Deaths on February 11

Fab Melo

Died on February 11, 2017

Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1990)

Fabricio Paulino de Melo ([faˈbɾisju paw.ˈli.nu ʤɪ ˈmɛɫu]; June 20, 1990 – February 11, 2017) was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics before returning to his home country and playing for Liga Sorocabana and Brasília of the Brazilian Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). Prior to entering the NBA in 2012, he played two years of college basketball for Syracuse, where he was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore.

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Periodic table
The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia
3 Mar

Nintendo Switch
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23 May

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A suicide attack on a mosque in Heart, Afghanistan kills 20 people.

Deaths on February 11

Fab Melo

Died on February 11, 2017

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