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Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.

Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.

Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.

A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.

NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.

American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.

Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.

American actress and singer (The Gospel; Daddy's Little Girls)

American actor (Air Buddies movies)

Japanese singer (Pink Cres)

English singer-songwriter and actress (The X Factor winner 2008)

Brazilian-American golfer (US Open 2007 runner-up; Rookie of the Year 2007)

British pop singer

American actress (Gossip Girl)

Chinese-American actress (The Chinese Widow; Mulan)

Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos)

Canadian actress known for "Degrassi: The Next Generation"

Australian jazz bassist

British rock musician (Klaxons)

British racing driver (Formula One)

American interior designer and TV personality (Queer Eye)

Chinese-Australian cancer activist