What Happened in 2014
80 historical events, 0 notable births, and 21 notable deaths in 2014.
Major Events
January 2014
2014 — year
2014 FIFA World Cup — 20th FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil
European migrant crisis — 2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Russian annexation of Crimea — annexation of Crimea into Russia in 2014
2014 Gaza War — war fought between the Israel Defense Forces and the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip during 2014
January 2014 — month of 2014
2014 Formula One World Championship — 65th season of Formula One motor racing
2014 Summer Youth Olympics — 2014 edition of the Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Asian Games — 17th edition of the Asian Games
alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics — alpine skiing competitions during the 2014 Olympic Winter games
biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
2014–15 UEFA Europa League — 44th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2014 Winter Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article
ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the ice hockey torunaments during the Olympic Winter Games
2014 Hong Kong protests — pro-democracy political movement that was created spontaneously
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup — 2014 edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup
deaths in 2014 — Wikimedia list article
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — football tournament
speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
2014 FIFA Club World Cup — 2014 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup
2014 in film — overview of the events of 2014 in film
2014 FIFA World Cup Group A — football tournament group stage
2014 FIFA World Cup squads — Wikimedia list article
bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics — bobsleigh events at Olympics
skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics — Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics
curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics — curling events during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the cross-country skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics — Nordic combined events during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
2014 FIFA World Cup Group C — Football Event
2014 FIFA World Cup Group B — Australia, Chile, the Netherlands, Spain
2014 FIFA World Cup Group H — soccer tournament group
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) — football tournament
snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics — Olympic sports discipline event
luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics
short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics — short track speed skating events at the Olympics
2014 FIFA World Cup Group F — football tournament group stage
2014 FIFA World Cup Group E — football tournament group stage
2014 FIFA World Cup Group D — 2014 FIFA World Cup group
2014 FIFA World Cup Group G — 2014 FIFA World Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) — football tournament
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) — football tournament
2014 Commonwealth Games — multi-sport event in Glasgow, Scotland
February 2014
2014 Winter Olympics — 22nd edition of Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia
February 2014 — month of 2014
figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics — figure skating events during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
March 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — passenger aircraft flight that went missing in 2014
86th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2013
March 2014 — month of 2014
2014 Winter Paralympics — 2014 edition of the Winter Paralympics
2014 Crimean status referendum — referendum on status within Ukraine
2014 Australian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2014
2014 Malaysian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2014
July 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 — passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
July 2014 — month of 2014
2014 FIFA World Cup Final — 2014 FIFA World Cup match
Air Algérie Flight 5017 — flight crashed on July 24, 2014
Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup) — 2014 FIFA World Cup match
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 — 2014 plane crash of a TransAsia Airways ATR 72-500 on Penghu Island, Taiwan
September 2014
2014 Scottish independence referendum — vote on the independence of Scotland from the United Kingdom
Yemeni civil war — ongoing civil war in the state of Yemen
September 2014 — month of 2014
May 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 — 59th Eurovision Song Contest
May 2014 — month of 2014
2014 European Parliament election — 2014 European Parliament elections
2014 UEFA Champions League Final — final match of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League
2014 Indian general election — elections for the 16th Lok Sabha, India
December 2014
AirAsia Flight 8501 — 2014 plane crash of an Indonesia AirAsia A320-216 into the Java Sea
December 2014 — month of 2014
2014 Peshawar school attack — terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the Pakistani city of Peshawar
October 2014
October 2014 — month of 2014
November 2014
November 2014 — month of 2014
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 — 12th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
June 2014
June 2014 — month of 2014
Google I/O — computer software and hardware developer conference hosted by Google
August 2014
August 2014 — month of 2014
2014 UEFA Super Cup — football match
April 2014
April 2014 — month of 2014
sinking of the MV Sewol — 2014 ferry disaster in South Korea