Historical Events In 2014

Aug 26   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 on this day in history.  

Aug 27   In the year 2014 medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”  

Aug 29   Senegal is 5th country hit by Ebola in the year 2014.  

Sep 04   Monsoon rains beging and cause flooding over a sustained period that kills over 400 people in India & Pakistan on this day in history.  

Sep 05   World Health Organisation estimate that 21,000 people have now died from Ebola virus out of 4,000 infected in the year 2014.  

Sep 07   Asteroid 2014 RC makes a close approach to Earth (39,900 km; 24,800 mi) on this day in history.  

Sep 08   On this day in history marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles  

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   At least 8 people are killed after the ferry MV Maharlika II sinks off the Philippines coast on this day in history.  

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

Sep 15   Ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Minister of Poland in the year 2014.  

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

Sep 18   On this day in history scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom  

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   On this day in history world Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091  

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 in the year 2014.  

Sep 29   Ashraf Ghani becomes President of Afghanistan in the year 2014.  

Oct 01   Canadian freestyle skier and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 27 in the year 2014.  

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

Oct 03   In the year 2014 83 million accounts are compromised after a cyber attack on JP Morgan Chase & 9 other financial institutions  

Oct 04   New Zealand win the 2014 Rugby Championship on this day in history.  

Oct 05   South Sydney Rabbitohs win the 2014 NRL Grand Final in the year 2014.  

Oct 06   In the year 2014 john O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  

Oct 07   On this day in history isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing blue light emitting diodes  

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

Oct 09   On this day in history patrick Modiano wins the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature  

Oct 10   In the year 2014 malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize  

Oct 12   In the year 2014 evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia  

Oct 14   On this day in history richard Flanagan's novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North wins the 2014 Man Booker Prize  

Oct 15   In the year 2014 kansas City Royals win the MLB 2014 American League Championship Series  

Oct 16   In the year 2014 new Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council  

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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   Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954) died in the year 2014.  

Mar 05   On this day in history death of paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954)  

Mar 07   Peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 23   On this day in history death of boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946)  

Mar 23   Joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920) died on this day in history.