February 1, 2014, Indonesian Mount Sinabung erupts killing 14 people. (Jakarta Post)
February 1, 2014, Bridgegate scandal: A former aide of Chris Christie accuses the governor of having knowledge of the event. (USA Today)
February 2, 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII:
In American football, the Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos with a final score of 43–8 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Reuters)
-Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform for the halftime show. (Agence France Press)
February 2, 2014, American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005, is found dead in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 46. Authorities initially attributed the death to a drug overdose. (NY Post)
February 2, 2014,
February 3, 2014, Fox Broadcasting Company says Super Bowl XLVIII was watched by over 111 million people in the United States, making it the most viewed television event in U.S. history. (Headline)
February 3, 2014, A winter storm hits the Northeastern United States, resulting in at least two deaths and thousands of flights being disrupted. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York are amongst the worst affected. (Sky News)
February 3, 2014,
February 3, 2014,
February 3, 2014, The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses around 326 points while the NASDAQ and S&P 500 drops around 2.3%. (USA Today)
February 4, 2014,
February 4, 2014, The New York City Police Department questions four suspected heroin dealers in connection with Philip Seymour Hoffman's death. (FOX News)
February 4, 2014, Sixteen missing children are rescued from Super Bowl-associated sex-trade slavery in an FBI sting. (FOX News)
February 4, 2014, Archaeologists working near the ancient settlement of Edfu in southern Egypt discover the remains of a 4,600 year old step pyramid. (LiveScience via Fox News)
February 4, 2014, The software company Microsoft internally promotes Satya Nadella to be its next CEO and appoints John W. Thompson as its chairman. (FOX Business)
February 4, 2014, The Scottish Parliament votes overwhelmingly (105–18) in favor of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Scotland. (BBC)
February 6, 2014,
February 6, 2014, Jay Leno finally says farewell for the second time to The Tonight Show with guests such as Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian and Jim Parsons. (Los Angeles Times)
February 7, 2014, Release of The Monuments Men
February 7, 2014, Release of The Lego Movie
February 7, 2014, Release of Vampire Academy, Blood Sisters
February 7, 2014, 2014 Winter Olympics: The opening ceremony is held in the Russian city of Sochi. (BBC)
-A man attempts to hijack a Pegasus Airlines flight from Kharkiv, Ukraine, and demands to be flown to Sochi; the pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed in Istanbul, Turkey, where the passenger was arrested. (New York Times)
February 7, 2014,
February 7, 2014,
February 7, 2014, Release of The Monuments Men
February 7, 2014, Release of The Lego Movie
February 7, 2014, Release of Vampire Academy, Blood Sisters
February 7, 2014, 2014 Winter Olympics: The opening ceremony is held in the Russian city of Sochi. (BBC)
-A man attempts to hijack a Pegasus Airlines flight from Kharkiv, Ukraine, and demands to be flown to Sochi; the pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed in Istanbul, Turkey, where the passenger was arrested. (New York Times)
February 7, 2014,
February 7, 2014,
February 9, 2014,
February 11, 2014,
February 11, 2014,
February 11, 2014,
February 11, 2014,
February 11, 2014,
February 11, 2014,
February 11, 2014, A 50th anniversary concert is to be held in celebration of the British Invasion of The Beatles. (TIME)
February 11, 2014, The Federal government recognizes same-sex marriage in the United States in all legal matters as Eric Holder compares it to the Civil Rights Movement. (CNN)
February 11, 2014, Scientists at the Australian National University discover the universe's oldest known star SMSS J031300.36-670839.3 estimated to be about 13.6 billion years old. (NineMSN)
February 11, 2014, Marius the giraffe is culled and fed to the lions causing worldwide protests from environmental activists. (CNN)
February 12, 2014, Release of Robocop
February 12, 2014, As the North American cold wave continues, a massive winter storm across states in the southern United States causes widespread power outages, travel disruptions and dangerous road conditions. (NBC)
February 12, 2014, Release of Robocop
February 12, 2014, As the North American cold wave continues, a massive winter storm across states in the southern United States causes widespread power outages, travel disruptions and dangerous road conditions. (NBC)
February 12, 2014, The UK's Met Office issues a "red warning" and warns of an exceptional storm as winds of up to 100mph are forecast to hit west Wales and north west England. (BBC)
February 12, 2014,
February 12, 2014, As the North American cold wave continues, a massive winter storm across states in the southern United States causes widespread power outages, travel disruptions and dangerous road conditions. (NBC)
February 12, 2014, The UK's Met Office issues a "red warning" and warns of an exceptional storm as winds of up to 100mph are forecast to hit west Wales and north west England. (BBC)
February 12, 2014, French President Francois Hollande is hosted by US President Barack Obama at a White House state dinner, during a visit by Hollande to the US aimed at renewing the partnership between the two countries. (CNN)
February 12, 2014, A sinkhole opens underneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, swallowing 8 vintage Corvettes including the millionth Corvette built. (Autoblog)
February 13, 2014, Comcast is set to acquire Time Warner Cable in a US$44 billion buyout. (The New York Times)
February 14, 2014, Release of About Last Night
February 14, 2014, Release of Winter's Tale
February 14, 2014, Release of Endless Love
February 14, 2014, A giant winter storm continues to hit the northeastern United States as hundreds of thousands of people in the southern United States remain without power. At least 22 people have died in the storm. (BBC)
February 14, 2014, Oscar Pistorius posts a message apologizing for his role in the killing of Reeva Steenkamp. (CNN)
February 15, 2014,
February 15, 2014, Academy Award-nominated actress Ellen Page comes out as lesbian at a Human Rights Campaign conference. (CNN)
February 15, 2014, A portion of the The National Archives of the United Kingdom burns down. (BBC)
February 15, 2014, A U.S. federal judge overturns a ban on same-sex marriage in Virginia. (The New York Times)
February 16, 2014, Heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions hit the northeastern United States days after a bad storm with between 15 and 17 inches of snow reported in Massachusetts and Maine. (AP via ABC)
February 16, 2014, 67th British Academy Film Awards: The British Academy Film Awards are held at the Royal Opera House in London with 12 Years a Slave winning best film and Chiwetel Ejiofor winning best actor for his role in it. (BBC)
-Australian actress Cate Blanchett wins best actress for her role in Blue Jasmine. (Sky News)
-Australian actress Cate Blanchett wins best actress for her role in Blue Jasmine. (Sky News)
February 17, 2014, Winter storms of 2013–14 in the United Kingdom: Floods in the United Kingdom continue to worsen as the Met Office issues severe rain weather warnings for southwest England. (BBC)
February 17, 2014,
February 17, 2014, American late-night show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premieres on the National Broadcasting Company, with Jimmy Fallon succeeding Jay Leno as host. (AP)
February 17, 2014, The Vatican head of state, Pope Francis, renews his Argentine passport, reportedly asking not to enjoy any privilege. (La Nación)
February 17, 2014, A United Nations report accuses North Korea of atrocities and calls for an investigation by the International Criminal Court. (Al Jazeera)
February 17, 2014, A large near-Earth asteroid, 2000 EM26, passes by the Earth safely with no threat of collision at 8.8 times further from the Earth than the Moon. (NBC News)
February 17, 2014, Nancy Kerrigan and Tanya Harding
are interviewed in light of the twentieth anniversary of the 1994
attack on Kerrigan that resulted in Harding's banishment from figure
skating.
February 18, 2014, Euromaidan:
Violent clashes between police forces and opposition demonstrators reignite in Kiev, Ukraine. The death toll rises to 14, six of them policemen who were shot dead during the confrontation. (CNN)
February 18, 2014,
February 18, 2014,
February 18, 2014,
February 18, 2014, A US$1 million vase made by Chinese dissident Ai Wei Wei is destroyed in Miami by a local vandal protesting the lack of exhibits promoting local art. (The New York Times)
February 18, 2014, Former Australian parliamentarian Craig Thomson is found guilty of theft and fraud during his time as national secretary of the Health Services Union. (Sydney Morning Herald)
February 19, 2014, Euromaidan:
A wall of fire burns in central Kiev as protesters resist the police while the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych hold talks. The toll so far over the past couple of days is at least 25 dead and 241 injured. (BBC)
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February 19, 2014, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, former members of Pussy Riot, are arrested and subsequently released after protesting during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. (USA Today)
February 19, 2014, Facebook announced it is acquiring WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash and stock. (Reuters)
February 19, 2014, Facebook announced it is acquiring WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash and stock. (Reuters)
February 20, 2014, Euromaidan:
A shaky truce is broken with police and protesters renewing clashes on Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti, with scores of deaths reported. (Kiev Post)
-The mayor of Kiev, Volodymyr Makeyenko, announces he is stepping down from his post and leaving the Ukraine's ruling party Party of Regions. (RIA Novosty)
February 20, 2014, Mexican authorities arrest Jesús Peña (alias "El 20"), the leader of Los Ántrax, an armed squadron of the Sinaloa Cartel. Peña was part of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's inner circle and the successor of El Chino Ántrax. (Azteca Noticias)
February 20, 2014, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, gives birth to a healthy girl in New York's Weill Cornell Medical Center. [1]
-The mayor of Kiev, Volodymyr Makeyenko, announces he is stepping down from his post and leaving the Ukraine's ruling party Party of Regions. (RIA Novosty)
February 20, 2014, Mexican authorities arrest Jesús Peña (alias "El 20"), the leader of Los Ántrax, an armed squadron of the Sinaloa Cartel. Peña was part of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's inner circle and the successor of El Chino Ántrax. (Azteca Noticias)
February 20, 2014, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, gives birth to a healthy girl in New York's Weill Cornell Medical Center. [1]
February 21, 2014, Release of Pompeii
February 21, 2014, Release of Barefoot
February 21, 2014, Release of 3 Days to Kill
February 21, 2014, Release of Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
February 21, 2014, Release of In Secret
February 21, 2014, 2014 Venezuelan protests: 22-year-old Venezuelan beauty queen Génesis Carmona is shot in the head and killed while participating in a student protest against Nicolás Maduro's socialist government. (The New York Times)
February 21, 2014, Books related to Anne Frank are vandalized across public libraries in Tokyo, Japan. (The New York Times)
February 21, 2014, The President of the United States, Barack Obama, meets with the Dalai Lama despite warnings from China to cancel the meeting. (BBC)
February 22, 2014, Release of Vengeance
February 21, 2014, Release of Barefoot
February 21, 2014, Release of 3 Days to Kill
February 21, 2014, Release of Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
February 21, 2014, Release of In Secret
February 21, 2014, 2014 Venezuelan protests: 22-year-old Venezuelan beauty queen Génesis Carmona is shot in the head and killed while participating in a student protest against Nicolás Maduro's socialist government. (The New York Times)
February 21, 2014, Books related to Anne Frank are vandalized across public libraries in Tokyo, Japan. (The New York Times)
February 21, 2014, The President of the United States, Barack Obama, meets with the Dalai Lama despite warnings from China to cancel the meeting. (BBC)
February 22, 2014, Release of Vengeance
February 22, 2014, Euromaidan: The Ukrainian parliament votes to free Yulia Tymoshenko,
the former prime minister jailed for more than two years for what
supporters say are politically tainted charges. She is released later in
the day. (The Irish Times)
-Protesters claim control of the capital Kiev with reports that President Viktor Yanukovych has fled to eastern Ukraine. (AP)
-The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from his position. From his current base in Kharkiv, Yanukovych denounces the events in Kiev as a "coup". (USA Today)
-Ukrainian economist and writer Oleksandr Turchynov is voted Speaker of the Parliament, and in that capacity acting President of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
February 22, 2014, The Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as "El Chapo", is arrested in Mexico. (BBC)
February 22, 2014, Tens of thousands of people gather in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to protest against the government of Nicolás Maduro. (Los Angeles Times)
February 22, 2014, Pope Francis creates 19 new cardinals in a ceremony at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. In addition, the Pope emeritus Benedict XVI makes his first public appearance at the Vatican since his resignation in 2013. (BBC)
February 22, 2014, 2014 Winter Olympics: Marit Bjørgen of Norway becomes the most successful female Winter Olympian of all time when she wins a sixth gold medal in the Women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing event. She has won ten Olympic medals in total. (AP via Yahoo! News)
-Protesters claim control of the capital Kiev with reports that President Viktor Yanukovych has fled to eastern Ukraine. (AP)
-The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from his position. From his current base in Kharkiv, Yanukovych denounces the events in Kiev as a "coup". (USA Today)
-Ukrainian economist and writer Oleksandr Turchynov is voted Speaker of the Parliament, and in that capacity acting President of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
February 22, 2014, The Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as "El Chapo", is arrested in Mexico. (BBC)
February 22, 2014, Tens of thousands of people gather in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to protest against the government of Nicolás Maduro. (Los Angeles Times)
February 22, 2014, Pope Francis creates 19 new cardinals in a ceremony at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. In addition, the Pope emeritus Benedict XVI makes his first public appearance at the Vatican since his resignation in 2013. (BBC)
February 22, 2014, 2014 Winter Olympics: Marit Bjørgen of Norway becomes the most successful female Winter Olympian of all time when she wins a sixth gold medal in the Women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing event. She has won ten Olympic medals in total. (AP via Yahoo! News)
February 23, 2014, 2014 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia officially concludes. (Sydney Morning Herald)
February 23, 2014,
February 23, 2014, Ukrainian Revolution of 2014: Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is blocked by Ukraine's customs in Donetsk from taking a plane to Russia. (Moscow Times)
February 23, 2014, 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, while a tornado warning is put into effect for the area. (Fox News)
February 23, 2014,
February 23, 2014, Ukrainian Revolution of 2014: Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is blocked by Ukraine's customs in Donetsk from taking a plane to Russia. (Moscow Times)
February 23, 2014, 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, while a tornado warning is put into effect for the area. (Fox News)
February 24, 2014, The Pentagon announces plans to reduce the size of the United States Army to pre-World War II levels. (BBC News)
February 24, 2014, Pope Francis, in the most significant reform of the Roman Curia in 25 years, creates a second Secretariat, for Economic Affairs, headed by a Cardinal (which will work with the Vatican Secretariat of State, the reformed Vatican bank, or IOR, and the other economic departments of the Roman Curia), which will have an office with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time. (AP via MSN News)
February 24, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian Revolution:The European Commission recognizes Oleksandr Turchynov as Ukraine‘s legitimate interim president. (DPA via Europe Online)
February 24, 2014, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs a bill discriminating against the LGBT community. (Time)
February 24, 2014, CNN cancels Piers Morgan Live, starring British presenter Piers Morgan, due to low ratings. (The Guardian)
February 24, 2014, Mt Gox, an exchange of central importance in the history of the crypto currency bitcoin, closes down for an indefinite period under pressure from hackers. (Wired)
February 24, 2014, Gary Melius, owner of Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York, the second largest private residence in the United States, is shot in the head in the castle parking lot. The gunman is still at large. (Los Angeles Times)
February 24, 2014, Nokia unveils Nokia X, an Android-based smartphone, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. (NDTV)
February 24, 2014, A 4.4-billion-year-old crystal from Western Australia has been confirmed as the oldest fragment of Earth's crust. (BBC News)
February 25, 2014, Release of Schoolboy Q album Oxymoron
February 25, 2014, Release of videogame Theif
February 25, 2014, 1,427 gold coins from the mid-19th century that were buried in eight cans are discovered by an anonymous couple while walking their dog in Gold Country, California. The find dubbed the Saddle Ridge Hoard is expected to be worth over $10 million dollars (USD) and is the largest known hoard of gold coins ever found in the United States.(USA Today)
February 25, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian revolution: The United States administration formally declares that it no longer recognizes Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine’s president as "his actions have undermined his legitimacy". (Guardian)
February 25, 2014, The Parliament of Ukraine removes the five-pointed red star from its spire in a measure aimed at erasing the nation’s Soviet legacy. (RIA Novosty)
February 24, 2014, Pope Francis, in the most significant reform of the Roman Curia in 25 years, creates a second Secretariat, for Economic Affairs, headed by a Cardinal (which will work with the Vatican Secretariat of State, the reformed Vatican bank, or IOR, and the other economic departments of the Roman Curia), which will have an office with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time. (AP via MSN News)
February 24, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian Revolution:The European Commission recognizes Oleksandr Turchynov as Ukraine‘s legitimate interim president. (DPA via Europe Online)
February 24, 2014, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs a bill discriminating against the LGBT community. (Time)
February 24, 2014, CNN cancels Piers Morgan Live, starring British presenter Piers Morgan, due to low ratings. (The Guardian)
February 24, 2014, Mt Gox, an exchange of central importance in the history of the crypto currency bitcoin, closes down for an indefinite period under pressure from hackers. (Wired)
February 24, 2014, Gary Melius, owner of Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York, the second largest private residence in the United States, is shot in the head in the castle parking lot. The gunman is still at large. (Los Angeles Times)
February 24, 2014, Nokia unveils Nokia X, an Android-based smartphone, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. (NDTV)
February 24, 2014, A 4.4-billion-year-old crystal from Western Australia has been confirmed as the oldest fragment of Earth's crust. (BBC News)
February 25, 2014, Release of Schoolboy Q album Oxymoron
February 25, 2014, Release of videogame Theif
February 25, 2014, 1,427 gold coins from the mid-19th century that were buried in eight cans are discovered by an anonymous couple while walking their dog in Gold Country, California. The find dubbed the Saddle Ridge Hoard is expected to be worth over $10 million dollars (USD) and is the largest known hoard of gold coins ever found in the United States.(USA Today)
February 25, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian revolution: The United States administration formally declares that it no longer recognizes Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine’s president as "his actions have undermined his legitimacy". (Guardian)
February 25, 2014, The Parliament of Ukraine removes the five-pointed red star from its spire in a measure aimed at erasing the nation’s Soviet legacy. (RIA Novosty)
February 26, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of The Americans
February 26, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Legit
February 26, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 Crimean protests: Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov formally becomes the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (Ministry of Defence)
-Ukraine's acting interior minister Arsen Avakov says the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths of protesters, has been disbanded. (CNN)
February 26, 2014, The two men convicted of the murder of Lee Rigby are sentenced to life imprisonment, Michael Adebolajo without the possibility of parole, and Michael Adebowale with the possibility of parole after 45 years. (BBC)
February 26, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Legit
February 26, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 Crimean protests: Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov formally becomes the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (Ministry of Defence)
-Ukraine's acting interior minister Arsen Avakov says the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths of protesters, has been disbanded. (CNN)
February 26, 2014, The two men convicted of the murder of Lee Rigby are sentenced to life imprisonment, Michael Adebolajo without the possibility of parole, and Michael Adebowale with the possibility of parole after 45 years. (BBC)
February 27, 2014,
February 27, 2014,
February 27, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 Crimean protests: The Parliament of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea announces a referendum to determine the region’s future and ousts the regional government. (Kyiv Post)
-Ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, whose whereabouts remained unknown before he turned up in Russia, issues a statement saying that he is still the legitimate president and "ready to fight to the end" to fulfill his deal with the opposition. (USA Today)
-Ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, whose whereabouts remained unknown before he turned up in Russia, issues a statement saying that he is still the legitimate president and "ready to fight to the end" to fulfill his deal with the opposition. (USA Today)
February 28, 2014, Release of Son of God
February 28, 2014, Release of Repentance
February 28, 2014, Release of Non-Stop
February 28, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 Crimean protests: Members of the Russian Parliament propose new laws that would make it easier for Russia to incorporate parts of Ukraine. (BBC)
-Russia finally confirms that it has moved troops in Ukraine's Crimea region to protect its own interests. (Telegraph)
- Interim President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov says the Russian military is "directly involved" in the crisis in Crimea, while Interior Minister Arsen Avakov describes the events as "a military invasion and occupation". (Bloomberg)
-News agency Interfax-Ukraine reports that armed pro-Russian men have taken over control of two airports, among which Simferopol International Airport, and raised the Russian Navy flag. (Sky News)
February 28, 2014, Release of Repentance
February 28, 2014, Release of Non-Stop
February 28, 2014, 2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 Crimean protests: Members of the Russian Parliament propose new laws that would make it easier for Russia to incorporate parts of Ukraine. (BBC)
-Russia finally confirms that it has moved troops in Ukraine's Crimea region to protect its own interests. (Telegraph)
- Interim President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov says the Russian military is "directly involved" in the crisis in Crimea, while Interior Minister Arsen Avakov describes the events as "a military invasion and occupation". (Bloomberg)
-News agency Interfax-Ukraine reports that armed pro-Russian men have taken over control of two airports, among which Simferopol International Airport, and raised the Russian Navy flag. (Sky News)
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