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April 3, 2017

On April 3, 2017, a bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more 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 April 3, 2017

  1. 2017 A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.

    Terrorist attack in Russia

    On 3 April 2017, a terrorist attack using an explosive device took place on the Saint Petersburg Metro between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Eleven people were initially reported to have died, and five more died later from their injuries, bringing the total to 15.

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Kishori Amonkar Indian classical singer (1931–2017)

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