WORLD HISTORY · 2014 日本語
Events of 2014Heisei 26 (Japan) · Year of the Horse
What happened in 2014?
In April 2014, Japan raised its consumption tax from 5% to 8%, and in July the cabinet approved allowing the use of collective self-defense. In August, heavy rains caused deadly landslides in Hiroshima, and in September Mount Ontake erupted.
- Japan launches NISA tax-free investment accountsAsia
- Sochi Winter Olympics openEurope
- Russia annexes CrimeaEurope
- Consumption tax raised to 8%Asia
- Cabinet approves collective self-defenseAsia
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashesAsia
- Heavy rain triggers landslides in HiroshimaAsia
- Mount Ontake erupts on Nagano-Gifu borderAsia
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2014 at a glance
| Japanese era | Heisei 26 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Horse |
| Age of people born in 2014 | Turn 12 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 2013 (Heisei 25) ／ 2015 (Heisei 27) |
| Events | 117 |
| AP World History | Unit 9 (Globalization) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 9 |
Famous people born in 2014
Our birthday pages list 1 people born in 2014. Here are some of them.
- Arabella StantonBorn April 11 · turns 12 this year
Events of 2014 (timeline · 117)
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A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.
An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.
Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.
A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
Revolution of Dignity: At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters die in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers.
President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
The Oscar Selfie, regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.
In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown.
A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.
Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying more than 2,500 homes.
Two bombs detonate at a bus station in Nyanya, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring hundreds. Boko Haram claims responsibility.
In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, more than 400 civilians are gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.
Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.
Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.
Random killings occur on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24.
An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.
General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.
Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in the Isla Vista attacks near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.
Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.
Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It is the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11.
A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed the Mineiraço.
Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time.
A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him.
A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.
Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.
Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.
Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
At least 146 people are killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.
A Cessna Citation Excel crashes in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil killing all seven people aboard, including Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.
Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.
The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
The album Songs of Innocence by U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the iTunes Music Store, appearing automatically in the "purchased" section of over 500 million users worldwide.
The Synagogue Church building collapse results in the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by Nigeria's T. B. Joshua.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing.
Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.
During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California.
One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
A non-binding self-determination consultation is held in Catalonia, asking Catalan citizens their opinion on whether Catalonia should become a state and, if so, whether it should be an independent state.
The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
An Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter is shot down by Azerbaijani forces, killing all three people on board.
A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.
Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.
Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
Gunman Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.
Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.
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FAQ
What year was 2014 in the Japanese calendar?
2014 was Heisei 26 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2014?
2014 is the Year of the Horse.
How old is someone born in 2014?
They turn 12 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 2014?
In April 2014, Japan raised its consumption tax from 5% to 8%, and in July the cabinet approved allowing the use of collective self-defense. In August, heavy rains caused deadly landslides in Hiroshima, and in September Mount Ontake erupted.
Dates and events are based on Wikipedia and other references. Summaries and regions are written by the site editors.