Page 6: 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   

Aug 27   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   

Sep 04   Monsoon rains beging and cause flooding over a sustained period that results in the deaths of over 400 people in India and Pakistan.   

Sep 05   World Health Organisation estimate that 21000 people have now died from Ebola virus out of 4000 infected   

Sep 07   Asteroid 2014 RC makes a close approach to Earth (39900 km; 24800 mi)   

Sep 08   In this year, Marin ÄŒilić claims the US Open men's tennis singles.   

Sep 11   South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is are discovered not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later are discovered guilty of culpable homicide).   

Sep 13   At least 8 people are killed after the ferry MV Maharlika II sinks off the Philippines coast   

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

Sep 15   Ewa Kopacz is recorded as becoming Prime Minister of Poland.   

Sep 17   In this year, Voreqe Bainimarama's Fiji inaugural Party claims the inaugural Fijian elections since his coup in 2006.   

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

Sep 20   In this year, New Zealand's National Government claims a 3rd term in the elections despite allegations of corruption and revelations about state surveillance.   

Sep 22   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   

Sep 26   World Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3091   

Sep 27   57 people are killed after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan.   

Sep 28   In this year, The European Team claims the Ryder Cup for the third straight time.   

Sep 29   Ashraf Ghani is recorded as becoming President of Afghanistan.   

Oct 01   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.   

Oct 03   83 million accounts are compromised after a cyber attack on JP Morgan Chase and 9 other financial institutions.   

Oct 04   New Zealand win the 2014 Rugby Championship.   

Oct 05   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   

Oct 07   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.   

Oct 09   In this year, Patrick Modiano claims the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature   

Oct 10   Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.   

Oct 12   Evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia.   

Oct 14   In this year, Richard Flanagan's novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North claims the 2014 Man Booker Prize.   

Oct 15   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   

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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)