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Events on Sunday 31 December 2017 5
20172017: Lewis HamiltonMercedesHamilton won his fourth title, seeing off a strong challenge from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
2017Everest RescueDuring a summit of Everest, abandoned his own climb to rescue a Malaysian climber stranded in the death zone at over 8,000 metres, carrying the man on his back to safety.
2017Final Film RoleMade her final film appearance in How to Be a Latin Lover.
2017Infinity Mirrors at the Hirshhorn and Kusama Museum OpensA 50-year retrospective featuring six Infinity Mirror Rooms opened at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, generating 34,000 Instagram posts and 330 million social media impressions — making her the defining artist of the Instagram age. In Tokyo, the Yayoi Kusama Museum opened, dedicated to exhibiting her work.
2017Killing CommendatorePublished Killing Commendatore, a Gatsby-meets-Genji novel about a portrait painter who discovers a hidden painting in an attic. The book was another international bestseller.