Page 7: Historical Events In 2014

Oct 19   A working human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United States.   

Oct 20   Joko Widodo is recorded as becoming President of Indonesia.   

Oct 21   Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp   

Oct 26   Dilma Rousseff is re-elected President of Brazil   

Oct 28   Kansas City Royals defeat the San Francisco Giants 10–0 in the 6th game to tie the 2014 World Series 3-3   

Oct 29   San Francisco Giants win the 2014 World Series.   

Oct 30   Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks win the 2014 Japan Series.   

Nov 01   Western Sydney Wanderers win the AFC Champions League   

Nov 02   60 people were killed and 110 injured by a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan   

Nov 03   UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for global action on climate change after warning from scientists   

Nov 04   The US votes in mid-term elections: Republicans retain the house and regain the Senate   

Nov 05   In this year, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key rules out sending troops to fight against Islamic State, but claims there are 40 NZers on 'terror watchlist'.   

Nov 08   Protests across New Zealand against the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.   

Nov 09   United States lead air strikes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul against Islamic State (IS)   

Nov 11   The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is are discovered guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison.   

Nov 12   European Space Agency's Rosetta lands the Philae probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.   

Nov 13   Rohit Sharma of India sets a new record of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI innings in cricket   

Nov 15   Vladimir Putin 's press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense.   

Nov 16   In this year, Klaus Iohannis claims the Romanian Presidential election   

Nov 17   In this year, The Church of England formally adopts legislation enabling the appointment of female bishops.   

Nov 18   Jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup in football.   

Nov 20   Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US will have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes.   

Nov 22   Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona sets a new goal scoring record in La Liga of 253 goals.   

Nov 23   A suicide bomber results in the deaths of 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan   

Nov 24   A 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground.   

Nov 25   US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel steps down, ending nearly two years in the Pentagon's top job   

Nov 27   In this year, Stephanie Gilmore claims her 6th women's world surfing title   

Nov 30   Australia experiences its hottest spring and second-hottest November recorded.   

Dec 02   In this year, Stephen Hawking claims that Artificial Intelligence could be a "threat to mankind" and spell the end of the human race.   

Dec 03   Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, steps down.   

Dec 04   The United Nations warns that the world is on course for the warmest year since records began.   

Dec 07   The Syrian military accuse Israel of carrying out two air strikes on Syria.   

Dec 09   CIA Torture Report released, detailing the CIA's use of torture on detainees between 2001-2006.   

Dec 11   CIA Director John Brennan defends interrogation methods used after 9/11 but admits some methods were "abhorrent".   

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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)