Timeline August 2017

Events in August 2017 10

• 1926 – 2017 Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) Died 20 August 2017, aged 91 American comedian, actor and filmmaker known for his slapstick comedy partnership with Dean Martin and later solo films including The Nutty Professor. He hosted the annual Labor Day telethon for muscular dystrophy for decades. He was widely regarded, especially in France, as a comic auteur.
• 1936 – 2017 Glen Campbell (1936-2017) Died 8 August 2017, aged 81 American singer and guitarist known for hits including "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Wichita Lineman," and one of the most successful country crossover artists. He publicly documented his struggle with Alzheimer's disease in his final years. He died of complications from the disease.
• 2017 Amazon acquires Whole Foods Market 13.7 billion dollar deal signals e-commerce push into groceries Amazon announced it would acquire the upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market for approximately 13.7 billion dollars, its largest acquisition to date. The deal closed in August 2017 and signaled Amazon's ambitions to expand into physical retail and groceries. Whole Foods shares surged and rival grocery stocks fell on the news.
• 2017 US Open 2017 Men: Rafael Nadal · Women: Sloane Stephens All-American women's final — Stephens vs. Keys.
• 2017 Kenya's presidential election annulled and rerun Supreme Court voids Kenyatta's re-election over irregularities Kenya's Supreme Court annulled President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election victory, citing irregularities in the vote-tallying process, in an unprecedented ruling for Africa. A rerun election in October was boycotted by opposition leader Raila Odinga and marred by low turnout and violence. Kenyatta was declared the winner of the rerun.
• 2017 Unite the Right rally turns deadly in Charlottesville White nationalist march ends in fatal car attack A rally of white nationalists and neo-Nazis protesting the removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, erupted into violent clashes with counter-protesters. A man drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens. President Trump drew widespread criticism for saying there were "very fine people on both sides."
• 2017 Girl Cult Festival -- G.R.L. performs In August 2017 Bennett performs with G.R.L. at the Girl Cult Festival at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles -- one of the documented G.R.L. reunion performances in the years after their formal disbandment. The festival, focused on female artists and empowerment, is a natural fit for a group whose name stands for Girls Rock Life. Bennett is photographed performing onstage at the event, one of the last documented public performances of her career.
• 2017 Total solar eclipse crosses the United States First coast-to-coast US eclipse in 99 years A total solar eclipse tracked across the continental United States from Oregon to South Carolina, the first path of totality to cross the country coast to coast since 1918. Millions of people traveled to view the eclipse along its path. It was among the most widely observed astronomical events in US history.
• 2017 Hurricane Harvey Catastrophic flooding devastates Houston Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 storm and stalled over the Houston area, dropping record rainfall that caused catastrophic flooding. The storm killed more than 60 people and caused an estimated 125 billion dollars in damage. It was one of the costliest natural disasters in US history.
• 2017 Myanmar military crackdown drives Rohingya exodus Hundreds of thousands flee to Bangladesh amid mass violence Myanmar's military launched a violent crackdown in Rakhine State following attacks on police posts, burning villages and killing civilians in what the UN later called a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled across the border into Bangladesh. The crisis drew international condemnation of Myanmar's civilian leadership, including Aung San Suu Kyi.