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December 18, 2017

On December 18, 2017, amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others. The year's #1 song was "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran.

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2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

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On December 18, 2017

  1. 2017 Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.

    Amtrak service between Vancouver, BC, and Eugene, OR

    S. states of Washington and Oregon. It is named after the Cascade mountain range that the route parallels.

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Kim Jong-hyun South Korean singer-songwriter (1990–2017)

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