Historical Events In 2014

Aug 26   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 2014 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   NASA's MAVEN space probe successfully arrives in orbit over Mars in the year 2014.   

Sep 23   Grammy Award winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history world Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091   

Sep 27   On this day in history 57 people are killed after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan   

Sep 28   In the year 2014 the European Team wins the Ryder Cup for the third straight time   

Sep 29   On this day in history ashraf Ghani becomes President of Afghanistan   

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   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   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   The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is awarded the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize on this day in history.   

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

Oct 10   Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize in the year 2014.   

Oct 12   Evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia on this day in history.   

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   Kansas City Royals win the MLB 2014 American League Championship Series in the year 2014.   

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

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Feb 19   On this day in history death of armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914)   

Feb 19   On this day in history death of robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937)   

Mar 05   In the year 2014 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   Damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922) died on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 2014 death of boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946)   

Mar 23   On this day in history death of joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920)