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What Happened In History Year 2014

Historical Events for the Year 2014

  • 1st January » Latvia joins the Eurozone.
  • 9th January » An Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion e.g explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Mie called Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
  • 19th January » A 2014 Bannu bombing known as bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 soldiers and injures 38 others.
  • 24th January » Three bombs January 2014 Cairo bombings named explode in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about 7 people and injuring over 100 others.
  • 24th January » The Philippines and the Moro people known as Bangsamoro agree to a Peace process with the Bangsamoro in the Philippines known as peace deal that would help end the 45-year conflict.
  • 7th February » the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony or opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics or Winter Olympics takes place in Sochi, Russia.
  • 8th February » A 2014 Medina hotel fire e.g hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 also injured.
  • 11th February » A military transport 2014 Algeria Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash e.g plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
  • 18th February » At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in February 2014 Euromaidan riots called clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.
  • 22nd February » President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328-0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
  • 23rd February » The 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony e.g closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics called Winter Olympics take place in Sochi, Russia.
  • 1st March » At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a 2014 Kunming attack or mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
  • 7th March » The 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony called opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Paralympics named Winter Paralympics take place in Sochi, Russia.
  • 8th March » Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears over the Gulf of Thailand en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia with all 239 people on board dead.
  • 11th March » The Republic of Crimea declares its Declaration of Independence of Crimea e.g independence.
  • 12th March » An 2014 East Harlem apartment buildings explosion named explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills 8 and injures 70 others.
  • 16th March » Crimea votes in a controversial Crimean referendum, 2014 or referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
  • 18th March » The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an Treaty on the Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to Russia or accession treaty.
  • 20th March » Four suspected Taliban members 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack e.g attack the luxurious Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least 9 people.
  • 22nd March » At least 35 people die in Balochistan, Pakistan, in a Hub bus-tanker crash known as collision between a petrol tanker and two buses.
  • 22nd March » Forty-three people are killed in a 2014 Oso mudslide named mudflow near Oso, Washington.
  • 22nd March » Turtle Canyon is opened in Newport, Kentucky.
  • 29th March » The first Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom named same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
  • 2nd April » A 2014 Fort Hood shooting named spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood Army Base near the town of Killeen, Texas, with four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others sustaining injuries.
  • 10th April » Kathleen Sebelius resigns as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in light of fallout from the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov.
  • 12th April » A 2014 Valparaíso wildfire named wildfire ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
  • 13th April » A bus traveling from Villahermosa to Mexico City Acayucan bus crash known as crashes into a tractor-trailer and catches fire, killing at least 36 people.
  • 14th April » April 2014 Abuja bombing called Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
  • 15th April » More than 200 female students are declared missing after a 2014 Chibok kidnapping named mass kidnapping in Borno State, Nigeria.
  • 15th April » A total April 2014 lunar eclipse named lunar eclipse occurs, producing a Blood Moon.
  • 16th April » A ferry carrying more than 450 people Sinking of the MV Sewol known as capsizes near Jindo (island) known as Jindo Island off South Korea, leaving at least 284 dead and 20 more missing.
  • 18th April » 16 people are killed in an 2014 Mount Everest avalanche e.g avalanche on Mount Everest.
  • 20th April » Eight people are killed in an 2014 Jämijärvi Comp Air 8 crash or aviation accident in Jämijärvi, Finland.
  • 27th April » Popes Pope John XXIII John XXIII and Pope John Paul II John Paul II are declared saints in the first papal Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II canonization since 1954.
  • 27th April » A April 27–30, 2014 tornado outbreak e.g tornado outbreak over much of the eastern United States kills more than 45 people.
  • 30th April » A April 2014 Ürümqi attack called bomb blast in Ürümqi kills 3 people and injures 79 others.
  • 2nd May » 2014 Badakhshan mudslides known as Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
  • 4th May » 3 people are killed and 62 injured in a 2014 Nairobi bus bombings named pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • 6th May » Six people are injured in a 2014 Guangzhou attack or knife attack at a Chinese train station in Guangzhou.
  • 11th May » 15 people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a 2014 Stade Tata Raphaël disaster known as stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into the stand by police officers attempting to defuse a hostile incident.
  • 13th May » An Soma mine disaster named explosion at an underground coal mine in south-western Turkey kills 301 miners.
  • 13th May » 2014 Southeast Europe floods e.g Major floods in Southeast Europe kill at least 47 people.
  • 16th May » 12 people are killed in 2014 Gikomba explosions called two explosions in the Gikomba market area of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
  • 20th May » More than 118 people are killed in May 2014 Jos bombings known as two bombings in Jos, Nigeria.
  • 21st May » A 2014 Taipei Metro attack known as knife attack on a Taipei Metro train leaves at least 4 dead and 21 others injured.
  • 21st May » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum or National September 11 Museum opens to the public.
  • 23rd May » Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 13 injured in 2014 Isla Vista killings known as a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • 29th May » Ignatius Aphrem II is enthroned as the Syriac Orthodox Church called Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
  • 2nd June » Telangana officially Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 or becomes the 29th States of India or state of India.
  • 19th June » Felipe VI of Spain Felipe VI, Prince of Asturias, rises to the Monarchy of Spain Spanish throne following the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I.
  • 8th July » Israel launches an Operation Protective Edge known as offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers called killing of Israeli teenagers.
  • 8th July » Brazil loses to the Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup. The event is known as Mineirazo.
  • 17th July » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
  • 23rd July » The 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony or opening ceremony for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is held in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • 9th August » Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was Shooting of Michael Brown shot and killed by a Ferguson Police Department (Missouri) Ferguson police officer, sparking 2014 Ferguson, Missouri unrest protests and unres
  • 16th August » The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics open in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
  • 24th August » A 6.0 magnitude 2014 South Napa earthquake called earthquake strikes Napa, California, in the northern San Francisco Bay area, It was the largest earthquake to strike northern California since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
  • 31st August » The Fappening Celeberties icloud accounts were hacked and photos were being spread across the internet.
  • 3rd September » Heavy monsoon rains and 2014 India – Pakistan floods e.g flash floods leave over 200 people dead across India and Pakistan.
  • 10th September » The first Invictus Games (multi-sport event) named Invictus Games took place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
  • 12th September » Oscar Pistorius is Trial of Oscar Pistorius named found guilty of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
  • 16th September » ISIS (militant group) e.g ISIS launches its Siege of Kobane e.g Kobane offensive against Syrian Kurdish forces.
  • 18th September » Scotland Scottish independence referendum, 2014 called votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 19th September » The 2014 Asian Games called Asian Games take place in Incheon, South Korea.
  • 24th September » The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully inserted into orbit of Mars.

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