Timeline February 2017

Events in February 2017 5

• 1955 – 2017 Bill Paxton (1955-2017) Died 25 February 2017, aged 61 American actor known for roles in Aliens, Titanic, Twister, and the television series Big Love. He was one of few actors to appear in films depicting the destruction of the Titanic, the Alamo, and the White House. He died of complications following heart surgery.
• 2017 Lee Jae-yong arrested on bribery charges Lee Jae-yong (Jay Y. Lee), heir to the Samsung empire, is arrested in February 2017 on bribery charges connected to the South Korean political scandal that brought down President Park Geun-hye. He is convicted, imprisoned, released, retried and eventually pardoned by President Yoon in 2022. The saga highlights the complex relationship between South Korea's chaebol conglomerates and its political class.
• 2017 Black Sabbath play their last tour show The End, Birmingham The final show of The End tour in their home town.
• 2017 Nokia 3310 relaunched — nostalgia goes viral Nokia (through its licensing partner HMD Global) relaunches a modernised Nokia 3310 at Mobile World Congress 2017. The announcement generates extraordinary media coverage — not for its technology (it runs a basic feature phone OS) but for the emotional connection hundreds of millions of people have with the original. The relaunch becomes one of the most effective nostalgia marketing moments in consumer electronics history.
• 2017 Rogue One earns Academy Award nomination Visual effects recognized Rogue One received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards, recognizing its groundbreaking digital recreation of characters and destruction sequences. The nomination underscored Edwards' continued reputation for pushing visual effects technology within a directorial career built on VFX expertise.