Timeline June 2017

Events in June 2017 15

• 1927 – 2017 Simone Veil (1927-2017) Died 30 June 2017, aged 89 French stateswoman and Auschwitz survivor who as health minister championed the 1975 law legalizing abortion in France, and later became the first president of the directly elected European Parliament. She was widely admired as a symbol of postwar European reconciliation. She was later interred in the Pantheon in Paris.
• 1928 – 2017 Adam West (1928-2017) Died 9 June 2017, aged 88 American actor best known for playing the title role in the 1960s television series Batman, a campy portrayal that became iconic. He later found a new generation of fans voicing Mayor Adam West on Family Guy. He died of leukemia.
• 1930 – 2017 Helmut Kohl Chancellor of Unity The architect of German reunification and a driving force behind the creation of the European Union.
• 1930 – 2017 Helmut Kohl (1930-2017) Died 16 June 2017, aged 87 German statesman who served as chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and presided over the reunification of Germany in 1990. He was a driving force behind European integration, including the creation of the euro. He remains one of the most consequential European leaders of the postwar era.
• 2017 EPYC — AMD returns to the server market AMD introduces EPYC server processors in June 2017 — bringing Zen architecture to the data centre. EPYC uses a multi-chip module design, combining multiple smaller 'chiplets' into a single package. The chiplet architecture allows AMD to achieve higher core counts than Intel's monolithic approach at lower manufacturing cost. EPYC's first customers include Baidu, Microsoft Azure and Dropbox. Server CPU market share for AMD, which had fallen below 1%, begins to recover. By 2023 it exceeds 30%.
• 2017 French Open 2017 Men: Rafael Nadal · Women: Jeļena Ostapenko Nadal's 10th Roland Garros title.
• 2017 La Liga and Champions League double Real Madrid becomes the first club to retain the Champions League In the 2016-17 season, Zidane guided Real Madrid to a league and European double, winning La Liga and then defeating Juventus 4-1 in the Champions League final in Cardiff on 3 June 2017. Real Madrid became the first club in the Champions League era to successfully defend the trophy. The achievement confirmed Zidane as one of the sport's elite managers within just eighteen months of taking charge.
• 2017 London Bridge and Borough Market attack Van and knife rampage kills eight Three attackers drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in nearby Borough Market, killing eight people. Police shot the attackers dead within minutes. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
• 2017 "Not Dead Yet" tour begins Royal Albert Hall, 4 June 2017 Began the "Not Dead Yet" tour — his first tour in over a decade — opening at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 4 June 2017, performing seated and supported by a cane due to his ongoing nerve and mobility issues. His son Nicholas Collins took over drumming duties.
• 2017 Falls at hotel, cancels shows June 2017 Tripped over a step in his London hotel room after a Royal Albert Hall concert and was taken to hospital, forcing the cancellation and rescheduling of upcoming concerts — a vivid illustration of his fragile physical state even while touring.
• 2017 UK snap general election produces hung parliament Theresa May loses Conservative majority Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap general election seeking a stronger mandate for Brexit negotiations, but the Conservatives lost their parliamentary majority. The result forced the Conservatives into a confidence-and-supply arrangement with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party. The outcome weakened May's authority going into Brexit talks.
• 2017 Grenfell Tower fire London high-rise blaze kills 72 residents A fire tore through the 24-storey Grenfell Tower residential block in London, killing 72 people in the deadliest UK fire since the Second World War. The rapid spread was later attributed to flammable exterior cladding installed during a renovation. The disaster led to a public inquiry and a nationwide review of building safety regulations.
• 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 Chuck Berry's posthumous album Chuck First album in 38 years His first studio album since 1979, released three months after his death.
• 2017 Travis Kalanick resigns as Uber CEO Investor pressure ends founder's tenure amid scandals Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned as chief executive under pressure from investors following a string of scandals involving workplace culture, a major lawsuit, and executive misconduct. His departure capped a turbulent year for the ride-hailing company. Kalanick remained on Uber's board after stepping down.