His brothers were 1960 hockey gold medalists Bill Christian and Roger Christian and his nephew was 1980 gold medalist Dave Christian.
Christian died on June 2, 2017 in Grand Forks, North Dakota at the age of 89.
June 2017 London Bridge attack
On 3 June 2017, starting at 21:58 British Summer Time (UTC+1), three people carried out a terrorist attack in two locations in central London. The attack began when a white van rammed pedestrians on London Bridge. The van drove on and stopped south of the bridge. Three men left the van and ran to Borough Market, where stabbing attacks took place in restaurants. One witness reported that the attackers shouted "This is for Allah" and stabbed customers with knives.
Ten people (including three attackers) were killed and 48 injured in the attack. Three suspects wearing fake explosive vests were shot dead by police.
The Metropolitan Police declared the London Bridge and Borough Market attacks to be "terrorist incidents".
On 4 June, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd said, "We are confident about the fact that they were radical Islamic terrorists, the way they were inspired, and we need to find out more about where this radicalisation came from." On 5 June, two of the attackers were identified as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane. The third of the three attackers, Youssef Zaghba was identified the following day.
David Choby
David Raymond Choby (January 17, 1947 – June 3, 2017) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the 11th Bishop of Nashville, having served as Diocesan Administrator (2004–2006). He was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
Choby died at the age of 70 on June 3, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee after suffering from an infection caused by a fall.
Niels Helveg Petersen
Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen (; informally Niels Helveg; 17 January 1939 – 3 June 2017) was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000, having held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 and 1990. He was a Member of Parliament (Folketinget) for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1966 to 1974, 1977 to 1993, and again from 1994 to 2011.
Petersen died on 3 June 2017 from esophageal cancer in Copenhagen, Denmark at the age of 78.
John K. Watts
John Albert Watts (later known as John K. Watts, 21 January 1937 – 3 June 2017) was an Australian rules football player and radio broadcaster and television personality. He was born in East Perth, Western Australia.
After the 1962 season had finished with East Perth Football Club, John received many good offers from the then Victorian Football League (now Australian Football League) clubs of St Kilda, Essendon, and Geelong. He went on to play for Geelong Football Club from 1963 until 1965 including their 1963 Premiership win over the Hawthorn Football Club. He retired in 1968. Watts later went on to actually own several of Perth's top radio stations and hotels.
In March 2008 he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Watts was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2011. He died from the disease on 3 June 2017 at the age of 80.
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo Gay (5 January 1931 – 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakech from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he lived abroad since the 1950s.
His younger brother was writer and political prisoner Luis Goytisolo.
Goytisolo was bisexual. He was married to screenwriter Monique Lange until her death in 1996.
On 24 of November of 2014 he was granted the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
Goytisolo died on 4 June 2017 at his Marrakech, Morocco home at the age of 86.
Maschwanden
Maschwanden is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Maur, Switzerland
Maur is a municipality in the district of Uster in the Swiss canton of Zurich.
Altstetten (Zürich)
Altstetten is a quarter in district 9 of the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Until 1934 it was a municipality on its own. Then it was added to Zürich.
Albisrieden
Albisrieden is a quarter in district 9 of the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Until 1934 it was a municipality of its own. It was then incorporated into Zürich.
The quarter has a population 17,226 distributed across an area of 4.6 km².
Jimmy Piersall
James Anthony "Jimmy" Piersall (November 14, 1929 – June 3, 2017) was an American baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams, from 1950 through 1967. He played for Boston Red Sox (1950, 1952–1958), Cleveland Indians (1959–1961), Washington Senators (1962–1963), New York Mets (1963) and for the California Angels (1963–1967).
After baseball, Piersall became the broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox from 1977 through 1981.
Piersall was best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of the book and movie "Fear Strikes Out".
Piersall was born in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Piersall was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1954 and 1956. By the end of the 1956 season, in which he played all 156 games, he posted a league-leading 40 doubles, scored 91 runs, drove in 87, and had a .293 batting average. The following year, he hit 19 home runs and scored 103 runs.
Piersall moved to Chicago, Illinois in his later years. He died at under hospice carer in Wheaton, Illinois on June 3, 2017 from complications of a stroke at the age of 87.
One Love Manchester
One Love Manchester was a charity concert and British television program on 4 June 2017. The concert was set up by Ariana Grande. The event took place at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Old Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It aired live on BBC One in the United Kingdom.
The concert was attended by over 50,000 people. Guest stars included Justin Bieber, the Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Marcus Mumford, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Katy Perry, Take That, Imogen Heap, Pharrell Williams, Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher.
Money from the event benefits the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. The Emergency Fund was founded by Manchester City Council and the British Red Cross not long after the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
Bart Carlier
Anthonius Hubertus "Bart" Carlier (23 June 1929 – 4 May 2017) was a Dutch football player. He played eight seasons in France, winning league championships with AS Monaco in 1961 and 1963. Carlier appeared for the Dutch national team five times, scoring two goals.
Carlier died on 4 May 2017 in Strasbourg, France, aged 87.
Thomas James Kinsman
Thomas James Kinsman (March 4, 1945 – May 15, 2017) was a United States Army soldier. He was known for being the recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Kinsman died on May 15, 2017 in Toledo, Washington at the age of 72.
Leonhard Nagenrauft
Leonhard Nagenrauft (March 9, 1938 in Bischofswiesen – May 22, 2017 in Berchtesgaden) was a West German luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the silver medal in the men's singles event at the 1971 FIL World Luge Championships in Olang, Italy.
Nagenrauft also won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1967 and a bronze in 1972.
Nagenrauft also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the men's singles event at Sapporo in 1972.
Nagenrauft died on May 22, 2017 at the age of 79.
Gordon Brunton
Sir Gordon Charles Brunton (27 December 1921 – 30 May 2017) was a British businessman, publisher, racehorse owner and breeder. He was born in London.