Timeline Friday 16 June 2017

Events on Friday 16 June 2017 4

• 1930 – 2017 Helmut Kohl Chancellor of Unity The architect of German reunification and a driving force behind the creation of the European Union.
• 1930 – 2017 Helmut Kohl (1930-2017) Died 16 June 2017, aged 87 German statesman who served as chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and presided over the reunification of Germany in 1990. He was a driving force behind European integration, including the creation of the euro. He remains one of the most consequential European leaders of the postwar era.
• 2017 Amazon acquires Whole Foods Market 13.7 billion dollar deal signals e-commerce push into groceries Amazon announced it would acquire the upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market for approximately 13.7 billion dollars, its largest acquisition to date. The deal closed in August 2017 and signaled Amazon's ambitions to expand into physical retail and groceries. Whole Foods shares surged and rival grocery stocks fell on the news.
• 2017 Chuck Berry's posthumous album Chuck First album in 38 years His first studio album since 1979, released three months after his death.