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October 31, 2017

On October 31, 2017, a truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people. 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 October 31, 2017

  1. 2017 A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.

    Vehicle-ramming attack in Manhattan, US

    On October 31, 2017, Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov drove a rented pickup truck into cyclists and runners for about one mile of the Hudson River Park's bike path alongside West Street from Houston Street south to Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The vehicle-ramming attack killed eight people, six of whom were foreign tourists, and injured thirteen others.

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