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August 11, 2017

On August 11, 2017, at least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt. 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 August 11, 2017

  1. 2017 At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.

    2017 train accident in Egypt

    The Alexandria train collision occurred on 11 August 2017 near Khorshid station in the suburbs of the eastern edge of Alexandria, Egypt.

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Died on August 11, 2017

Yisrael Kristal Polish-Israeli supercentenarian (1903–2017)
Segun Bucknor Musician and journalist (1946–2017)

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