Historical Events In 2014

Jan 01   Michael van Gerwen defeats Peter Wright to win the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship   

Jan 02   30 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff and falls 400 ft in Malshej Ghat, India.   

Jan 03   Cambodian garment workers go on strike demanding a wage increase   

Jan 04   14 people are killed after a three-story building construction site collapses in Goa, India   

Jan 06   In this year, Zach Johnson claims the 2014 PGA Tournament of Champions   

Jan 07   In this year, Sheikh Hasina claims the general election in Bangladesh   

Jan 08   40th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp and Sandra Bullock win (Movie Star) and Josh Charles and Stana Katić win (Dramatic TV).   

Jan 09   5 people are killed in a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant, Yokkaichi, Japan   

Jan 12   71st Golden Globe Awards: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle win   

Jan 13   14 people are killed and 7 are injured after an explosion in an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China.   

Jan 14   American journalist David Satter is expelled from Russia   

Jan 17   21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan.   

Jan 18   20th Screen Actors Guild Awards: Mathew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win.   

Jan 19   Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks win their playoff matches to reach Super Bowl XLVIII   

Jan 20   Credit cards of at least 20 million South Koreans are hacked.   

Jan 22   Water vapour is detected on the dwarf planet Ceres   

Jan 25   Li Na defeats Dominika Cibulková to win the Australian tennis open   

Jan 26   56th Grammy Awards: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Lorde , and Daft Punk win   

Jan 28   Peter Cosgrove is named the next Governor-General of Australia.   

Jan 29   Archaeologists discover the oldest Roman Temple (6th C BC) at Sant’Omobono.   

Feb 01   14 people are killed after Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia.   

Feb 02   Seattle Seahawks defeat Denver Broncos 42-8 to win Super Bowl XLVII   

Feb 03   2 students are shot and killed in a school shooting in Moscow.   

Feb 04   10 people are killed and 35 injured after a bus falls into a ravine in Pune, India   

Feb 05   Archaeologists decrypt the 13th C Viking jötunvillur runic code   

Feb 06   Jay Leno ends his time on The Tonight Show.   

Feb 07   German treasurer under Angela Merkel, Helmut Linssen, steps down after a scandal involving offshore banking accounts in the Bahamas and Panama   

Feb 08   15 people are killed and 130 injured in a hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia   

Feb 09   Australian National University scientists discover the oldest known star at 13.6 billion years old   

Feb 11   11 people are killed after a grenade was tossed into a movie theatre in Peshawar, Pakistan   

Feb 12   Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov win the Olympic gold in pairs figure skating.   

Feb 14   Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta steps down after less than a year in office.   

Feb 15   Tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock.   

Feb 16   67th British Academy Film Awards: 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Cate Blanchett win.   

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Feb 19   Armen alchian: American economist (b. 1914)   

Feb 19   Robert coleman richardson: American nobel physicist (b. 1937)   

Mar 05   Hugo ch�vez: President of venezuela (b. 1954)   

Mar 05   Paul bearer: American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954)   

Mar 07   Peter banks: British guitarist (b. 1947)   

Mar 07   Damiano damiani: Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)   

Mar 23   Boris berezovsky: Russian businessman (b. 1946)   

Mar 23   Joe weider: Canadian-born american bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920)