Historical Events In 2014

Aug 26   In the year 2014 democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry informs the WHO of an outbreak of Ebola; later confirmed as a different strain to that affecting west Africa   

Aug 27   On this day in history medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”   

Aug 29   In the year 2014 senegal is 5th country hit by Ebola   

Sep 04   Monsoon rains beging and cause flooding over a sustained period that kills over 400 people in India & Pakistan in the year 2014.   

Sep 05   World Health Organisation estimate that 21,000 people have now died from Ebola virus out of 4,000 infected on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 2014 asteroid 2014 RC makes a close approach to Earth (39,900 km; 24,800 mi)   

Sep 08   Marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles in the year 2014.   

Sep 11   In the year 2014 south African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later found guilty of culpable homicide)   

Sep 13   In the year 2014 at least 8 people are killed after the ferry MV Maharlika II sinks off the Philippines coast   

Sep 14   In the year 2014 the United States defeats Serbia 129-92 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup   

Sep 15   On this day in history ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Minister of Poland   

Sep 17   Voreqe Bainimarama's Fiji First Party wins the first Fijian elections since his coup in 2006 in the year 2014.   

Sep 18   Scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom in the year 2014.   

Sep 20   On this day in history new Zealand's National Government wins a 3rd term in the elections despite allegations of corruption and revelations about state surveillance   

Sep 22   In the year 2014 nASA's MAVEN space probe successfully arrives in orbit over Mars   

Sep 23   Grammy Award winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain in the year 2014.   

Sep 26   World Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   In the year 2014 57 people are killed after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan   

Sep 28   The European Team wins the Ryder Cup for the third straight time on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Ashraf Ghani becomes President of Afghanistan on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history canadian freestyle skier and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 27   

Oct 02   15 people are killed after a gun powder plant explodes in Gorni Lom, Bulgaria in the year 2014.   

Oct 03   83 million accounts are compromised after a cyber attack on JP Morgan Chase & 9 other financial institutions on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history new Zealand win the 2014 Rugby Championship   

Oct 05   In the year 2014 south Sydney Rabbitohs win the 2014 NRL Grand Final   

Oct 06   John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on this day in history.   

Oct 07   In the year 2014 isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing blue light emitting diodes   

Oct 08   In the year 2014 the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is awarded the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize   

Oct 09   Patrick Modiano wins the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 2014.   

Oct 10   On this day in history malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize   

Oct 12   Evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia in the year 2014.   

Oct 14   Richard Flanagan's novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North wins the 2014 Man Booker Prize in the year 2014.   

Oct 15   On this day in history kansas City Royals win the MLB 2014 American League Championship Series   

Oct 16   New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council on this day in history.   

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Feb 19   Armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914) died in the year 2014.   

Feb 19   Robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937) died on this day in history.   

Mar 05   On this day in history death of hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954)   

Mar 05   Paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954) died in the year 2014.   

Mar 07   In the year 2014 death of peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947)   

Mar 07   On this day in history death of damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)   

Mar 23   Boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946) died on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 2014 death of joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920)