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Clockwise from top-left: stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the [[Western African Ebola virus epidemic; citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, carried out by Boko Haram; bundles of water inside of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III in the war against the Islamic State; Thai soldiers at the Chang Phueak Gate during the Thai coup d'état; Pro-independence campaigners in the Scottish independence referendum; the 2014 Winter Olympics are held in Sochi, Russia; Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappears and presumably crashes in the Indian Ocean; Crimea is annexed by Russia|300x300px|thumb|right]]

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The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the most widespread outbreak of the Ebola virus in human history, resulting in 28,646 confirmed infections and 11,323 confirmed deaths according to the World Health Organization, who declared it a Public Health Emergency in August. The virus caused major socioeconomic disruption in the region, primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Other notable health concerns in 2014 included a significant increase in polio cases in Pakistan.

The rise of ISIS became a major geopolitical crisis in 2014 after the group declared a global caliphate and launched devastating offensives in Iraq and Syria. The Camp Speicher massacre in which the Islamic State murdered 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets and the Fall of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, prompted a U.S led military intervention, which would later become a global effort. The Islamic State committed numerous atrocities, including mass beheadings, mass executions of civilians, and the genocide and persecution of religious minorities like the Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims. ISIS would attract thousands of foreign fighters from across the world to join their military, drawn by their ideology and promises of establishing a global Islamic state. ISIS led to a massive displacement of people in Iraq and Syria, creating a major humanitarian crisis for millions of peoples.{{Cite web |first=Orlando |last= Crowcroft |date=2015-06-17 |title=Isis: Worst refugee crisis in a generation as millions flee Islamic State in Iraq and Syria |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-worst-refugee-crisis-generation-millions-flee-islamic-state-iraq-syria-1506613 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=International Business Times UK |language=en}} Another notable conflict was the 2014 Gaza War, which Israel began 26 days after three Israeli teenagers were murdered in the West Bank by Hamas-affiliated Palestinian militants, the large-scale military operation, codenamed "Operation Protective Edge" saw intense fighting, with Israeli airstrikes and ground incursions into Gaza, killing 2,310 and wounding 10,626 Palestinians. The conflict would end on August 26, 2014, after a ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt went into effect.

The Euromaidan protests, a series of demonstrations in Ukraine, were triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych's sudden decision to pursue closer economic ties with Russia and his refusal to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, which culminated in the Revolution of Dignity in February. Following this, a disputed referendum led to Russia occupying and annexing Crimea from Ukraine, subsequent pro-Russian unrest led to Russian backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine seizing control of key areas, leading to the War in Donbas in April. The war escalated after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by Russian-backed forces while flying in Eastern Ukraine.

Political crises continued across the globe, with Thailand experiencing a military coup in May as the Royal Thai Army overthrew the caretaker government. Three main airplane disasters happened, the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, and the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, collectively claiming over 700 lives. Civil unrest emerged in Ferguson, Missouri in the United States due to the killing of Michael Brown and in Hong Kong, during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. Despite all these challenges, scientific achievement provided hope as India became the first Asian nation to reach Mars with its Mangalyaan mission, and the Rosetta spacecraft's Philae probe completed humanity's first landing on a comet.

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Events

=January=

  • January 1 – Latvia adopts the euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.{{cite news|title=Latvia becomes 18th state to join the eurozone|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25567096|access-date=31 January 2014|work=BBC News|date=1 January 2014|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120072029/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25567096|url-status=live}}
  • January 5 – A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV Mk.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic rocket engine.
  • January 9 – The Elk River Chemical Spill in Charleston, West Virginia, when a leakage of the chemical MCMH from a Freedom Industries chemical plant left 300,000 residents of Charleston and nine surrounding counties without drinkable water for over three months.

=February=

  • February – The West African Ebola virus epidemic begins, infecting at least 28,616 people and killing at least 11,310 people, the most severe both in terms of numbers of infections and casualties.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/03/health/ebola-outbreak-west-africa/|title=Ebola virus: Can nations stop deadliest ever outbreak from spreading?|last=Smith-Spark|first=Laura|date=7 March 2014|website=CNN|access-date=7 July 2014|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707061839/http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/03/health/ebola-outbreak-west-africa|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/resources/outbreak-table.html|title=Chronology of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|date=24 June 2014|access-date=25 June 2014|archive-date=August 9, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140809095127/http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/resources/outbreak-table.html|url-status=live}}
  • February 7–23 – The XXII Olympic Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/07/world/europe/russia-sochi-winter-olympics/index.html|title=All eyes on Russia as opening ceremony marks start of Winter Olympics - CNN.com|last1=Karimi|first1=Faith|last2=Martinez|first2=Michael|date=12 February 2014|website=CNN|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423052700/http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/07/world/europe/russia-sochi-winter-olympics/index.html|url-status=live}} Slopestyle events are introduced for the first time
  • February 13 – Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients of any age.{{cite news|date=13 February 2014|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26181615|title=Belgium's parliament votes through child euthanasia|work=BBC News|access-date=13 February 2014|archive-date=June 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608165711/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26181615|url-status=live}}
  • February 22 – Revolution of Dignity: The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest leaving around 100 people dead in Kyiv.{{cite news|title=Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26312008|access-date=23 February 2014|work=BBC News|date=23 February 2014|archive-date=February 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223115150/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26312008|url-status=live}}
  • February 24th – The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Operates it's last passenger flight Signaling the end to a bygone era of aviation This flight was operated by Biman Bangladesh airlines
  • February 28 – The number of people in the U.S. using mobile devices to access the internet overtook those using desktop computers for the first time, a feat which would be followed globally two years later in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/28/technology/mobile/mobile-apps-internet/index.html|title=Mobile apps overtake monthly Internet usage on PCs for the first time|first=James|last=O'Toole|date=February 28, 2014|website=CNNMoney|access-date=March 4, 2023|archive-date=January 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113180504/https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/28/technology/mobile/mobile-apps-internet/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/mobile-internet-use-passes-desktop-for-the-first-time-study-finds/|title=Mobile internet use passes desktop for the first time, study finds|first=Darrell|last=Etherington|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=January 11, 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111135612/https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/mobile-internet-use-passes-desktop-for-the-first-time-study-finds/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2014-12-29 |title=Pivotal moments in 2014: when mobile overtook desktop |url=https://www.phocuswire.com/Pivotal-moments-in-2014-when-mobile-overtook-desktop |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=PhocusWire}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2014/07/08/mobile-now-exceeds-pc-the-biggest-shift-since-the-internet-began/|title=Mobile Now Exceeds PC: The Biggest Shift Since the Internet Began|date=July 8, 2014|website=Search Engine Watch|access-date=January 11, 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111135610/https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2014/07/08/mobile-now-exceeds-pc-the-biggest-shift-since-the-internet-began/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://gs.statcounter.com/press/mobile-and-tablet-internet-usage-exceeds-desktop-for-first-time-worldwide|title=Mobile and tablet internet usage exceeds desktop for first time worldwide|website=StatCounter Global Stats|access-date=January 11, 2023|archive-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729035802/http://gs.statcounter.com/press/mobile-and-tablet-internet-usage-exceeds-desktop-for-first-time-worldwide|url-status=live}}

=March=

  • March 1 – 2014 Kunming attack: Eight knife-wielding terrorists stabbed and slashed passengers at the Kunming railway station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people and injuring 143 others.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china|title=Kunming knife attack: Xinjiang separatists blamed for 'Chinese 9/11'|work=The Guardian|date=March 2, 2014|access-date=October 22, 2023|archive-date=November 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102010124/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china|url-status=live}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/americas/venezuela-panama-diplomatic-ties-suspended/index.html |title=Venezuela cuts ties with Panama, calling country a 'lackey' for the United States |last=Shoichet |first=Catherine E. |date=6 March 2014 |website=CNN |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306020030/https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/americas/venezuela-panama-diplomatic-ties-suspended/index.html |url-status=live }}
  • 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.{{cite news|title=Search intensifies for Malaysian airliner and 239 people, rescue ships head to sea|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/07/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing|access-date=8 March 2014|publisher=CNN|date=8 March 2014|author=Watkins, Tom|author2=Carter, Chelsea J.|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308153743/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/07/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing|url-status=live}}
  • March 16
  • 2014 Crimean status referendum: A disputed referendum on the status of the Crimean Peninsula is held.{{cite news|title=Ukraine crisis: EU ponders Russia sanctions over Crimea vote|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26607466|work=BBC News|date=17 March 2014|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=April 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415233100/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26607466|url-status=live}}
  • The fifth ICC T20 World Cup in cricket is held in Bangladesh.
  • March 21 – Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signs a bill formalizing the process.{{cite news|title=Russia officially annexes Crimea away from Ukraine with signature from Vladimir Putin|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-annexes-crimea-away-from-ukraine-with-signature-from-vladimir-putin|access-date=23 March 2014|publisher=AP via CBS News|date=21 March 2014|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323044405/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-annexes-crimea-away-from-ukraine-with-signature-from-vladimir-putin/|url-status=live}}
  • March 24 – During an emergency meeting, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, and Canada temporarily suspend Russia from the G8,{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/politics/obama-europe-trip/index.html |title=U.S., other powers kick Russia out of G8 |last=Acosta |first=Jim |date=24 March 2014 |website=CNN |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324210748/https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/politics/obama-europe-trip/index.html |url-status=live }} recognizing Crimea within Ukraine's international borders and rejecting the validity of the 2014 Crimean referendum.{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/68/262|title=Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 March 2014|publisher=United Nations|date=1 April 2014|access-date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412190337/http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2FRES%2F68%2F262|archive-date=12 April 2014}}
  • 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26818863|title=Japan accepts court ban on Antarctic whaling|date=31 March 2014|website=BBC News|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=May 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520112907/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26818863|url-status=live}}

=April=

  • April 7 – The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic declares its independence from Ukraine.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210|title=Ukraine: Pro-Russians storm offices in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv|date=6 April 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=22 May 2015|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401093020/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210|url-status=live}}
  • April 10 – In response to the invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ukraine-pace-/25327665.html|title=PACE Deprives Russia Of Voting Rights|date=10 April 2014|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=10 April 2014|archive-date=March 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321150114/http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ukraine-pace-/25327665.html|url-status=live}}
  • April 14 – Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping: an estimated 276 girls and women are abducted from a school in Nigeria and held hostage.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/world/africa/nigeria-police-revise-number-of-kidnapped-students.html|title=Nigeria: Police Revise Number of Kidnapped Students|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=5 May 2014|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415234847/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/world/africa/nigeria-police-revise-number-of-kidnapped-students.html|url-status=live}}
  • April 16 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks after an unmanageable cargo shift, killing 304 people, mostly high school students.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/world/asia/copter-crashes-after-searching-for-ferry-victims-in-korea.html?_r=0|title=Copter Crashes After Search for Korean Ferry Victims|first=Cheo|date=17 July 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|last=Sang-hun|access-date=22 July 2014|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805145608/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/world/asia/copter-crashes-after-searching-for-ferry-victims-in-korea.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}
  • April 27 – The Catholic Church simultaneously canonizes Popes John XXIII and John Paul II.{{cite news|title=Sainthood for John Paul II and John XXIII, as crowds pack St. Peter's Square|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/27/world/pope-canonization/?hpt=hp_t2|access-date=27 April 2014|publisher=CNN|date=27 April 2014|author=Smith-Spark, Laura|author2=Gallagher, Delia|author3=Wedeman, Ben|archive-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427163739/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/27/world/pope-canonization/?hpt=hp_t2|url-status=live}}
  • 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/27/us-placing-new-round-sanctions-russia/|title=New round of sanctions aimed at Putin, Russian elite|last=Klimas|first=Jacqueline|date=27 April 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=28 April 2014|archive-date=May 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503045417/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/27/us-placing-new-round-sanctions-russia/|url-status=live}}

=May=

  • May 2
  • 2014 Odesa clashes
  • May 5
  • The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/polio-spread-un_n_5266849.html|title=UN: Spread of Polio is a World Health Emergency|first=Maria|date=5 May 2014|work=The Huffington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045209/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/polio-spread-un_n_5266849.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|last=Cheng|access-date=5 May 2014}}
  • Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala in Nigeria.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/07/boko-haram-attack_n_5279662.html|title=Boko Haram Attack Kills Hundreds In Border Town|last1=Faul|first1=Michelle|last2=Meldrum|first2=Andrew|date=7 May 2014|work=The Huffington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307025038/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/07/boko-haram-attack_n_5279662.html|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=7 May 2014}}
  • May 6–10 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is won by Austrian entrant Conchita Wurst with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".
  • May 12 – The self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic declares its independence from Ukraine.{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/luhansk-region-declares-independence-at-rally-in-luhansk-347498.html|title=Luhansk region declares independence at rally in Luhansk|date=12 May 2014|url-access=subscription|work=Kyiv Post|access-date=June 9, 2016|archive-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203141946/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/luhansk-region-declares-independence-at-rally-in-luhansk-347498.html|url-status=live |author1=Interfax-Ukraine }}
  • May 14 – According to a South Korea Unification Ministry report, a twenty-three story apartment building collapsed in Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea (DPR of Korea), with more than 490 fatalities estimated.{{Cite news |date=2014-05-19 |title=Pyongyang building collapse: a new era for North Korean propaganda |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/19/pyongyang-building-collapse-north-korea-propaganda |access-date=2023-12-05 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624171422/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/19/pyongyang-building-collapse-north-korea-propaganda |url-status=live }}
  • May 20 – 2014 Jos bombings: Terrorists in Nigeria detonate bombs at Jos, killing 118 people.
  • May 21 – A mass stabbing incident occurred on Taipei Metro's Bannan line from Longshan Temple to Jiangzicui station causing 4 fatalities and 21 injuries.{{Cite news |date=2014-05-21 |title=Four killed, 21 wounded in Taipei subway knife attack |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/four-killed-21-wounded-in-taipei-subway-knife-attack |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}
  • May 22
  • 2014 Thai coup d'état: The Royal Thai Army overthrows the caretaker government of Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan after a failure to resolve the political unrest in Thailand.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27517591|title=Military 'takes control' in Thailand|agency=BBC|access-date=22 May 2014|date=22 May 2014|archive-date=May 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522122932/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27517591|url-status=live}}
  • A terrorist attack in Ürümqi, China leaves 43 people dead and more than 90 injured.
  • The Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic declare the formation of Novorossiya, also referred to as the Union of People's Republics.{{cite news|last=Babiak |first=Mat |title=Welcome to New Russia |url=http://ukrainianpolicy.com/welcome-to-new-russia/ |newspaper=Ukrainian Policy |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=26 May 2014 |archive-date=8 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608053925/http://ukrainianpolicy.com/welcome-to-new-russia|url-status=live}}
  • May 26 – Narendra Modi succeeds Manmohan Singh as the 14th Prime Minister of India.

=June=

  • June 5 – A Sunni militant group now calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) begins an offensive through northern Iraq, aiming to capture the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad and overthrow the Shiite government led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/19/witness-claims-isis-flag-flies-over-key-iraq-refinery-baghdad-says-soldiers|title=Witness claims ISIS flag flies over key Iraq refinery, Baghdad says soldiers still hold it|publisher=Fox News|date=19 June 2014|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-date=June 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619165501/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/19/witness-claims-isis-flag-flies-over-key-iraq-refinery-baghdad-says-soldiers/|url-status=dead}}
  • June 12 – In the Camp Speicher massacre in Iraq, ISIL kills 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets. It is the second deadliest terrorist attack in history and the deadliest attack conducted by ISIL.{{Cite news|last1=Nordland|first1=Rod|last2=Rubin|first2=Alissa J.|date=2014-06-15|title=Massacre Claim Shakes Iraq|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/world/middleeast/iraq.html|access-date=2020-07-08|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328094636/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/world/middleeast/iraq.html|url-status=live}}
  • June 13
  • International military intervention against ISIL begins.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/13/obama-urgent-air-assault-isis-syria-iraq?view=desktop|title=Obama 'urgently' considering air assault on targets in Syria and Iraq|last1=Ackerman|first1=Spencer|date=13 June 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=12 February 2017|last2=Lewis|first2=Paul|issn=0261-3077}}
  • The Los Angeles Kings defeat the New York Rangers 3-2 in Game 5 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final to win the series 4-1 and win their second Stanley Cup in franchise history.{{Cite web |title=Kings 3-2 Rangers (Jun 13, 2014) Final Score |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/gameId/400560758/rangers-kings |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
  • June 14 – The Catholic Church removes restrictions on clerical marriage in the Eastern Catholic Churches' diaspora.{{cite news|title=Vatican lifts ban on married priests for Eastern Catholics in diaspora|date=17 November 2014|first=Laura|last=Ieraci|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-lifts-ban-married-priests-eastern-catholics-diaspora|work=National Catholic Reporter|access-date=23 February 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120052416/https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-lifts-ban-married-priests-eastern-catholics-diaspora|url-status=live}}
  • June 15
  • The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Miami Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals, 4–1, to win their 5th championship in franchise history.{{cite news| title=Heat vs. Spurs - game summary| date=June 15, 2014| url=https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/400559378#:~:text=Taking%20the%20fifth%3A%20Spurs%20rip%20Heat%20for%20title%20No.&text=The%20San%20Antonio%20Spurs%20won,the%20series%20in%20five%20games.| access-date=11 September 2022| archive-date=December 4, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204172708/https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/400559378#:~:text=Taking%20the%20fifth%3A%20Spurs%20rip%20Heat%20for%20title%20No.&text=The%20San%20Antonio%20Spurs%20won,the%20series%20in%20five%20games.| url-status=live}}
  • Australia wins the 2014 Hockey World Cup.
  • June 19 – Felipe VI becomes King of Spain upon the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I.
  • June 29 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declares itself a caliphate.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/isil-declares-new-islamic-caliphate-201462917326669749.html|title=Sunni rebels declare new 'Islamic caliphate'|date=30 June 2014|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731072309/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/isil-declares-new-islamic-caliphate-201462917326669749.html|url-status=live}}

=July=

  • July 8 – Brazil, hosts of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, are beaten 7–1 by Germany in the semi-finals.
  • July 8–August 26 – Amid growing tensions between Israel and Hamas following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June and the revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager in July, Israel launches Operation Protective Edge against Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip starting with numerous missile strikes,{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-pounds-dozens-of-gaza-targets-in-major-counteroffensive/|title=Israel hits Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders after rockets land north of Tel Aviv|last1=Yaakov|first1=Yifa|date=8 July 2014|newspaper=The Times of Israel|access-date=13 February 2017|last2=Ho|first2=Spencer|language=en-US|archive-date=July 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709012942/http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-pounds-dozens-of-gaza-targets-in-major-counteroffensive/|url-status=live}} followed by a ground offensive a week later.{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/IDF-intensifies-Gaza-attacks-with-artillery-fire-air-strikes-363289|title=IDF starts Gaza ground offensive|last1=Lappin|first1=Yaakov|last2=Keinon|first2=Herb|date=17 July 2014|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=17 July 2014|archive-date=July 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717223705/http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/IDF-intensifies-Gaza-attacks-with-artillery-fire-air-strikes-363289|url-status=live}} In seven weeks of fighting, 2,100 Palestinians and 71 Israelis are killed.
  • July 13 – Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
  • July 17 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes in eastern Ukraine after being shot down by a missile. All 298 people on board are killed.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-17-crashes-in-ukraine/|title=Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Plane with 298 on board shot down in Ukraine|date=17 July 2014|newspaper=CBS News|access-date=13 February 2017|language=en|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164406/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-17-crashes-in-ukraine/|url-status=live}}
  • July 18 – Typhoon Rammasun makes landfall in Hainan, China as a category 5 super typhoon, killing 88 and causing $7.14 billion in damages.
  • July 20 – Monty Python Live (Mostly) closes in London, ending the famous British comedy group Monty Python, active since 1969.{{Citation |title=Celebrating 8 years since "The End of Monty Python" | date=July 19, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-F4178Lp3Y |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en}}
  • July 21 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2166 in response to the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.{{cite web| url =https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/2166%282014%29| title =Resolution 2166 (2014)| publisher =United Nations| date =21 July 2014| access-date =23 July 2014| archive-date =July 10, 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180710212152/https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/2166(2014)| url-status =live}}
  • July 23–August 3 – The 2014 Commonwealth Games takes place in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • July 24 – Air Algérie Flight 5017, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashes in Mali, killing all 116 people on board.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/25/world/africa/air-algerie-crash/|title='Disintegrated' Air Algerie plane found with no survivors; 'black box' recovered|last1=Karimi|first1=Faith|last2=Smith-Spark|first2=Laura|date=26 July 2014|publisher=CNN|access-date=26 July 2014|archive-date=July 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727202828/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/25/world/africa/air-algerie-crash|url-status=live}}
  • July 28 – 100-year anniversary of World War I's commencement (Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia).

=August=

  • August 3 – Sinjar massacre, beginning of ISIS attacks resulting in the massacre of over 4,000 Yazidis in Iraq's Sinjar District.
  • August 7 – Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are found guilty of crimes against humanity and are sentenced to life imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.{{cite news |date=7 August 2014 |title=Top Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28670568 |publisher=BBC |access-date=8 August 2014 |archive-date=August 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807085606/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28670568 |url-status=live }}
  • August 8
  • American-led intervention in Iraq: The United States military begins an air campaign in northern Iraq to stem the influx of ISIL militants.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/timeline-us-policy-isis|title=Timeline: US Policy on ISIS|last=Glenn|first=Cameron|date=27 April 2016|newspaper=Wilson Center|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008113854/https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/timeline-us-policy-isis|url-status=live}}
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the Ebola outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |date=2014-08-08 |title=WHO declares Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/08/who-ebola-outbreak-international-public-health-emergency |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
  • Five Nights at Freddy's was released by Scott Cawthon.
  • August 9 – The shooting of Michael Brown, an African American, by a police officer occurs in Ferguson, Missouri, triggering riots.{{Cite news |date=15 December 2014 |title=Documents Released in the Ferguson Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/25/us/evidence-released-in-michael-brown-case.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205070832/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/25/us/evidence-released-in-michael-brown-case.html |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |access-date=6 November 2017 |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30190224|title=Ferguson riots: Ruling sparks night of violence|work=BBC News|date=25 November 2014|access-date=February 26, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428232005/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30190224|url-status=live}}

=September=

  • September 15 – Syrian civil war: ISIS militants launched an offensive to capture the town of Kobanî, which lasted for six months.
  • September 18 – In the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.{{cite web|last1=Lindsay|first1=James M.|title=Ten Most Significant World Events in 2014|url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/ten-most-significant-world-events-2014|website=Council on Foreign Relations|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100421/https://www.cfr.org/blog/ten-most-significant-world-events-2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Cowell|first1=Alan|last2=Castle|first2=Stephen|title=After Losing Scottish Independence Vote, Alex Salmond Will Resign|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/world/europe/scotland-independence-vote-no.html|access-date=24 October 2017|work=N.Y. Times|date=19 September 2014|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417002530/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/world/europe/scotland-independence-vote-no.html|url-status=live}}
  • September 21 – The Battle of Sanaa leads to the start of the Yemeni Civil War, as Houthi forces capture the capital city Sanaa, followed by a rapid Houthi takeover of the government.
  • September 22 – American-led intervention in Syria: The United States and several Arab partners begin their airstrike campaign in Syria.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/twitter-user-live-tweets-attack-before-pentagon-breaks-news-9749973.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/twitter-user-live-tweets-attack-before-pentagon-breaks-news-9749973.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Syria air strike: Twitter user Abdulkader Hariri live tweets US Islamic State attack 'before Pentagon breaks news'|last=Saul|first=Heather|date=23 September 2014|work=The Independent|access-date=27 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-airstrikes-syria/story?id=25686031|title=U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS inside Syria for first time|last1=Raddatz|first1=Martha|last2=Martinez|first2=Luis|date=22 September 2014|last3=Ferran|first3=Lee|work=ABC News|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=March 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330164728/https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-airstrikes-syria/story?id=25686031|url-status=live}}
  • September 24 – The Mars Orbiter Mission, popularly known as Mangalyaan, which was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation, reached Martian orbit, making India the first Asian country to successfully reach Mars.
  • September 26
  • The 2014 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, to be held in Cape Town from 13 to 15 October, is suspended after a boycott of Nobel Laureates to protest the third time refusal of a visa to the 14th Dalai Lama by a South African Government "kowtowing to China".{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/4229-nobel-peace-laureates-boycott-nobel-summit-in-south-africa|title=Nobel Peace laureates boycott Nobel summit in South Africa|last=Choesang|first=Yeshe|date=29 September 2014|website=The Tibet Post|language=en-gb|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213172601/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/4229-nobel-peace-laureates-boycott-nobel-summit-in-south-africa|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/nobel-peace-summit-suspended-over-dalai-lama-visa-row/5787424|title=Peace summit 'suspended' over Dalai Lama visa row|last=Cuddihi|first=Martin|date=3 October 2014|newspaper=ABC News|access-date=13 February 2017|language=en-AU|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090423/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/nobel-peace-summit-suspended-over-dalai-lama-visa-row/5787424|url-status=live}}
  • Forty-three male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College are forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. They were allegedly taken into custody by local police officers in collusion with organized crime. The mass kidnapping caused international protests and social unrest, leading to the resignation of Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero.
  • September 27 – Mount Ontake, in Japan, erupts, killing several climbers on the slopes of the volcano.
  • September 28 – Hong Kong protests: Benny Tai Yiu-ting announces that Occupy Central is launched as Hong Kong's government headquarters is being occupied by thousands of protesters. Hong Kong police resort to tear gas to disperse protesters but thousands remain.

=October=

  • October 3 – Stefan Löfven replaces Fredrik Reinfeldt as Prime Minister of Sweden.
  • October 19 – The Roman Catholic Church beatifies Pope Paul VI.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/world/europe/pope-francis-beatifies-pope-paul-vi.html|title=Pope Francis Beatifies an Earlier Reformer, Paul VI|last=Povoledo|first=Elisabetta|date=19 October 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=13 February 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019221734/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/world/europe/pope-francis-beatifies-pope-paul-vi.html|url-status=live}}
  • October 20 – Joko Widodo is inaugurated as the 7th President of Indonesia.{{cite news | url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29684776 | title= Joko Widodo sworn in as Indonesian president | work= BBC News | date= 20 October 2014 | access-date= 6 April 2019 | archive-date= September 7, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190907101053/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29684776 | url-status= live }}
  • October 24 – Alan Eustace, an American computer scientist, sets a world record highest and longest free fall jump from {{convert|135908|ft|km}} over Roswell, New Mexico, United States, breaking the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of a massive helium-filled balloon. His descent to Earth lasts 4 minutes 27 seconds and stretches nearly {{convert|26|mi|km}} with peak speeds exceeding {{convert|822|mph|km/h}}, setting new world records for the highest free-fall jump and total free-fall distance {{convert|123414|ft|m}}.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it/transcript#t-153264|title=Transcript of "I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it"|last=Eustace|first=Alan|access-date=10 November 2018|language=en|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724153453/https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it/transcript#t-153264|url-status=live}}{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29766189 | title = Google's Alan Eustace beats Baumgartner's skydiving record | work = BBC News | date = 24 October 2014 | access-date = 25 October 2014 | archive-date = November 14, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181114114608/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29766189 | url-status = live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/24/7062023/alan-eustace-google-vp-free-fall-parachute-jump-world-record |title=Google VP's 135,908-foot leap breaks world record for highest free-fall parachute jump |work=The Verge |date=24 October 2014 |access-date=24 October 2014 |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024224611/http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/24/7062023/alan-eustace-google-vp-free-fall-parachute-jump-world-record |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Google exec sets records with leap from near-space|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Google-exec-sets-records-with-leap-from-near-space-5845641.php|access-date=24 October 2014|newspaper=seattlepi.com|date=24 October 2014|location=Seattle|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028175223/http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Google-exec-sets-records-with-leap-from-near-space-5845641.php|url-status=dead}}
  • October 31 – Longtime Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré resigns after widespread protests in response to his attempts to abolish presidential term limits.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/10/burkina-faso-president-2014103113130587467.html|title=Army chief takes power in Burkina Faso|date=31 October 2014|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=1 November 2014|archive-date=October 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031160849/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/10/burkina-faso-president-2014103113130587467.html|url-status=live}}

=November=

  • November 1 – Bangladesh faces a nationwide blackout.
  • November 2 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the final part of its Fifth Assessment Report, warning that the world faces "severe, pervasive and irreversible" damage from global emissions of CO2.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29855884|title=Fossil fuels should be 'phased out by 2100' says IPCC|date=2 November 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226094153/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29855884|url-status=live}}
  • November 3 – The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, One World Trade Center in New York City, opens.
  • November 12 – The uncrewed Rosetta spacecraft's Philae probe successfully lands on Comet 67P, the first time in history that a spacecraft has landed on such an object.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30026398|title=Probe makes historic comet landing|work=BBC News|date=November 12, 2014|access-date=12 November 2014|archive-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707172505/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30026398|url-status=live}}

=December=

  • December 3 – The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches uncrewed spaceprobe Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round-trip mission to Ryugu to collect rock samples.
  • December 15 – Two hostages and terrorist Man Haron Monis are killed in the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/15/sydney-siege-ends-police-storm-lindt-cafe-hostages-run-out|title=Two hostages and gunman dead as Sydney cafe siege ends|first1=Helen|last1=Davidson|first2=Peter|last2=Walker|first3=Michael|last3=Safi|work=the Guardian|access-date=15 December 2014|date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215162212/http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/15/sydney-siege-ends-police-storm-lindt-cafe-hostages-run-out|archive-date=15 December 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
  • December 16 – 2014 Peshawar school massacre: The Pakistani Taliban carry out a mass shooting at an army school in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 145 people, mostly schoolchildren.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/world/asia/pakistan-peshawar-school-attack/index.html|title=Taliban school attack: 145 killed in Pakistan siege|last1=Saifi|first1=Sophia Saifi|last2=Botelho|first2=Greg|date=17 December 2014|website=CNN|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213024855/http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/world/asia/pakistan-peshawar-school-attack/index.html|url-status=live}}
  • December 17 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces the resumption of normal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30516740|title=Obama hails 'new chapter' in US-Cuba ties|date=17 December 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=17 December 2014|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217231944/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30516740|url-status=live}}
  • December 28 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore crashes into the Java Sea just southwest of Borneo, killing all 162 people on board.{{cite news|title=AirAsia flight QZ8501 loses contact with air traffic control|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control-1.2884831|agency=Reuters|date=28 December 2014|access-date=December 28, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224234414/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control-1.2884831|url-status=live}}
  • December 31 – A stampede occurred on New Years' Eve in Shanghai, China, resulting in the deaths of 36 people and leaving 49 injured.

Births and deaths

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Nobel Prizes

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New English words

See also

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