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| Date |
Headline |
| January 1, 2014 |
Colorado becomes the first state to legalize recreational marijuana |
| March 8, 2014 |
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears with 239 people on board |
| April 14, 2014 |
Boko Haram kidnaps 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria |
| May 25, 2014 |
India's Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister in a landslide victory |
| June 12, 2014 |
The 2014 FIFA World Cup begins in Brazil |
| July 17, 2014 |
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board |
| August 9, 2014 |
Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, is shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri |
| September 18, 2014 |
Scotland holds a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom, with the "No" side winning |
| October 22, 2014 |
Canadian soldier Nathan Cirillo is killed in a terrorist attack on Parliament Hill in Ottawa |
| November 12, 2014 |
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is successfully landed on by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft |
| December 17, 2014 |
The United States and Cuba announce plans to restore diplomatic relations after more than 50 years of hostility |
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