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List of events
Events in the year 2014 in the United States .
Incumbents Federal government Events January
January 1
The following laws go into effect:
[2]
Thirteen states –
Arizona ,
Colorado ,
Connecticut ,
Florida ,
Missouri ,
Montana ,
New Jersey ,
New York ,
Ohio ,
Oregon ,
Rhode Island ,
Vermont , and
Washington – all increase their
minimum wages .
[3]
Numerous provisions of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , better known as Obamacare, go into effect.
Provisions of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 , signed into law by then-President
George W. Bush , go into effect, banning the sale of 40-to-60 watt
incandescent light bulbs throughout the nation.
[4]
[5]
The state of
Oregon bans smoking in vehicles when children are present.
[6]
The state of
Colorado allows the sale of recreational
cannabis from
legally licensed businesses.
[7]
A building explosion kills three and injures 13 in the
Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of
Minneapolis ,
Minnesota . The cause is yet to be determined.
[8]
January 2 –
Satmar
Hasidic businessman
Menachem Stark of
Williamsburg, Brooklyn , is kidnapped during a snowstorm and found murdered the next day in
Great Neck, New York , after a botched robbery.
[9]
January 6
January 7 – All 50 states in the U.S. experience temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F). The
National Weather Service observes that "It's not unprecedented, but it is unusual."
[12]
January 8 – The
Baseball Writers' Association of America
Baseball Hall of Fame announces its
inductees . Pitchers
Greg Maddux and
Tom Glavine and slugger
Frank Thomas are enshrined. Maddux sees his name appear on 97.2 percent of the ballots, falling short of the all-time mark still held by
Tom Seaver , who was elected with 98.84 percent of the vote in 1992. Glavine receives 91.9 percent of the vote while Thomas is elected with 83.7 percent.
[13]
January 9
January 13 – Retired law enforcement officer Curtis Reeves
fatally shoots Chad Oulson .
[17]
January 14 – A federal judge rules that Oklahoma's
ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional but immediately stays the ruling.
[18]
January 16 – Nominations for the
86th Academy Awards are announced at the
Samuel Goldwyn Theater in
Beverly Hills, California . The nominees for
Best Picture are
12 Years a Slave ,
American Hustle ,
Captain Phillips ,
Dallas Buyers Club ,
Gravity ,
Her ,
Nebraska ,
Philomena , and
The Wolf of Wall Street .
[19]
January 20 – A
feed processing plant in
Omaha ,
Nebraska , explodes, killing two people.
[20]
January 25 – A gunman identified as 19-year-old Darion Marcus Aguilar
opens fire at a
shopping mall in
Columbia, Maryland , killing two people and then himself. It is reported that the shooter was also carrying "crude explosives" at the time of the attack. Though authorities originally believed Aguilar had some relationship with the victims, this was later dismissed.
[21]
[22]
January 26 – The price of a
first-class mail stamp increases to
$
0.49 .
[23]
January 28 –
President
Barack Obama delivers his annual
State of the Union Address , focusing on, among other issues, the country's
environmental policies ,
creating jobs and
immigration
reform , saying he wants 2014 to be a "year of action." Special attention is brought to Obama's willingness to circumvent the decisions of
Congress should they not go forward with his plans, which some critics believe would overstep his
executive powers and undermine the system of
checks and balances .
[24]
[25]
[26]
[27] February
February 3 :
Janet Yellen - 15th
Chairperson of the Federal Reserve
February 1 – The
Pro Football Hall of Fame
inductees are announced :
Walter Jones ,
Derrick Brooks ,
Michael Strahan ,
Andre Reed ,
Aeneas Williams ,
Claude Humphrey , and
Ray Guy .
[28]
February 2 –
Super Bowl XLVIII is played at
MetLife Stadium at the
Meadowlands Sports Complex in
East Rutherford, New Jersey . The
Seattle Seahawks win their first
Super Bowl by defeating the
Denver Broncos by a score of 43–8.
[29]
[30]
February 3 –
Janet Yellen succeeds
Ben Bernanke to become the 15th
Chairperson of the Federal Reserve as well as the first woman to hold the position.
[31]
February 4
February 7 –
The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
February 7 –
23 – The
United States compete at the
Winter Olympics in
Sochi ,
Russia and win 9 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze medals.[
citation needed ]
February 10 – The
Obama Administration delays the
employer mandate of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the second time.
[36]
February 12
February 13
February 14 – Workers at the
Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant in
Tennessee reject unionizing by a vote of 712–626. The result is considered by many media outlets to be a defeat for
labor unions in the United States .
[44]
[45]
February 17
February 19 – A
Nebraska judge rules that allowing the
governor to directly approve the
Keystone XL pipeline and bypass legislative commissions is unconstitutional, further complicating the widely publicized project to connect the Canadian
oil sands to the
Gulf of Mexico .
[47]
February 23 – In
NASCAR ,
Dale Earnhardt Jr. eventually wins the
Daytona 500 , ending a 55-race winless streak in the
Sprint Cup Series after the race is red-flagged for several hours due to heavy rain and a
tornado warning is put into effect for the area.
[48]
February 24 – The
Obama Administration proposes to significantly reduce the
military budget to
$ 522 billion and to shrink the
army to a level not seen since the years prior to
World War II .
[49]
[50]
February 26
February 28 –
Seth Meyers takes over as host of
Late Night , with his premiere guests
Amy Poehler ,
Vice-President
Joe Biden , and
A Great Big World . Meyers is the third consecutive
Saturday Night Live alumnus (after
Jimmy Fallon and
Conan O'Brien ) to host the show. The show's new bandleader,
Fred Armisen , is also an SNL veteran.
[54] March
March 22 :
2014 Oso mudslide
April
April 1 –
General Motors
CEO
Mary Barra testifies in front of a congressional panel regarding the safety of their vehicles following a massive recall and the deaths of 13 people.
[80]
April 2
April 3 –
Governor
Phil Bryant of
Mississippi signs a controversial bill that will allow individuals and businesses to deny service to anyone if it conflicts with their
religious beliefs .
[85] Civil rights organizations such as the
Southern Poverty Law Center [
citation needed ] and
ACLU
[86] worry that such a law will have wide-ranging effects and lead to more animosity toward
sexual minorities
[87] and members of
faiths other than Christianity .
[88]
April 4 –
Captain America: The Winter Soldier , directed by the
Russo brothers , is released by
Marvel Studios as the ninth film of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2011's
Captain America: The First Avenger .
April 7
April 8 –
Microsoft discontinues support for its
Windows XP
operating system .
[93]
April 9 – Twenty-two people are injured following a
stabbing incident at a
Pennsylvania
high school .
[94]
April 10 – Ten people are killed when a semi-tractor trailer crosses the median and collides with a tour bus carrying high school students on a college visit in
Orland ,
California .
[95]
April 10 –
13 –
Bubba Watson wins the
2014 Masters Tournament .
April 12 – A
grazing dispute in
Nevada between a rancher and the
federal government escalates to a standoff between
Bureau of Land Management agents and armed
militiamen from across the country.[
citation needed ]
April 13 –
White supremacist
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr.
opens fire at a
Jewish community center in
Overland Park, Kansas , killing three people.
[96]
April 14 – A federal judge rules that Ohio's
ban on recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside the state is unconstitutional.
[97]
April 18 –
SpaceX CRS-3 , an unmanned
Dragon
cargo spacecraft , launches from
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida with a cargo of experiments and equipment for the
International Space Station .
[98]
April 21 –
Flint, Michigan , switches its water source to the
Flint River , beginning the ongoing
Flint water crisis . The crisis has caused
lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people and 15 deaths from
Legionnaires' disease , ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with
involuntary manslaughter .
[99]
April 22 – In a
6–2 decision , the
Supreme Court upholds an
amendment to the
Michigan state constitution that bans the use of
affirmative action in public education, employment, and contracting.
[100]
April 23
April 24 – The
Food and Drug Administration announces its intention to begin regulating
electronic cigarettes .
[106]
April 25 –
Connor Michalek , whose wish was to meet
WWE wrestler
Daniel Bryan , dies at the age of 8 of a
brain tumor in
Pittsburgh . Following his death, WWE chief-brand officer
Stephanie McMahon creates
Connor's Cure in his memory.
April 27 –
30 – A
series of
tornadoes kills at least 35 people across the Midwest and the South.
[107]
April 28 – The
Obama Administration 's new
economic sanctions
against Russia go into effect, targeting companies and individuals close to
Russian President
Vladimir Putin .
[108]
April 29 –
Donald Sterling , owner of the
Los Angeles Clippers , is banned by the
NBA from attending games and is fined
$ 2.5 million after racist comments from the owner surface online.
[109] May
May 2 – The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the first case of
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS virus) in the United States, contracted by an American health care worker from
Illinois who was working in
Saudi Arabia . The disease has killed more than 100 people in the Middle East.
[110]
May 3 –
Victor Espinoza wins the
2014 Kentucky Derby riding
California Chrome .
[111]
May 5 – In a
5–4 decision , the
Supreme Court rules that opening prayers can precede
town hall meetings without violating the
Constitution .
[112]
May 8 –
VA scandal :
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki is subpoenaed and called to Congress to respond to allegations of the department covering up wait times for veteran healthcare.
[113]
May 9 – A state judge in
Arkansas declares that the state's
ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
[114]
[115] On
May 16 , the
Supreme Court of Arkansas stayed the decision pending an appeal by the state government.[
citation needed ]
May 15 – The
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decides to consider two options regarding
internet services : first, permit fast and slow broadband lanes, thereby compromising
net neutrality ; and second, reclassify broadband as a
telecommunication service, thereby preserving net neutrality.
[116]
[117]
May 19 – A federal district court judge rules that Oregon's
ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Since the state government has declared no intention to appeal, same-sex marriage goes into effect immediately.[
citation needed ]
May 20 – A federal district court judge
rules that
Pennsylvania 's ban on
same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and goes into effect immediately, making Pennsylvania the nineteenth state to legalize same-sex marriage when counting
Illinois .
[118]
[119]
May 23 – 22-year-old
Elliot Rodger kills 3 students by stabbing and another 3 by gunshot in
Isla Vista, California , near the campus of the
University of California, Santa Barbara , injuring an additional 13 before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Rodger uploaded a
YouTube video the day before the shooting claiming "retribution" for college girls' lack of sexual attention toward him, and his writings revealed that he was a
misogynist and a
racist .
[120]
May 25 –
Ryan Hunter-Reay wins the
2014 Indianapolis 500 , becoming the first American to win the race since
2006 .
[121]
May 30 –
VA scandal :
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki resigns from office.
[122]
May 31
Bowe Bergdahl , a
United States Army soldier who was being held captive by the
Taliban -aligned
Haqqani network in
Afghanistan since June 2009, is released back to the United States, traded for five
Guantanamo Bay detainees. Many critics believe the handover was illegal.
[123]
[124]
Two 12-year-old girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, in
Waukesha, Wisconsin , stab their friend, also 12, in the arms, legs and torso nineteen times, leaving her hospitalized. The two girls appear in court and are tried as adults for attempted first-degree intentional
homicide . The two girls confirm they were inspired by a horror
website based around the fictional character and
Internet meme
Slender Man .
[125] June
June 1 –
Illinois 's
same-sex marriage law goes into effect.
[126]
June 2 – The
City Council of
Seattle, Washington passes a
local ordinance to increase the
minimum wage of the city to $15 an hour, giving the city the highest
minimum wage in the United States .
[127]
[128]
June 5 – Gunman Aaron Ybarra opens fire at
Seattle Pacific University , killing one student and injuring two others. According to law enforcement, he had a well-documented pent-up sense of anger toward society.
[129]
June 6
June 8 – Couple Jerad and Amanda Miller
open fire inside a
CiCi's restaurant in
Las Vegas , killing 2 police officers. They then move to a
Walmart , where they kill a civilian before getting into a firefight with police, resulting in their deaths. The couple was motivated by a desire to start a "revolution."
[134]
June 10
June 13 – In the
NHL , The
Western Conference champions, the
Los Angeles Kings win the
Stanley Cup in double overtime against the
Eastern Conference champions, the
New York Rangers in the
2014 Stanley Cup Finals to have a 3-2 victory to have a 4-1 series win.
June 14
June 15 – The
San Antonio Spurs win their fifth NBA Championship after beating the
Miami Heat in the
2014 NBA Finals 4 games to 1.
June 16 – A
tornado outbreak in northeastern
Nebraska produces rare twin tornadoes and destroys the town of
Pilger , killing two people.
[140] Storms in this sequence also affected parts of
Iowa ,
South Dakota ,
Minnesota ,
Illinois and
Wisconsin .
[141]
June 19
June 23 – The
FBI announces that, in the week prior, during an annual nationwide crackdown, the bureau had rescued 168 children from
sex trafficking , many of whom had never been reported as
missing .
[145]
June 25
The
Supreme Court , in a
unanimous ruling , declares that police must obtain a
warrant in order to search through a phone or digital device.
[146]
The Supreme Court, in a
6–3 decision , rules against
Aereo for their practice of rebroadcasting
over-the-air programming without applying for
retransmission consent .
[147]
The
10th Circuit Federal Appeals Court rules against
Utah 's
same-sex marriage ban , becoming the first
appeals court in the United States to rule in favor of
same-sex unions .
[148]
A federal judge in Indiana strikes down that
state 's same-sex marriage ban.
[149]
Republican
Speaker of the House
John Boehner announces his intention to ask the
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) to file a lawsuit against
President
Barack Obama to counter his recent
executive orders , saying these orders supersede the powers granted to the president in the
Constitution . Obama later dismisses the lawsuit as a "stunt", and says his orders are in response to the lack of productivity in the
current
Congress , saying, "If you're really concerned about me taking too many executive actions, why don't you try getting something done through Congress?"
[150]
North Korea 's official
Korean Central News Agency publicly condemns the upcoming American
comedy film
The Interview , promising "stern" and "merciless" retaliation if the film is released.
[151]
June 26 – The
Supreme Court in a
unanimous ruling limits the
executive branch 's power to bypass the
legislature in appointing positions during short-recess periods.
[152]
June 30 – The
Supreme Court rules in a 5–4 decision that the
contraception mandate in the
Affordable Care Act cannot be enforced on closely held corporations, in a lawsuit filed by
Oklahoma City -based
arts and crafts
store chain
Hobby Lobby and
Pennsylvania -based wood manufacturer
Conestoga Wood Specialties .
[153] July
July 3 –
7 – According to
Chicago Police Department Superintendent
Garry McCarthy , 14 people are killed and an additional 68 are wounded in numerous separate gunfights in Chicago, making the weekend one of the most violent periods in the city, which is one of the most dangerous in the country, and drawing criticism of the city's police force.[
citation needed ]
July 8 –
Washington becomes the
second state to
legalize the sale of
recreational marijuana .
[154]
July 9
July 13 – American marine salvage captain
Conrad Roy kills himself in his truck via carbon monoxide poisoning in
Massachusetts , having been encouraged to take his own life by his girlfriend Michelle Carter. She is later convicted of
involuntary manslaughter for the crime.
[159]
July 16 – U.S. President Obama announces new sanctions targeting Russia's banking and energy sectors over Russia's continuing involvement in the
Ukraine Crisis and annexing
Crimea .[
citation needed ]
July 18
July 25 – The
2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak , which has killed over 600 people, claims its first American life when health worker Patrick Sawyer dies in a
Nigerian hospital after contracting the
virus in
Liberia . The news worries the American news media that the virus could spread to the US.
[161]
July 26 –
Henry Danger debuts on
Nickelodeon .
[162]
July 28
Barack Obama accuses Russia of violating the 1987
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty , an agreement made between the United States and the
Soviet Union , citing cruise missile tests dating back to 2008, and promises even tougher economic sanctions against the country in response.
[163]
A federal appeals court upholds a federal judge's ruling
[39] overturning Virginia's
ban on same-sex marriage . It's not presently clear if or when Virginia would need to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
[164]
July 30 – The
Government Accountability Office releases a non-partisan study that concluded the Obama administration did not provide "effective planning or oversight practices" in developing the
HealthCare.gov website.
[165]
July 31
August
August 1 –
Guardians of the Galaxy , directed by
James Gunn , is released by
Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
August 7 –
Barack Obama signs into law a bill that ensures that the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs has the necessary financial resources to provide adequate care for war veterans.
[168]
August 8
August 9
August 11
August 16 –
Shooting of Michael Brown : Missouri Governor
Jay Nixon issues a
state of emergency for Ferguson and a
curfew lasting from midnight to 5:00 a.m.
CDT .
[175] A second curfew is approved the following night.
[176]
August 19 – An online video surfaces showing
James Foley , an American
photojournalist held hostage in
Syria , being
beheaded by
ISIS militants in response to the US
airstrike campaign in Iraq.
[177]
[178]
August 21 – A federal district court judge rules that
Florida 's
same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, but immediately stays the ruling, pending an appeal by the state circuit court.
[179]
August 24 – A
magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes
Napa, California injuring 120 people, 6 critically. It is the largest earthquake to strike the
San Francisco Bay Area since the
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake .
[180]
August 25 –
66th Primetime Emmy Awards :
August 26 –
Amazon purchases the
live streaming site
Twitch for
$ 970 million.
[183]
August 31 – A group of hackers utilize sites like
Reddit and
4chan to
release hundreds of private, many of them nude, photographs of around 100 individuals, most of them
A-list celebrities, leading to an investigation by the
FBI and criticism of
Apple 's
iCloud service.
[184]
[185]
[186]
[187]
[188] September
September 1 – In response to
several weeks of protests following the
fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, police in
Ferguson, Missouri , begin to wear
body cameras donated by two private security firms.
[189]
September 2 –
ISIS militants release an online video showing the
beheading of American-
Israeli
journalist
Steven Sotloff .
[190]
September 3 – CVS Pharmacy rebrands itself as
CVS Health , and phases out cigarette sales to reflect the name change.
[191]
September 4 – The
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit deems the
same-sex marriage bans in
Wisconsin and
Indiana unconstitutional and immediately stays the ruling pending appeal.
[192]
September 5 – At the
NATO
summit in
Wales , President
Barack Obama enlists nine international allies to "degrade and destroy" the
ISIS threat in
Iraq and
Syria , fearing that such a group cannot be simply contained.
[193]
[194]
September 10 – President
Barack Obama gives a televised speech detailing the country's plan to "degrade and destroy" the
ISIS threat in the Middle East with the help of a multinational coalition, which includes increasing the number of non-combat American military advisers in Iraq, heightening
airstrike efforts in
Iraq and
Syria , stemming the flow of funding to ISIS, and increasing humanitarian efforts to the minorities facing genocide from ISIS.
[195]
[196]
[197]
September 12 – Self-taught
survivalist
Eric Frein
opens fire outside the Troop R barracks of the
Pennsylvania State Police , killing one trooper and critically injuring another, prompting a weeks-long manhunt.
[198]
[199]
[200]
September 14 – The
88th Miss America pageant is held.
Kira Kazantsev of
New York wins the title, becoming the third consecutive Miss America winner from that state after
Mallory Hagan and
Nina Davuluri .
[201]
September 15 –
Microsoft announces that it is purchasing
Mojang , creator of the popular sandbox video game
Minecraft , for $2 billion.
[202]
[203]
September 18
September 19 – Armed with a knife,
Iraq War veteran Omar Gonzalez jumps the fence of the
White House and allegedly enters the East Room of the building, where he was then subdued. The incident draws criticism of the
United States Secret Service .
[207]
[208]
September 22 – The United States and several Arab partners begin their
airstrike campaign in
Syria .
[209]
[210]
September 24 – At a food processing plant in
Moore, Oklahoma , Alton Alexander Nolan
beheads coworker Colleen Hufford in a fit of rage after being fired.
[211]
September 30
October
October 1 – Former head of corporate security for
Comcast
Joseph Clancy takes over as
Director of the
United States Secret Service after previous director
Julia Pierson resigns following several scandals surrounding the agency.
[218]
October 3 – The
United States Department of Labor reports that in September 2014, employers added 248,000 new jobs to the
U.S. economy , setting the unemployment rate to 5.9%, the lowest since July 2008 at the onset of the
2008 global financial meltdown .
[219]
[220]
[221]
October 6 –
12 – The
Supreme Court decides to not hear cases on
same-sex marriage appeals, thus immediately legalizing same-sex marriage in
Virginia ,
Utah ,
Indiana ,
Oklahoma and
Wisconsin . The action is followed by the legalization of same-sex marriage in
Nevada ,
Colorado ,
West Virginia ,
Idaho ,
North Carolina , and
Alaska .
[222]
[223]
[224]
[225]
[226]
[227]
October 12 – The
CDC confirms that a health care worker in Texas was found to be positive for the
Ebola virus , the first known case of the disease to be contracted in the United States.
[228]
October 17
October 22 –
Homeland Security
Council
Kenneth L. Wainstein
releases a report revealing that, for 18 years, many student athletes attending the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were given passing grades in "nonexistent classes" in order to remain eligible for school sports.
[234]
[235]
[236]
October 23 – A
hatchet -wielding man, Zale H. Thompson, attacks and injures two police officers on a
New York City sidewalk before the officers shot and killed him. The incident is investigated as an act of terrorism, as Thompson was a recent convert to
Islam .
[237]
October 24 – A 14-year-old student at
Marysville Pilchuck High School in
Marysville ,
Washington ,
fatally shoots four students before committing suicide.
[238]
[239]
October 28 – An
Antares rocket carrying the
Cygnus CRS Orb-3 uncrewed resupply spacecraft explodes shortly after liftoff at the
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in
Wallops Island ,
Virginia when two
NASA operators push a
self-destruct button in response to a rocket malfunction.
[240]
[241]
October 29 – The
San Francisco Giants defeat
American League champion
Kansas City Royals 4 games to 3 in the
2014 World Series .
[242]
October 30
October 31 – During a test flight,
Virgin Galactic 's
SpaceShipTwo experiences an in-flight anomaly followed by an
explosion and crash in the Mojave desert, killing the co-pilot and injuring the pilot.
[246]
[247] November
November 3 – The new
One World Trade Center building in
New York City opens.
[248]
November 4 – The
2014 senatorial, congressional, and gubernatorial elections are held. (See
section )
November 6 – For the first time since the
United States v. Windsor case, an
appellate court (
6th Circuit Court of Appeals ) defends state same-sex marriage bans, effectively sending the issue back to the
Supreme Court . The 6th Circuit's ruling applies to
Michigan ,
Ohio ,
Kentucky , and
Tennessee .
[249]
November 7
November 10 –
President Obama recommends the
FCC reclassify
broadband Internet service as a
telecommunications service in order to preserve
net neutrality .
[251]
November 12
November 14 – The
National Cathedral in
Washington, D.C. invites five Muslim groups to participate in the Church's first
Islamic prayer service.
[255]
November 16 –
ISIS militants in
Syria release an online video showing the
beheading of American aid worker Peter Kassig, who was a recent convert to
Islam .
[256]
[257]
November 17
November 18 – A major
lake effect snow storm, dubbed Winter Storm Knife, hits the Great Lakes region, dumping a record breaking 8 feet (2.4 m) of snow in the
Buffalo, New York region. The storm strands hundreds, kills 13, and causes Governor
Andrew Cuomo to call a
state of emergency in the area.
[260]
November 19 – A federal judge in
Montana strikes down
that state 's same-sex marriage ban.
[261]
November 20 –
President
Barack Obama gives a televised speech announcing his plans to use executive action to reform American policy on
immigration , proposing a "commonsense, middle-ground approach" that would deport criminals and grant citizenship to about 4.4 million illegal immigrants. The proposal is met with severe backlash from the
Republican Party .
[262]
[263]
[264]
November 21 –
Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman ,
wrongfully convicted of murder in 1975 in
Cleveland, Ohio , are released from prison. Jackson becomes the person with the longest time in incarceration among those who have been released on a wrongful conviction in the US (39 years).
[265]
November 22 – The
Texas Board of Education approves a new controversial version of textbooks to be used in the state, ending months of outcry over lessons some say exaggerate the influence of
Moses in
American democracy and negatively portray
Muslims . The board sanctions 89 books and classroom software packages for more than 5 million public school students to begin using next fall after hours of sometimes testy discussion and hundreds of last-minute edits, some to no avail.
[266]
November 24 –
Shooting of Michael Brown : Riots break out in
Ferguson, Missouri after it is announced that there was insufficient evidence to indict officer Darren Wilson. The protests include mass looting and the burning of 12 buildings in Ferguson, as well as 29 arrests. Protests also break out in other major cities including
New York City and
Los Angeles and continue for over a week.
[267]
November 25 – The
University of Virginia suspends its
fraternity program after a highly controversial
report in the December 2014 issue of
Rolling Stone released on November 19 alleges a vicious
gang rape on the UVA campus by one of the university's fraternities. Protests on the campus of UVA and other universities nationwide are sparked.
[268]
[269]
[270] December December – The unemployment rate drops to 5.6%, the lowest since June 2008 as well the historical average.
December 1 – Actor and comedian
Bill Cosby resigns from
Temple University 's board of trustees in light of
accusations of
sexual assault by at least 26 women.
[271]
December 2 – The
FBI launches a probe into a massive hacking attack on
Sony Pictures , believing the
leadership of North Korea to be responsible.
[272]
December 4 –
Death of Eric Garner : Protests erupt in
New York City after a
grand jury decides not to
indict
NYPD officers Daniel Pantaleo and Justin Damico in the death of Garner. Protests continue throughout the week in cities across the country for both the deaths of Garner and
Michael Brown .
[273]
December 5 – The
first test flight of the
Orion spacecraft successfully takes place from
Space Launch Complex 37B at
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida .
[274]
December 6 – An American civilian and a South African civilian held hostage by
al-Qaeda die during an attempt to rescue the two of them by
U.S. Navy SEALs in
Yemen .
[275]
December 7 – A
chlorine gas leak injures 19 at
Chicago 's
Midwest FurFest , a
furry convention . Police say the act was
intentional .
[276]
[277]
December 9 – A coalition of
Democrats in the
Senate releases a highly redacted 500-page report of its four-year investigation into the
CIA 's
torture interrogation methods during the
Bush
Administration , which concludes that the interrogation methods were inhumane and largely ineffective. Most of the
Republican Party criticizes the release of the report as a political stunt, though Republican
2008 presidential candidate
John McCain came out in support of the report.
[278]
[279]
[280]
December 10
December 13 – The
Downtown Athletic Club names
Oregon
Ducks
quarterback
Marcus Mariota the most outstanding player in
college football awarding him the 2014
Heisman Trophy .
[283]
December 15
December 17
December 18 – President Barack Obama signs
Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 into law.
[294]
December 20 – 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley
fatally shoots two
NYPD police officers sitting in their police cruiser, supposedly in retaliation for the deaths of
Eric Garner and
Michael Brown , before committing
suicide in a subway station.
[295]
[296]
December 24 –
Sony gives the controversial film
The Interview a
limited theatrical release and also releases the film on
Google Play ,
YouTube ,
Xbox Live , and the film's website.
[297]
December 24 –
26 – Hacker group
Lizard Squad takes credit for crashing both
Sony 's
PlayStation and
Microsoft 's
Xbox Live servers in an apparent
DDos attack .
[298]
December 28 – The
United States and the
United Kingdom officially withdraw their troops from
Afghanistan , marking the end of their
13-year involvement in the
Afghan Civil War . The United States completes its scaling back of
combat operations in
Afghanistan , leaving a small residual force in the country until 2016.
[299] Ongoing Undated Elections
November 4 – The 2014
senatorial ,
House , and
gubernatorial midterm
elections were held. Some highlights include:
[301]
Republicans secure a majority in the
United States Senate and expand upon their numbers in the
House of Representatives . They are elected to many traditionally "
blue " states in
gubernatorial races . Republican candidates are elected in
Massachusetts ,
Maryland , and
Illinois .
[302] Additionally, Republican candidates are re-elected in the traditionally "blue" states
Wisconsin ,
Michigan ,
Iowa , and
Maine .
Residents of
Alaska ,
Oregon , and the
District of Columbia vote to
legalize recreational marijuana .
[303]
Voters in
Colorado and
North Dakota reject referendums to define
life at conception .
[304]
Tim Scott , who was appointed in 2013 to fill the vacancy left by retiring Senator
Jim DeMint ,[
citation needed ] becomes the first African-American in
the South elected to the Senate since
Reconstruction .
[305]
Joni Ernst becomes the first woman elected to represent Iowa in the Senate.
[306]
The
Senate race in North Carolina becomes the most expensive to date, topping more than
$ 100 million.
[307]
[308]
In one of the few Democratic gains of the night,
Brad Ashford wins
Nebraska's 2nd congressional district , defeating
Lee Terry , who has represented the district since 1999 and is a member of the
Committee on Energy and Commerce .
[309]
Voters in Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois (non-binding measure ), Nebraska, and South Dakota approve raising their state's minimum wage.
[310]
Arkansas'
Tom Cotton , along with Joni Ernst of Iowa, become the first Iraq War veterans elected to the Senate.[
citation needed ]
No candidate in the
Vermont gubernatorial race reached a 50% threshold to win. According to the
Vermont Constitution , in this scenario, it rests on the state legislature to decide the winner.
[311] December Births
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needs expansion . You can help by
adding to it .
(January 2014 )
Deaths January
Juanita Moore
Jerry Coleman
Amiri Baraka
Russell Johnson
Pete Seeger
January 1
January 2
January 3
January 4
January 5
January 6
Bob Bolen , American politician and businessman (b.
1926 )
[318]
Don Chuy , American football player (b.
1941 )
[319]
Frank Illiano , American criminal (
Genovese crime family ) (b.
1928 )
[320]
Larry D. Mann , Canadian-American actor (b.
1922 )
[321]
Thomas Patrick Melady , American educator and diplomat (b.
1927 )
[322]
H. Owen Reed , American composer, conductor and educator (b.
1910 )
[323]
Bishop Robinson , American police chief, Commissioner of the
Baltimore Police Department (b.
1927 )
[324]
Julian Rotter , American psychologist (b.
1916 )
[325]
Todd Williams , American football player (b.
1978 )
[326]
January 8
January 9
January 10 –
Sam Berns , notable victim of rare congenital deformity (b.
1996 )
January 12
January 14 –
Mae Young , American professional wrestler (b.
1923 )
January 15 –
John Dobson , American amateur astronomer (b.
1915 )
January 16
January 18 –
Sarah Marshall , British actress (b.
1933 )
January 19
Steven Fromholz , American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (b. 1945)
Al Lerner , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
Ben Starr , American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah , Sri Lankan-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1929)
January 20
Vern Benson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
Otis G. Pike , American judge and politician (b. 1921)
January 21
January 25 –
John Dobson , American amateur astronomer (b.
1915 )
January 27 –
Pete Seeger , folk singer and musician (born
1919 )
January 29 –
Robert Resnick , American physicist, academic, and author (b.
1923 )
January 30
January 31
February
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Shirley Temple
Sid Caesar
Ralph Waite
Harold Ramis
February 1
February 2
February 3
February 4
February 5
February 6 –
Ralph Kiner , baseball player, announcer, and Navy pilot (b.
1922 )
February 7 –
J. Mack Robinson , businessman and philanthropist (b.
1923 )
February 8
February 9
February 10 –
Shirley Temple , American actress and diplomat (b.
1928 )
[331]
February 11
February 12
February 13 –
Ralph Waite , American actor (b.
1928 )
[333]
February 14
February 15
February 17 –
Bob Casale , American musician, composer, and producer (b.
1952 )
February 19 –
Hailey Owens , murder victim (b.
2003 or
2004 )
February 20 –
Garrick Utley , television journalist (b.
1939 )
February 22 –
Richard Daugherty , American archaeologist and academic (b.
1922 )
February 24 –
Harold Ramis , American film director, writer, and actor (b.
1944 )
[334]
February 25 –
Jim Lange , American host and disc jockey (b.
1932 )
February 28 –
Lee Lorch , American mathematician and activist (b.
1915 )
[335] *** March
William R. Pogue
James Rebhorn
March 1 –
Alejandro Zaffaroni , Uruguayan-American chemist and businessman (b. 1923)
March 2 –
Ted Bergmann , television and radio producer, screenwriter and network executive (b.
1920 )
March 3
March 5 –
Geoff Edwards , actor, game show host, and radio personality (b.
1931 )
March 6
March 8 –
William Guarnere , World War II veteran (b.
1923 )
March 9 –
William Clay Ford Sr. , business executive and American football team owner (b.
1925 )
March 10
March 12 –
Richard Coogan , actor (b.
1914 )
March 13
March 14
March 15 –
David Brenner , comedian and actor (b.
1936 )
March 17 –
L'Wren Scott , fashion designer (suicide) (b.
1964 )
March 19
March 21 –
James Rebhorn , actor (b.
1948 )
March 22 –
Patrice Wymore , actress (b.
1926 )
March 23 –
Dave Brockie , Canadian-American musician (b.
1963 )
March 25 –
Ralph Wilson , American football team owner (b.
1918 )
March 27 –
James R. Schlesinger , 12th Secretary of Defense from 1973–75 (b.
1929 )
March 31
April
Mickey Rooney
Rubin Carter
May
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Jimmy Ellis
Maya Angelou
June
Ann B. Davis
Ruby Dee
Casey Kasem
Eli Wallach
June 1
June 2 –
Alexander Shulgin , pharmacologist and chemist (b.
1925 )
June 4 –
Don Zimmer , baseball player, manager, and coach (b.
1931 )
June 6 –
Karen DeCrow , lawyer, author, and activist (b.
1937 )
June 7
June 8
June 9 –
Bob Welch , baseball player (b.
1956 )
June 11 –
Ruby Dee , actress, activist, poet, and playwright and wife of
Ossie Davis (b.
1922 )
[338]
June 12 –
Jimmy Scott , jazz vocalist (b.
1925 )
June 13 –
Chuck Noll , American football player and coach (b.
1932 )
June 15
June 16 –
Tony Gwynn , baseball player (b.
1960 )
June 18
June 19
June 21 –
Jimmy C. Newman , American country singer (b.
1927 )
[341]
June 22
June 23
June 24 –
Eli Wallach , American actor (b.
1915 )
[346]
June 25 –
Paul Patterson , American neuroscientist and academic (b.
1943 )
June 26
June 27 –
Bobby Womack , American singer and songwriter (b.
1944 )
[350]
June 28 –
Meshach Taylor , American actor (b.
1947 )
[351]
June 29
June 30
July
Louis Zamperini
James Garner
August
Robin Williams
Lauren Bacall
August 1 –
Michael Johns , contestant on
American Idol (b.
1978 )
August 2 –
Pete Van Wieren , sports announcer (b.
1944 )
August 4 –
James Brady , 15th White House Press Secretary and gun control advocate (b.
1940 )
August 5
August 6 –
John Woodland Hastings , American biochemist (b.
1927 )
August 7 –
Henry Stone , record company executive and producer (b.
1921 )
August 9 –
Ed Nelson , American actor (b.
1928 )
[354]
August 11 –
Robin Williams , actor and comedian (b.
1951 )
August 12
August 15
August 16
August 18 –
Don Pardo , radio and television announcer (b.
1918 )
August 19 –
Brian G. Hutton , actor and director (b.
1935 )
August 20 –
Edmund Szoka , Roman Catholic prelate (b.
1927 )
August 21 –
Robert Hansen , serial killer (b.
1939 )
August 23 –
Dan Magill , swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b.
1921 )
August 30 –
Andrew V. McLaglen , British-born American film and television director (b.
1920 ) September
Joan Rivers
Richard Kiel
Martin Lewis Perl
September 1
David Anderle , American record producer (b.
1937 )
Bernard Baran , American teacher's aide (b.
1965 )
Frank Calloway , American artist and longevity claimant (b.
1915 )
Mary T. Clark , American academic and civil rights advocate (b.
1913 )
Dillard Crocker , American basketball player (b.
1925 )
Donnie Humphrey , American football player (b.
1961 )
Jimi Jamison , American musician, singer, and songwriter (b.
1951 )
Jim Jennings , American basketball player (b.
1941 )
Roger McKee , American baseball player (b.
1926 )
Joseph Shivers , American textile chemist (b.
1920 )
September 4 –
Joan Rivers , American comedian and television producer (b.
1933 )
September 5 –
Simone Battle , American singer and dancer (b.
1989 )
September 7 –
Don Keefer , actor (b.
1916 )
September 8
September 9 –
Denny Miller , actor (b.
1934 )
September 10 –
Richard Kiel , American actor (b.
1939 )
September 11 –
Bob Crewe , singer, songwriter and record producer (b.
1930 )
September 12 –
Joe Sample , jazz pianist and composer (b.
1939 )
September 13 –
Frank Torre , American baseball player and brother of
Joe Torre (b.
1931 )
September 15 –
Jackie Cain , jazz vocalist (b.
1928 )
September 17 –
George Hamilton IV , American country singer (b.
1937 )
September 20
September 21 –
Caldwell Jones , basketball player (b.
1950 )
September 30 –
Martin Lewis Perl , American Nobel physicist (b.
1927 ) October
Marian Seldes
Elizabeth Peña
October 3 –
Benedict Groeschel , American Catholic priest (b.
1933 )
October 5
October 4 –
Paul Revere , musician (b.
1938 )
October 6 –
Marian Seldes , actress and wife of
Garson Kanin (b.
1929 )
October 7 –
Cigar , racehorse (b.
1990 )
October 9 –
Jan Hooks , American comedian and actress (b.
1957 )
October 12
October 14 –
Elizabeth Peña , American actress (b.
1959 )
October 15 –
Robert Tiernan , American politician (b.
1929 )
October 18 –
Rebel Steiner , American football player (b.
1927 )
October 19 –
Stephen Paulus , American composer (b.
1949 )
October 20
October 21 –
Benjamin Bradlee , newspaper editor and husband of
Sally Quinn (b.
1921 )
October 23
October 24
October 26 –
Jeff Robinson , American baseball player (b.
1961 )
October 28 –
Galway Kinnell , American poet (b.
1927 )
October 30
October 31 –
David Manker Abshire , American diplomat (b.
1926 ) November
Marion Barry
December
December 2
December 6
December 7 –
Ken Weatherwax , American child actor (b.
1955 )
December 9 –
Mary Ann Mobley , actress, television personality, and Miss America 1959 (b.
1937 )
December 10
December 11 –
Michel du Cille , Jamaican-born American photographer and journalist (b. 1956)
December 12 –
Norman Bridwell , author and illustrator (b.
1928 )
December 14 –
Fred Thurston , American football player (b.
1933 )
December 15 –
Booth Colman , actor (b.
1923 )
December 16 –
Ernie Terrell , boxer (b.
1939 )
December 17 –
Dieter Grau , German-born American rocket scientist (b.
1913 )
December 19 –
Arthur Gardner , television and film producer and actor (b.
1910 )
December 20
December 21 –
Frank Truitt , American basketball player and coach (b.
1925 )
December 22
December 30 –
Luise Rainer , German-born American actress and wife of
Clifford Odets , died in
London ,
England (b.
1910 )
December 31 –
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1943 ) See also References
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"Among 2014 midterm winners many historic firsts" . CNN .
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"GOP governors win blue states" . CNN .
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"Two States Legalize Marijuana While Florida Abstains" .
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"Personhood movement loses twice" .
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"South Carolina black senator makes history - CNN.com" . CNN . November 5, 2014.
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"In Iowa, GOP's Joni Ernst broke a gender barrier on her own terms" . Los Angeles Times . November 7, 2014.
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"Inside The Senate's $100 Million Race" . ABC News . November 3, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2016 .
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"North Carolina Senate race spending tops $100 million" . CBS News . October 30, 2014.
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Sci-Fi Producer Bernard Glasser Dies at 89
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R. Crosby Kemper Jr. dies in California
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Former Atlantic City Mayor Michael J. Matthews dies at 79
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"Former singer, WNYT employee Jay Traynor dies" . Archived from
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Obituary: Bob Bolen, former Fort Worth mayor
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Donald John Chuy
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"Frank 'Punchy' Illiano: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" . January 10, 2014.
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Larry D. Mann, veteran actor, dies at 91
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Melady, former ambassador to Vatican, dies
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Brother H.O. Reed Passes at 103
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"Bishop Lee Robinson Sr., city's first black police commissioner, dies at 86" . Archived from
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The Social Learning Theory of Julian B. Rotter
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"Former Southeast, FSU star Williams dies at age 35" . Archived from
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Medical Examiner: Hoffman Killed by Mix of Uppers and Downers
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Renowned Character Actor Richard Bull, 'Little House On The Prairie's' Nels Oleson Has Died At The Age Of 89
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Joan Mondale, wife of former VP Walter Mondale, dies at 83
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Richard Hayman, longtime SLSO pops conductor, dies at 93
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Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies
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Sid Caesar, Master of TV Comedy, Dies at 91
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'The Waltons' Actor Ralph Waite Dead at 85
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Harold Ramis dead at 69
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Ann B. Davis, Alice on 'Brady Bunch,' dies
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Japanese-American Activist And Malcolm X Ally Dies At 93
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"Ruby Dee was a formidable force on screen, in civil rights movement" .
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Casey Kasem, Wholesome Voice of Pop Radio, Dies at 82
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Horace Silver Dead: Jazz Pianist Dies at 85
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"Grand Ole Opry performer Jimmy C. Newman dies at 86" . Archived from
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In Remembrance: Nancy Garden
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Redken Founder, Courier Owner Paula Kent Meehan Dies at 82
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A Texas minister set himself on fire and died to ‘inspire’ justice
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R.I.P. Nicktoons writer and Hey Arnold! voice actor Steve Viksten
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Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98
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Howard Baker has died
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Rollin King, Who Helped Start Southwest Airlines, Is Dead at 83
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"Titans G Bob Mischak, 'AFL Original,' Dies" . Archived from
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Bobby Womack dead at 70
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'Designing Women' Star Meshach Taylor Dies at 67
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Bob Hastings, Actor on ‘McHale’s Navy,’ Dies at 89
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Paul Mazursky dies at 84; director chronicled trends of '60s and '70s
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