Sodimejo Sodimejo, an Indonesian man who made an unverified claim to have been born in 1870, which would have made him 146 years old, has died.
University of Papua Zoologists led by the University of Papua announce the first sighting of a pack of New Guinea highland wild dogs in the wild of New Guinea, near the Grasberg mine, in over four decades.
2017 United States federal budget U.S. Congressional negotiators reach a bipartisan agreement on the FY 2017 federal government budget that, once approved by both Houses, will fund the entire fiscal year through September 30. The current spending authorization expires Friday, May 5.
Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, 2017 Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi regains the role of Secretary of the Democratic Party, after his resignation in February, in an open primary election.
Saeed Karimian Saeed Karimian, the founder and director of GEM TV, a Persian language network based in Dubai, is shot dead in Istanbul, Turkey, along with his Kuwaiti business partner. Karimian had previously been tried in absentia by a Tehran court and sentenced to six years in prison for spreading propaganda against Iran.
Tornado outbreak and floods of April 28–30, 2017 The death tolls from tornadoes and floods in the midwestern and southern United States rises to ten with two people missing.
San Diego One person is killed and seven are injured in a shooting at a pool party in San Diego, California. The suspect is killed by police.