January 1, 2014,
January 1, 2014, Recreational marijuana stores open in Colorado. (CNN)
January 1, 2014,
January 1, 2014,
January 1, 2014,
January 1, 2014, A three-story building, housing apartments and a grocery store, explodes and burns in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, injuring 13 people, some critically. (CNN)
January 1, 2014, Bill de Blasio is sworn in as the 109th Mayor of New York City. (AP via USA Today)
January 1, 2014, In front of a crowd of 105,491 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the largest ever to attend an ice hockey game, the Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 after a shootout in the 2014 NHL Winter Classic. (ESPN)
January 2, 2014, Season 5 Premiere of Community
January 2, 2014,
January 2, 2014, The East Coast of the United States braces its-self for the first Nor'easter of the season set to bring below normal temperatures and heavy snow in places and prompting the governors of Massachusetts and New York to declare state emergencies. (NBC)
January 2, 2014, The California Supreme Court,
in a landmark, first of its kind decision in the U.S., rules that an
undocumented immigrant without a secured visa, who fulfilled the legal
and professional requirements, may be admitted to the bar to practice
law. There are similar cases in Florida's and New York's high courts yet
to be decided. The same could feasibly be done for similar professions.
(NBC)
January 3, 2014, A winter storm hits the Northeastern United States, bringing snow to the region, affecting travel, and killing thirteen people. (NBC News)
January 3, 2014,
January 3, 2014,
January 3, 2014,
January 3, 2014,
January 3, 2014,
January 3, 2014,
January 4, 2014,
January 5, 2014, A small jet carrying three Mexican men from Toluca crashes while trying to land at the Aspen–Pitkin County Airport in the U.S. state of Colorado, killing the co-pilot, seriously injuring the pilot and slightly injuring the passenger.(CBC)
January 5, 2014,
January 5, 2014, A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine. (The Hindu)
January 6, 2014, 2014 North American polar vortex:
Record low temperatures are predicted for parts of the United States with wind chill temperatures expected to drop as low as −51 °C (−60 °F). (Los Angeles Times)
January 6, 2014, In college football, the Florida State Seminoles defeat the Auburn Tigers to win the 2014 BCS National Championship Game. (WFAA)
January 6, 2014,
January 6, 2014, American-born Colleen LaRose, who calls herself Jihad Jane, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for a failed al Qaeda-linked plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks who had depicted the head of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad on a dog. (BBC)
January 6, 2014, The US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as new chief of Federal Reserve; Yellen will be the first woman to hold this post. (Washington Post)
January 7, 2014, Series Premiere of Intelligence
January 7, 2014, Series Premiere of Being Mary Jane
January 7, 2014, Series Premiere of Killer Women
January 7, 2014,
January 7, 2014, A Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter belonging to the US Air Force crashes into a marsh on England's Norfolk coast during a training mission, killing its four crew. (Independent)
January 7, 2014,
January 7, 2014,
January 7, 2014, Five members of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, who in 1971 stole documents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and gave them to journalists, come forth. The leak exposed COINTELPRO, a program of surveillance and blackmail against American leftists including Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York Times)
January 8, 2014, Series Premiere of Chicago P.D
January 8, 2014, Series Premiere of Chicago P.D
January 8, 2014,
January 8, 2014,
January 8, 2014,
January 8, 2014,
January 8, 2014, A book released by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticizes President Barack Obama for his handling of the War in Afghanistan. (Fox News)
January 8, 2014, The Republican Party criticizes Pope Francis for his comments on capitalism. (The New York Times)
January 8, 2014, Dennis Rodman defends his visits to North Korea after he is criticized by the family of an American detainee. (CNN)
January 28, 2014,
January 29, 2014, National Guard troops are deployed to reach students stranded overnight on buses after ice and snow cause widespread traffic chaos in Atlanta, Georgia.(CNN)
January 29, 2014,
January 29, 2014,
January 29, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama signs the myRA at a visit to U.S. Steel's Irvin Works in metropolitan Pittsburgh. (C-SPAN 24:50)
January 29, 2014, The cruise ship MS Explorer of the Seas returns to port; at least 684 of the 4237 people aboard had symptoms of norovirus. (CNN)
January 29, 2014, In the US Senate, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, calls for the return of NSA documents by "Snowden and his accomplices"; asked whether this includes journalists, Clapper's spokesperson says "Director Clapper was referring to anyone who is assisting Edward Snowden to further threaten our national security through the unauthorized disclosure of stolen documents related to lawful foreign intelligence collection programs." (The Guardian)
January 29, 2014, Scientists find a way to convert normal cells into stem cells, which can be used for any part of the body. Previously, the standard method of obtaining stem cells was to get them from an embryo. (The New York Times)
January 30, 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.(CNN)
January 30, 2014,
January 31, 2014, Release of Labor Day
January 31, 2014, Release of That Awkward Moment
January 31, 2014, Amanda Knox tells the American media she refuses to return to Italy to be arrested after again being found guilty of the same murder. (CNN)
January 31, 2014,
January 31, 2014, For the first time in its 54-year history the State Water Project announces a zero water allocation for the state of California providing no water to urban residents or farmers this year amid a record setting drought. (LA Times)
January 8, 2014, Facebook buys the Indian start-up Little Eye Labs. (The Economic Times)
January 9, 2014,
January 9, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is- sued for his role on "Bridgegate". (BBC News)
-New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, apologizes for his senior aides intentionally causing a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge for political retribution in September 2013. (Reuters)
January 9, 2014,
January 9, 2014, The first conjoined twin gray whales are found in Mexico. (BBC News)
January 10, 2014, Release of The Legend of Hercules
January 9, 2014, Release of Dumbbells
January 10, 2014, Series Premiere of True Detective
January 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Helix
January 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Enlisted
January 10, 2014,
January 10, 2014, Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at the age of 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke. (BBC News)
January 10, 2014, 2014 Winter Olympics: The United States State Department issues a warning to those going to the host city of Sochi, informing that local medical facilities are "untested" and that there are threats of terrorist activity. (The Hollywood Reporter)
January 10, 2014, A chemical leak in West Virginia morphs into a crisis after the contamination of a portion of the state's water supply. (CNN)
January 10, 2014, The number of people with their personal information stolen from Target stores is up from 40 million to 70 million. (CNN)
January 10, 2014, United States Attorney General Eric Holder says that same-sex marriages conducted in Utah are recognized as legal under federal law. The state of Utah however, does not recognize the marriages under state laws. (The Washington Post)
January 10, 2014, X-ray astronomers find evidence of a black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy gobbling up a star; this is the first such event ever filmed. (Astronomy)
January 11, 2014, Series Premiere of Bitten
January 11, 2014, Series Premiere of Chozen
January 12, 2014, 71st Golden Globe Awards: The Golden Globe Awards are held in Beverly Hills, California, with 12 Years a Slave winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and American Hustle winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. (Los Angeles Times)
January 12, 2014, Pope Francis publicly releases the names of the 19 new Cardinals from 12 countries he will create in his first Consistory. This will occur during a meeting of the Cardinals on February 22. (News.VA Official Vatican Network)
January 12, 2014, 71st Golden Globe Awards: The Golden Globe Awards are held in Beverly Hills, California, with 12 Years a Slave winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and American Hustle winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. (Los Angeles Times)
January 12, 2014, Pope Francis publicly releases the names of the 19 new Cardinals from 12 countries he will create in his first Consistory. This will occur during a meeting of the Cardinals on February 22. (News.VA Official Vatican Network)
January 13, 2014, A retired police officer shoots a man dead and minorly wounds his wife after an argument about the victim texting in a Tampa, Florida cinema. (Huffington Post)
January 13, 2014, A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Puerto Rico. (Reuters via CBC)
January 13, 2014, A court acquits two former Fullerton, California police officers of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force in the 2011 beating death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man. Prosecutors plan to drop charges against a third officer. (CNN)
January 13, 2014, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Real Madrid is named the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. (The Telegraph)
January 13, 2014, China conducts the test of a new hypersonic missile vehicle, dubbed the "WU-14", which has top speeds of Mach 8 to Mach 12. The weapon was launched on an ICBM. (Newsmax)
January 14, 2014, Two students are shot and seriously injured at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell, New Mexico , U.S. A 12-year-old male suspect has been apprehended. (Reuters)
January 14, 2014, Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, is buried on his ranch in southern Israel following a state funeral at the Knesset attended by foreign dignitaries and Israelis. (BBC)
January 15, 2014, The National Security Agency uses radio waves to spy on computers. (The New York Times)
January 15, 2014, The World Bank says that the economies affected by the Great Recession are starting to recover. (The Guardian)
January 15, 2014, Asiana Airlines Flight 214: A graphic video showing the death of a 16-year old Chinese girl is released after firefighters ran her over in the wake of the plane crash. (TIME)
January 15, 2014, An anti-LGBT rights law that makes gay marriage punishable by up to 14 years in prison is passed in Nigeria. (Voice of America)
January 16, 2014, The Guardian reports that the National Security Agency collects data from hundreds of millions of text messages each day. (The Guardian)
January 16, 2014, Post-Iraq War: TMZ reveals photos of United States Marines burning bodies of Iraqis prompting an investigation from the Department of Defense. (CNN)
January 16, 2014, According to a search warrant unsealed by a court in Bristol, Connecticut, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, awaiting trial for a 2013 murder, is under investigation by Boston police as a suspect in a 2012 double homicide. (AP via ESPN)
January 17, 2014, Three men are held in custody on suspicion of starting the Colby Fire in Los Angeles County, California. (BBC News)
January 17, 2014, Release of Devil's Due
January 17, 2014, Release of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
January 17, 2014, Release of Life of a King
January 17, 2014, Release of Ride Along
January 17, 2014, Release of The Nut Job
January 17, 2014, Release of G.B.F
January 17, 2014, President Barack Obama announces a sprawling reform that would begin the process of change in the National Security Agency. (The Chicago Tribune)
January 17, 2014, One of the last Japanese soldiers to surrender from World War II, Hiroo Onoda, who surrendered in the Philippines in 1974, dies at the age of 91. (CNN)
January 17, 2014, Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II gives birth to a daughter. (BBC)
January 17, 2014, A fragment of pelv is bone unearthed in Winchester in 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son Edward the Elder. (BBC)
January 17, 2014, A controversy regarding capital punishment in the United States erupts after the execution of Ohio killer Denis McGuire took 25 minutes. (BBC)
January 17, 2014, Sochi Winter Olympics: Vladimir Putin cautions gay people should not "spread gay propaganda" when visiting the city. (BBC)
January 18, 2014,
January 18, 2014, 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards: The Screen Actors Guild Awards are held with Matthew McConaughey winning Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and Cate Blanchett winning Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in Blue Jasmine. (Los Angeles Times)
January 18, 2014, 16-year-old Lewis Clarke of Bristol, United Kingdom sets a new world record after becoming the youngest person to trek to the South Pole. (BBC)
January 19, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of The Following
January 19, 2014, In the American National Football League, the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks win their respective playoff matches and will meet in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2. (Q13 Fox)
January 19, 2014,
January 19, 2014,
January 19, 2014,
January 20, 2014, The Rosetta begins to 'wake up' from hibernation on its mission to rendezvous and land a probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. (BBC News)
January 20, 2014,
January 20, 2014,
January 20, 2014, Bridgegate scandal: Kim Guadagno denies accusations that she withheld funds for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. (CBS News)
January 20, 2014, Certain sanctions against Iran are lifted by the European Union and the United States through a nuclear deal. (The Washington Post)
January 20, 2014, The United States rejects the invitation of Iran by the United Nations in peace talks involving Syria. (The New York Times)
January 20, 2014, The drought in California spreads throughout the whole state after a fire erupts in the Greater Los Angeles Area. (Los Angeles Times)
January 20, 2014, World leaders are meeting in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. (ABC News)
January 21, 2014, Release of The Knights of Badassdom
January 21, 2014, A polar vortex bears down on the east coast of the United States cancelling thousands of flights and creating dangerously cold conditions. (USA Today)
January 21, 2014, Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly receiving various financial benefits from a businessman seeking favors from the state government. (Fox News)
January 21, 2014, A man is killed in a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. A suspect is in custody. (CNN)7
January 21, 2014, The US National Academy of Sciences found that pollution from China’s manufacturing industry drifts across the Pacific Ocean and affects US cities. (ABC Online)
January 22, 2014,
January 22, 2014,
January 22, 2014, New data published independently by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that the global warming trend is continuing. (ABC News)
January 22, 2014, Scientists from the European Space Agency and other institutions detect the presence of water vapour on Ceres. (Nature)
January 23, 2014, Series Premiere of Rake
January 23, 2014, Pop star Justin Bieber is arrested for drunken driving and resisting arrest. (CNN)
January 23, 2014,
January 23, 2014,
January 24, 2014, Release of I, Frankenstein
January 24, 2014, Release of Gimmie Shelter
January 24, 2014,
January 25, 2014, Series Premiere of Black Sails
January 25, 2014,
January 25, 2014,
January 26, 2014,
January 26, 2014, 56th Annual Grammy Awards: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis wins Best New Artist, Lorde wins Song of the Year for "Royals", and Daft Punk wins Record of the Year for "Get Lucky" and Album of the Year for Random Access Memories. (BBC)
-Thirty-three couples get married live during a performance of "Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert in a ceremony officiated by Queen Latifah with Madonna serving as maid-of-honor. (The Telegraph)
-Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last surviving members of The Beatles, reunite for a performance. (Rolling Stone)
January 26, 2014,
January 27, 2014,
January 28, 2014,
January 28, 2014, Several states in the Southeastern United States prepare for several inches of snow and ice. (NBC News)
January 9, 2014,
January 9, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is- sued for his role on "Bridgegate". (BBC News)
-New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, apologizes for his senior aides intentionally causing a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge for political retribution in September 2013. (Reuters)
January 9, 2014,
January 9, 2014, The first conjoined twin gray whales are found in Mexico. (BBC News)
January 10, 2014, Release of The Legend of Hercules
January 9, 2014, Release of Dumbbells
January 10, 2014, Series Premiere of True Detective
January 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Helix
January 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Enlisted
January 10, 2014,
January 10, 2014, Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at the age of 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke. (BBC News)
January 10, 2014, 2014 Winter Olympics: The United States State Department issues a warning to those going to the host city of Sochi, informing that local medical facilities are "untested" and that there are threats of terrorist activity. (The Hollywood Reporter)
January 10, 2014, A chemical leak in West Virginia morphs into a crisis after the contamination of a portion of the state's water supply. (CNN)
January 10, 2014, The number of people with their personal information stolen from Target stores is up from 40 million to 70 million. (CNN)
January 10, 2014, United States Attorney General Eric Holder says that same-sex marriages conducted in Utah are recognized as legal under federal law. The state of Utah however, does not recognize the marriages under state laws. (The Washington Post)
January 10, 2014, X-ray astronomers find evidence of a black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy gobbling up a star; this is the first such event ever filmed. (Astronomy)
January 11, 2014, Series Premiere of Bitten
January 11, 2014, Series Premiere of Chozen
January 12, 2014, 71st Golden Globe Awards: The Golden Globe Awards are held in Beverly Hills, California, with 12 Years a Slave winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and American Hustle winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. (Los Angeles Times)
January 12, 2014, Pope Francis publicly releases the names of the 19 new Cardinals from 12 countries he will create in his first Consistory. This will occur during a meeting of the Cardinals on February 22. (News.VA Official Vatican Network)
January 12, 2014, 71st Golden Globe Awards: The Golden Globe Awards are held in Beverly Hills, California, with 12 Years a Slave winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and American Hustle winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. (Los Angeles Times)
January 12, 2014, Pope Francis publicly releases the names of the 19 new Cardinals from 12 countries he will create in his first Consistory. This will occur during a meeting of the Cardinals on February 22. (News.VA Official Vatican Network)
January 13, 2014, A retired police officer shoots a man dead and minorly wounds his wife after an argument about the victim texting in a Tampa, Florida cinema. (Huffington Post)
January 13, 2014, A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Puerto Rico. (Reuters via CBC)
January 13, 2014, A court acquits two former Fullerton, California police officers of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force in the 2011 beating death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man. Prosecutors plan to drop charges against a third officer. (CNN)
January 13, 2014, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Real Madrid is named the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. (The Telegraph)
January 13, 2014, China conducts the test of a new hypersonic missile vehicle, dubbed the "WU-14", which has top speeds of Mach 8 to Mach 12. The weapon was launched on an ICBM. (Newsmax)
January 14, 2014, Two students are shot and seriously injured at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell, New Mexico , U.S. A 12-year-old male suspect has been apprehended. (Reuters)
January 14, 2014, Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, is buried on his ranch in southern Israel following a state funeral at the Knesset attended by foreign dignitaries and Israelis. (BBC)
January 15, 2014, The National Security Agency uses radio waves to spy on computers. (The New York Times)
January 15, 2014, The World Bank says that the economies affected by the Great Recession are starting to recover. (The Guardian)
January 15, 2014, Asiana Airlines Flight 214: A graphic video showing the death of a 16-year old Chinese girl is released after firefighters ran her over in the wake of the plane crash. (TIME)
January 15, 2014, An anti-LGBT rights law that makes gay marriage punishable by up to 14 years in prison is passed in Nigeria. (Voice of America)
January 16, 2014, The Guardian reports that the National Security Agency collects data from hundreds of millions of text messages each day. (The Guardian)
January 16, 2014, Post-Iraq War: TMZ reveals photos of United States Marines burning bodies of Iraqis prompting an investigation from the Department of Defense. (CNN)
January 16, 2014, According to a search warrant unsealed by a court in Bristol, Connecticut, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, awaiting trial for a 2013 murder, is under investigation by Boston police as a suspect in a 2012 double homicide. (AP via ESPN)
January 17, 2014, Three men are held in custody on suspicion of starting the Colby Fire in Los Angeles County, California. (BBC News)
January 17, 2014, Release of Devil's Due
January 17, 2014, Release of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
January 17, 2014, Release of Life of a King
January 17, 2014, Release of Ride Along
January 17, 2014, Release of The Nut Job
January 17, 2014, Release of G.B.F
January 17, 2014, President Barack Obama announces a sprawling reform that would begin the process of change in the National Security Agency. (The Chicago Tribune)
January 17, 2014, One of the last Japanese soldiers to surrender from World War II, Hiroo Onoda, who surrendered in the Philippines in 1974, dies at the age of 91. (CNN)
January 17, 2014, Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II gives birth to a daughter. (BBC)
January 17, 2014, A fragment of pelv is bone unearthed in Winchester in 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son Edward the Elder. (BBC)
January 17, 2014, A controversy regarding capital punishment in the United States erupts after the execution of Ohio killer Denis McGuire took 25 minutes. (BBC)
January 17, 2014, Sochi Winter Olympics: Vladimir Putin cautions gay people should not "spread gay propaganda" when visiting the city. (BBC)
January 18, 2014,
January 18, 2014, 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards: The Screen Actors Guild Awards are held with Matthew McConaughey winning Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and Cate Blanchett winning Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in Blue Jasmine. (Los Angeles Times)
January 18, 2014, 16-year-old Lewis Clarke of Bristol, United Kingdom sets a new world record after becoming the youngest person to trek to the South Pole. (BBC)
January 19, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of The Following
January 19, 2014, In the American National Football League, the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks win their respective playoff matches and will meet in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2. (Q13 Fox)
January 19, 2014,
January 19, 2014,
January 19, 2014,
January 20, 2014, The Rosetta begins to 'wake up' from hibernation on its mission to rendezvous and land a probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. (BBC News)
January 20, 2014,
January 20, 2014,
January 20, 2014, Bridgegate scandal: Kim Guadagno denies accusations that she withheld funds for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. (CBS News)
January 20, 2014, Certain sanctions against Iran are lifted by the European Union and the United States through a nuclear deal. (The Washington Post)
January 20, 2014, The United States rejects the invitation of Iran by the United Nations in peace talks involving Syria. (The New York Times)
January 20, 2014, The drought in California spreads throughout the whole state after a fire erupts in the Greater Los Angeles Area. (Los Angeles Times)
January 20, 2014, World leaders are meeting in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. (ABC News)
January 21, 2014, Release of The Knights of Badassdom
January 21, 2014, A polar vortex bears down on the east coast of the United States cancelling thousands of flights and creating dangerously cold conditions. (USA Today)
January 21, 2014, Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly receiving various financial benefits from a businessman seeking favors from the state government. (Fox News)
January 21, 2014, A man is killed in a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. A suspect is in custody. (CNN)7
January 21, 2014, The US National Academy of Sciences found that pollution from China’s manufacturing industry drifts across the Pacific Ocean and affects US cities. (ABC Online)
January 22, 2014,
January 22, 2014,
January 22, 2014, New data published independently by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that the global warming trend is continuing. (ABC News)
January 22, 2014, Scientists from the European Space Agency and other institutions detect the presence of water vapour on Ceres. (Nature)
January 23, 2014, Series Premiere of Rake
January 23, 2014, Pop star Justin Bieber is arrested for drunken driving and resisting arrest. (CNN)
January 23, 2014,
January 23, 2014,
January 24, 2014, Release of I, Frankenstein
January 24, 2014, Release of Gimmie Shelter
January 24, 2014,
January 25, 2014, Series Premiere of Black Sails
January 25, 2014,
January 25, 2014,
January 26, 2014,
January 26, 2014, 56th Annual Grammy Awards: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis wins Best New Artist, Lorde wins Song of the Year for "Royals", and Daft Punk wins Record of the Year for "Get Lucky" and Album of the Year for Random Access Memories. (BBC)
-Thirty-three couples get married live during a performance of "Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert in a ceremony officiated by Queen Latifah with Madonna serving as maid-of-honor. (The Telegraph)
-Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last surviving members of The Beatles, reunite for a performance. (Rolling Stone)
January 26, 2014,
January 27, 2014,
January 28, 2014,
January 28, 2014, Several states in the Southeastern United States prepare for several inches of snow and ice. (NBC News)
January 28, 2014,
January 29, 2014, National Guard troops are deployed to reach students stranded overnight on buses after ice and snow cause widespread traffic chaos in Atlanta, Georgia.(CNN)
January 29, 2014,
January 29, 2014,
January 29, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama signs the myRA at a visit to U.S. Steel's Irvin Works in metropolitan Pittsburgh. (C-SPAN 24:50)
January 29, 2014, The cruise ship MS Explorer of the Seas returns to port; at least 684 of the 4237 people aboard had symptoms of norovirus. (CNN)
January 29, 2014, In the US Senate, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, calls for the return of NSA documents by "Snowden and his accomplices"; asked whether this includes journalists, Clapper's spokesperson says "Director Clapper was referring to anyone who is assisting Edward Snowden to further threaten our national security through the unauthorized disclosure of stolen documents related to lawful foreign intelligence collection programs." (The Guardian)
January 29, 2014, Scientists find a way to convert normal cells into stem cells, which can be used for any part of the body. Previously, the standard method of obtaining stem cells was to get them from an embryo. (The New York Times)
January 30, 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.(CNN)
January 30, 2014,
January 31, 2014, Release of Labor Day
January 31, 2014, Release of That Awkward Moment
January 31, 2014, Amanda Knox tells the American media she refuses to return to Italy to be arrested after again being found guilty of the same murder. (CNN)
January 31, 2014,
January 31, 2014, For the first time in its 54-year history the State Water Project announces a zero water allocation for the state of California providing no water to urban residents or farmers this year amid a record setting drought. (LA Times)
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