high, with 41,000 in the first half of the year alone.
The world's oldest cheese dating back 3,200 years, was discovered in an Ancient Egyptian tomb near Cairo.
