2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.
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The United Nations designated 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming and Crystallography.[1]
Events
January
- January 1 – Latvia officially adopts the Euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.[2]
February
- February–ongoing – The 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak infects 417 people and kills at least 223 people.[citation needed]
- February 7–23 – The XXII Olympic Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia.[3][4]
- February 13 – Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients of any age.[5]
- February 22 – The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest left around 100 people dead in Kiev.[6]
March
- March 5 – Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, severs diplomatic and political ties with Panama, accusing Panama of being involved in a conspiracy against the Venezuelan government.[7]
- March 8 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.[8]
- March 16 – A referendum on the status of Crimea is held.[9]
- March 21 – Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signed a bill finalizing the annexation process.[10]
- March 24 – During an emergency meeting, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, and Canada temporarily suspend Russia from the G8.[11]
- March 27 – The United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 68/262, recognizing Crimea within Ukraine’s international borders and rejecting the validity of the 2014 Crimean referendum.[12]
- March 31 – The United Nations International Court of Justice rules that Japan's Antarctic whaling program is not scientific but commercial and forbids grants of further permits.[13][14]
April
- April 10 – In response to the 2014 Crimean crisis,the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passes a resolution to temporarily strip Russia of its voting rights; its rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, and the PACE Standing Committee; and its right to participate in election-observation missions.[15]
- April 14 – An estimated 276 girls and women are abducted and held hostage from a school in Nigeria.[16]
- April 27 – The Catholic Church canonizes Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on Divine Mercy Sunday.[17]
- April 28 – United States President Barack Obama's new economic sanctions against Russia go into effect, targeting companies and individuals close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.[18]
May
- May 5
- The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency.[19]
- Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala.[20]
- May 20 – Terrorists in Nigeria detonate bombs at Jos, killing 118 people.
- May 22 – The Royal Thai Army overthrows the caretaker government of Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan after a failure to resolve the political unrest in Thailand.[21][22]
June
- June 12 – July 13 – The 2014 FIFA World Cup is being held in Brazil.
Predicted and scheduled events
August
- August 24 – NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will cross the orbit of Neptune after travelling for over eight years. New Horizons is scheduled to reach its mission target, Pluto, in 2015.
September
- September 18 – The Scottish independence referendum is scheduled to be held.
October
- October 31 – The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report is scheduled to be published.[23]
November
- November 9 – The Catalan self-determination referendum is scheduled to be held.
December
- December 4 – The first unmanned flight test of NASA's Orion spacecraft is scheduled to be launched.
- December 31 – The United States and the United Kingdom are scheduled to officially withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, marking the end of their 13-year involvement in the Afghan Civil War.
Date unknown
- Moore's Law of continuous microchip miniaturization is likely to become obsolete due to economic constraints.[24]
- The International Cometary Explorer, a 1978 NASA solar probe that was repurposed for a mission to explore comets, will approach Earth for the first time in decades. Unless it is reactivated for a new mission, it has enough propellant to be re-captured in the Earth system and potentially recovered in orbit. It has already been donated to the Smithsonian Institution if it should be returned to Earth intact.
- JAXA's Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission is expected to be launched.[25]
- The first commercial products using memristor technology are expected to become available.[26]
- The Permanent Court of Arbitration is expected to rule on Philippines v. China.[27]
Deaths
January
- January 5 – Eusébio, Portuguese footballer (b. 1942)
- January 7 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong filmmaker and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- January 9
- Amiri Baraka, American poet (b. 1934)
- Dale T. Mortensen, American Nobel economist (b. 1939)
- January 10 – Zbigniew Messner, 9th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (b. 1929)
- January 11
- Ariel Sharon, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
- Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (b. 1986)
- January 14 – Mae Young, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
- January 15
- John Dobson, American amateur astronomer (b. 1915)
- Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)
- January 16 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese army officer (b. 1922)
- January 20 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933)
- January 23 – Riz Ortolani, Italian film composer (b. 1926)
- January 25 – Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1951)
- January 26 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and writer (b. 1939)
- January 27 – Pete Seeger, American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist (b. 1919)
- January 31 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian film director (b. 1921)
February
- February 1
- Luis Aragonés, Spanish football player and coach (b. 1938)
- Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1930)
- February 2 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (b. 1967)
- February 3 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (b. 1923)
- February 10
- Stuart Hall, Jamaican-British sociologist (b. 1932)
- Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (b. 1928)
- February 11 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1924)
- February 12 – Sid Caesar, American actor (b. 1922)
- February 13 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish football player and coach (b. 1937)
- February 14 – Tom Finney, British footballer (b. 1922)
- February 18 – Nelson Frazier, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
- February 19 – Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- February 23 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-British pianist (b. 1903)
- February 24 – Harold Ramis, American film director, writer, and actor (b. 1944)
- February 25 – Mário Coluna, Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)
- February 26 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist (b. 1947)
March
- March 1 – Alain Resnais, French film director (b. 1922)
- March 9 – Mohammed Fahim, Vice President of Afghanistan (b. c. 1957)
- March 12 – Věra Chytilová, Czech film director (b. 1929)
- March 13 – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932)
- March 14 – Tony Benn, British politician and diarist (b. 1925)
- March 18 – Lucius Shepard, American writer (b. 1942)
- March 19 – Fred Phelps, American pastor (b. 1929)
- March 20 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
- March 21
- Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 122nd Syriac Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1933)
- James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948)
- March 23 – Adolfo Suárez, 138th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)
- March 27 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician (b. 1929)
- March 31 – Frankie Knuckles, American disk jockey and record producer (b. 1955)
April
- April 1 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian (b. 1924)
- April 4 – Kumba Ialá, President of Guinea-Bissau (2000–2003) (b. 1953)
- April 6 – Mickey Rooney, American actor (b. 1920)
- April 8
- The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler (b. 1959)
- Karlheinz Deschner, German activist and writer (b. 1924)
- April 9 – A. N. R. Robinson, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)
- April 10 – Sue Townsend, English novelist and playwright (b. 1946)
- April 13 – Ernesto Laclau, Argentine political theorist (b. 1935)
- April 16 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian politician (b. 1949)
- April 17 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian Nobel writer (b. 1927)
- April 20 – Rubin Carter, American boxer (b. 1937)
- April 24
- Hans Hollein, Austrian architect (b. 1934)
- Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
- April 27 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian football player and coach (b. 1931)
- April 29 – Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)
May
- May 2 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918)
- May 3 – Gary Becker, American Nobel economist (b. 1930)
- May 6
- Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)
- Farley Mowat, Canadian author (b. 1921)
- May 12
- Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
- H. R. Giger, Swiss artist (b. 1940)
- May 15 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
- May 17 – Gerald Edelman, American Nobel biologist (b. 1929)
- May 18
- Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
- Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut and physicist (b. 1946)
- Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (b. 1931)
- May 19 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
- May 21 – Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)
- May 25 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Communist leader of Poland (b. 1923)
- May 28
- Maya Angelou, American poet and author (b. 1928)
- Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928)
- May 29 – Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor (b. 1928)
- May 31
- Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer (b. 1952)
- Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)
June
- June 1 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor, Olympic triple champion and silver medalist (b. 1938)
- June 2
- Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (b. 1924)
- Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)
- June 7 – Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978)
- June 8 – Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist and parapsychologist (b. 1903)
- June 9
- Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926)
- Rik Mayall, English comedian, writer and actor (b. 1958)
- June 11
- Ruby Dee, American actress, poet, and playwright (b. 1922)
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)
- June 13 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- June 15 – Casey Kasem, American radio host and voice actor (b. 1932)
- June 16 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
Major religious holidays and observances
- January 6 – Christmas (Armenian Church) and Epiphany (Western Christianity)
- January 7 – Christmas (Eastern Christianity)
- January 31 – Lunar New Year
- February 1 – Imbolc (celebrated on February 2 in some places)
- March 4 – Shrove Tuesday
- March 5 – Ash Wednesday
- March 20 – Vernal equinox
- April 14–22 – Passover
- April 20 – Easter
- May 1 – May Day
- May 13 – Vesak (celebrated on May 14 and May 15 in some places)
- June 8 – Pentecost
- June 15 – All Saints' Day (Eastern Christianity)
- June 21 – Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer
- July 28 – Eid al-Fitr
- August 1 – Lammas
- September 23 – Autumnal equinox
- September 25 – Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)
- October 4 – Eid al-Adha
- October 4 – Yom Kippur
- October 23 – Diwali
- November 1 – All Saints' Day (Western Christianity) and Samhain
- December 16–24 – Hanukkah
- December 21 – Winter solstice
- December 25 – Christmas (Western Christianity)
In fiction
References
- ^ "United Nations Observances". United Nations. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "Latvia becomes 18th state to join the eurozone". BBC News. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ http://www.sochi2014.com/en Sochi 2014 Olympics
- ^ http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals The Medals Race
- ^ "Belgium's parliament votes through child euthanasia". BBC News. February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president". BBC News. February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Shoichet, Catherine E. (March 6, 2014). "Venezuela cuts ties with Panama, calling country a 'lackey' for the United States". CNN. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ Watkins, Tom; Carter, Chelsea J. (March 8, 2014). "Search intensifies for Malaysian airliner and 239 people, rescue ships head to sea". CNN. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine crisis: EU ponders Russia sanctions over Crimea vote". BBC News. March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
- ^ "Russia officially annexes Crimea away from Ukraine with signature from Vladimir Putin". AP via CBS News. March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ Acosta, Jim (March 25, 2014). "U.S., other powers kick Russia out of G8". CNN. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ^ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 March 2014". United Nations. April 1, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
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- ^ "PACE Deprives Russia Of Voting Rights". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ^ Associated Press (February 5, 2014). "Nigeria: Police Revise Number of Kidnapped Students". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ^ Smith-Spark, Laura; Gallagher, Delia; Wedeman, Ben (April 27, 2014). "Sainthood for John Paul II and John XXIII, as crowds pack St. Peter's Square". CNN. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
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- ^ Maria Cheng (May 5, 2014). "UN: Spread of Polio is a World Health Emergency". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ^ "Boko Haram Attack Kills Hundreds In Border Town". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
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- ^ "ISuppli: Gear costs to derail Moore's Law in 2014". EE Times. June 16, 2009. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
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- ^ Clark, Jack (July 10, 2012). "Memristors' one-year delay will hit IT in the wallet". ZDNet. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ "The Republic of the Philippines v. The People's Republic of China". Permanent Court of Arbitration. Retrieved February 12, 2014.