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2017 In Finland
The year 2017 is the centenary of the independence of Finland. Incumbents * President: Sauli Niinistö ** Prime Minister: Juha Sipilä Legislative * Speaker: Maria Lohela ** First Deputy Speaker: Mauri Pekkarinen ** Second Deputy Speaker: Arto Satonen Events February *22 February – Opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017, hosted in Lahti. March *1 March – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Finland. *28 March – '' AS Long as Possible'', a GIF-based artwork scheduled to play for 1000 years, launches at the Finnish National Gallery. August *18 August – 2 people are killed and 8 injured in Turku in the first terrorist attack in Finland since World War II. December *6 December – Finland celebrates 100 years of independence; the Finnish Prime Minister's Office had earlier created the Finland 100 Years organization () to arrange a series of jubilee events. Deaths * May 12: Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician, former president (born 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a series of missiles in the face of international condemnation; The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Central Mexico; Spain rejects the result of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum; 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in American history; The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ends its mission, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Battle of Mosul (2016-2017) rect 200 0 400 200 Manchester Arena bombing rect 400 0 600 200 Solar Eclipse of August 21st, 2017 rect 0 200 300 400 Cassini-Huygens rect 300 200 600 400 2017 North Korean missile test rect 0 400 200 600 2017 Las Vegas shooting rect 200 400 400 600 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis rect 400 400 600 600 2017 Puebla earthquake 2017 was designated as Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Long As Possible (ASLAP)
''AS Long As Possible (ASLAP)'' (2015–2017) is a 1,000-year long animated GIF made by Finnish artist Juha van Ingen. It premiered at Kiasma National Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki on 28 March 2017. The animation is created in collaboration with developer and sound artist Janne Särkelä. Background ''ASLAP'' belongs to a group of art works for which extreme duration is an essential part of the concept, such as Canadian artist Rodney Graham's ''Parsifal (1882—38,969,364,735)'', which was based on an addition to Richard Wagner's ''Parsifal'' by Engelbert Humperdinck during the first performance thereof. It was initiated in 1990 and in theory is playing for another 39 billion years – three times longer than the estimated age of the Universe. Other well known examples are ''Longplayer'' by Jem Finer (of the Pogues) sounding from the Trinity Buoy lighthouse near Canary Wharf in London and the yet to be realised 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now by the Long Now Found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 21st Century In Finland
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s In Finland
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Finland
The year 2017 is the centenary of the independence of Finland. Incumbents * President: Sauli Niinistö ** Prime Minister: Juha Sipilä Legislative * Speaker: Maria Lohela ** First Deputy Speaker: Mauri Pekkarinen ** Second Deputy Speaker: Arto Satonen Events February *22 February – Opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017, hosted in Lahti. March *1 March – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Finland. *28 March – '' AS Long as Possible'', a GIF-based artwork scheduled to play for 1000 years, launches at the Finnish National Gallery. August *18 August – 2 people are killed and 8 injured in Turku in the first terrorist attack in Finland since World War II. December *6 December – Finland celebrates 100 years of independence; the Finnish Prime Minister's Office had earlier created the Finland 100 Years organization () to arrange a series of jubilee events. Deaths * May 12: Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician, former president (born 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Henrik Koivisto (; 25 November 1923 – 12 May 2017) was a Finnish politician who served as the ninth president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 1982. He was also the first member of the Social Democratic Party to be elected as President of Finland. Early life Koivisto was born in Turku as the second son of Juho Koivisto, a carpenter at Crichton-Vulcan shipyard, and Hymni Sofia Eskola, who died when he was 10. After attending primary school, Koivisto worked a number of jobs, and at the beginning of the Winter War in 1939 joined a field firefighting unit at the age of 16. During the Continuation War, Koivisto served in the Infantry Detachment Törni led by Lauri Törni, which was a reconnaissance detachment operating behind enemy lines. This detachment was only open to selected volunteers. During the war, he received the Order of the Cross of Liberty (2nd class) and was promoted to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6 December
Events Pre-1600 *1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. *1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. *1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (which he had mistaken for Japan), Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. *1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1601–1900 *1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". *1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. *1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. *1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. *1803 – Five French warships attempti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Turku Stabbing
The 2017 Turku attack took place on 18 August 2017 at around 16:02–16:05 (UTC+3) when 10 people were stabbed in central Turku, Southwest Finland. Two women were killed in the attack and eight people sustained injuries. Police were informed at 16:02. Three minutes later the attacker, Abderrahman Bouanane, a Moroccan rejected asylum seeker, had been detained. At the time of his arrest, Bouanane was using the name Abderrahman Mechkah, which was later discovered to be a false identity. In June 2018, Bouanane was found guilty of two counts of murder with terrorist intent and eight counts of attempted murder with terrorist intent. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. It was the first time anybody had been sentenced for a terrorist crime in Finland. Bouanane reportedly identified as a soldier of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). He had been radicalised three months before the stabbing took place. During the investigation, he was discovered possessing ISIS propaganda m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; 1634–1997). The region was originally called Suomi (Finland), which later became the name for the whole country. As of 31 March 2021, the population of Turku was 194,244 making it the sixth largest city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa and Oulu. There were 281,108 inhabitants living in the Turku Central Locality, ranking it as the third largest urban area in Finland after the Capital Region area and Tampere Central Locality. The city is officially bilingual as percent of its population identify Swedish as a mother-tongue. It is unknown when Turku gained city rights. The Pope Gregory IX first mentioned the town ''Aboa'' in his ''Bulla'' in 1229 and the year is now used as the foundation year of Turku. Turku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18 August
Events Pre-1600 * 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. * 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. * 1304 – The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias. * 1487 – The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces. *1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (''Gramática de la lengua castellana'') is presented to Queen Isabella I. *1572 – The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding Protestants and Catholics of France. *1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. 1601–1900 *1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish National Gallery
Finnish National Gallery ( fi, Suomen Kansallisgalleria, sv, Finlands Nationalgalleri) is the largest art museum institution of Finland. It consists of the Ateneum, an art museum; Kiasma, a contemporary art museum; and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum, a historic house and art museum. The organization's functions are supported by the conservation department, the administration and services department and Kehys, the art museum development department. History On January 27, 1846, the Finnish Art Society was established. In 1848, it established the Helsinki Drawing School and in 1852, the organization took over Turku Drawing School. In the 19th-century, the organization's collections grew through donations. In 1893, , , and Karl Emanuel Jannsson made significant contributions to the organization. The Ateneum building was completed in the spring of 1887 and the Finnish Art Society's operations were moved there. In 1921, Paul and Fanny Sinebrychoff donated approximately 900 works t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
