Editing 2017 (section)

=== September ===
* [[September 1]] – [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] expels 755 [[diplomat]]s in response to [[United States]] [[International sanctions|sanctions]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Putin expels 755 diplomats in response to US sanctions | website=Fox News | date=July 30, 2017 | url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-expels-755-diplomats-in-response-to-us-sanctions | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=November 12, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112221657/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07/30/putin-expels-755-diplomats-in-response-to-us-sanctions.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[United States passport|United States Passports]] become invalid to travel to [[North Korea]], in response to the death of [[Otto Warmbier]].
* [[September 3]] – [[North Korea]] conducts its sixth and most powerful [[2017 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html|title=North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of 'Massive Military Response'|first1=David E.|last1=Sanger|first2=Choe|last2=Sang-Hun|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 2, 2017|access-date=October 20, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903231317/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 6]] – [[Hurricane Irma]], at peak intensity, would make the first of many powerful landfalls along the Caribbean islands and the United States. Damages would total $77.2 billion (2017 USD), and 134 would be killed by the storm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hurricane Irma Tropical Cyclone Report |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112017_Irma.pdf}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] – The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Paris]] and [[Los Angeles]] the right to host the [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]] and [[2028 Summer Olympics]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wharton|first1=David|title=Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 31, 2017|access-date=July 31, 2017|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922160657/http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 15]] – ''[[Cassini–Huygens]]'' ends its 13-year mission by plunging into [[Saturn]], becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.<ref name="Cassini">{{cite web | url=http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/interactive/missiontimeline/ | title=Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Mission Timeline | publisher=NASA | work=Jet Propulsion Laboratory | access-date=September 5, 2015 | archive-date=April 21, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421185642/http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/interactive/missiontimeline/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – Twelve days after another powerful [[2017 Chiapas earthquake|earthquake]], and on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly [[1985 Mexico City earthquake]], a 7.1 {{M|w}} [[2017 Central Mexico earthquake|earthquake]] strikes central Mexico, killing 370, leaving up to 6,000 injured<ref name="CBSMexicoCity">{{cite news|title=Death toll in Mexico earthquake rises to 369 as last body pulled from rubble|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-earthquake-death-toll-rises-last-body-pulled-from-rubble/|access-date=October 18, 2017|work=CBS News|date=October 4, 2017|archive-date=October 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019005020/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-earthquake-death-toll-rises-last-body-pulled-from-rubble/|url-status=live}}</ref> and thousands more homeless.<ref name="McDonnell">{{cite news|last1=McDonnell|first1=Patrick J.|title='I am full of anguish right now.' Thousands in Mexico remain without homes weeks after quake|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-quake-2017-story.html|access-date=October 18, 2017|work=L.A. Times|date=October 11, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018102533/http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-quake-2017-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 19]]–[[September 20|20]] – Just two weeks after [[Hurricane Irma]] struck the Caribbean, [[Hurricane Maria]] strikes similar areas, making landfall on [[Dominica]] as a Category&nbsp;5 hurricane, and [[Puerto Rico]] as a Category&nbsp;4 hurricane. Maria caused over 3,000 deaths and damages estimated in excess of $91.6&nbsp;billion (2017 USD).<ref name=NOAACostliest /><ref name="auto">{{cite news|last1=Otero|first1=Carlos Antonio|title=Impacto multibillonario de María|url=http://www.elvocero.com/economia/impacto-multibillonario-de-mar-a/article_5f364bf0-a176-11e7-892a-ff1a85c871da.html|access-date=September 25, 2017|publisher=[[El Vocero]]|date=September 25, 2017|language=es|archive-date=April 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408053151/https://www.elvocero.com/economia/impacto-multibillonario-de-mar-a/article_5f364bf0-a176-11e7-892a-ff1a85c871da.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] – [[Kurdistan Region]] [[2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum|votes]] in a referendum to become an independent state, in defiance of [[Iraq]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Kurdistan referendum results: 93% of Iraqi Kurds vote for independence, say reports|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kurdistan-referendum-results-vote-yes-iraqi-kurds-independence-iran-syria-a7970241.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kurdistan-referendum-results-vote-yes-iraqi-kurds-independence-iran-syria-a7970241.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|publisher=Independent.co.uk|date= September 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> by October 15, the crisis escalates into a [[2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict|short-lived armed conflict]] over disputed territories.
* [[September 26]] – [[Fortnite Battle Royale]] releases.