This article is about the year 2014. Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century 21st century 22nd century Decades: 1980s  1990s  2000s  2010s  2020s  2030s  2040s Years: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 by topic: News by month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Arts Architecture Art Comics Film Home video Literature (Poetry) Music (Country Metal UK) Radio Television Video gaming Politics Elections Int'l leaders Politics State leaders Sovereign states Science and technology Archaeology Aviation Birding/Ornithology Meteorology Palaeontology Rail transport Science Spaceflight Sports Sport Athletics (Track and Field) Australian Football League Baseball Football (soccer) Cricket Ice Hockey Motorsport Tennis Rugby league By place Algeria Argentina Australia Brazil Canada People's Republic of China Denmark El Salvador Egypt European Union France Germany Ghana India Iraq Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Norway Pakistan Palestinian territories Philippines Russia Singapore South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Other topics Awards Games Law Religious leaders Video gaming Birth and death categories Births Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments Disestablishments Works and introductions categories Works Introductions v d e 2014 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 2014 MMXIV Ab urbe condita 2767 Armenian calendar 1463 Bah' calendar 170 171 Bengali calendar 1421 Berber calendar 2964 British Regnal year 62 Eliz. 2  63 Eliz. 2 Buddhist calendar 2558 Burmese calendar 1376 Byzantine calendar 7522 7523 Chinese calendar (4650/4710-12-1) to (4651/4711-11-10) Coptic calendar 1730 1731 Ethiopian calendar 2006 2007 Hebrew calendar 5774 5775 Hindu calendars  - Bikram Samwat 2070 2071  - Shaka Samvat 1936 1937  - Kali Yuga 5115 5116 Holocene calendar 12014 Iranian calendar 1392 1393 Islamic calendar 1435 1436 Japanese calendar Heisei 26 (26) Korean calendar 4347 Thai solar calendar 2557 Unix time 1388534400 1420070399 v d e Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2014

2014 (MMXIV) will be a common year starting on Wednesday. In the Gregorian calendar it will be the 2014th year of the Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 5th of the 2010s decade. Predicted and scheduled events January One World Trade Center is scheduled to open by January 2014. February 7February 23 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi Russia. March 7March 16 2014 Winter Paralympics will be held in Sochi Russia. March 27 is Comet Holmes (17P/Holmes) next perihelion. April 29 Annular solar eclipse. May 29 is 4P/Faye next perihelion. June 13July 13 2014 FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil August 24 The NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will cross the orbit of Neptune after 8 years journey on to Pluto. It will be faster than Voyager 2 which took 12 years. Date unknown The BepiColombo spacecraft will be launched to Mercury. The entire World Trade Center site is estimated to be completed by 2014 including 1 World Trade Center 200 Greenwich Street 175 Greenwich Street 150 Greenwich Street 130 Liberty Street and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The International Cometary Explorer a NASA solar probe that was re-tooled for a mission to explore comets will approach Earth 31 years after leaving its gravitational influence. Unless it is again reactivated for a new mission it has enough propellant to be re-captured in the Earth system and potentially recovered. It has already been donated to the Smithsonian Institution if it is ever recovered. The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report is scheduled to appear.1 Major holidays and dates February 1 Imbolc (Celebrated on February 2 in some places) March 4 Shrove Tuesday March 5 Ash Wednesday March 17 St Patrick's Day March 20 Spring Equinox April 20 Easter May 1 May Day June 21 Summer solstice also known as Midsummer August 1 Lammas September 23 Fall Equinox October 4 Eid al-Adha October 23 Diwali November 1 All Saints and Samhain December 17 Chanukah December 21 Winter solstice December 25 Christmas In fiction Film Moon Child (2003) The Flash movie EPIC 2014 concludes in this year. Television In the Supernatural episode "The End" the angel Zachariah sends Dean Winchester to this year to convince him to be a host for Michael. In this future the Croatoan virus has spread across the world Sarah Palin is president and Sam Winchester is the host for Lucifer. Computer and video games Battlefield 3 (2011) A military shooter game that takes place sometime during this year. Mega Man VI and Mega Man VII are set in this year and Mega Man: The Power Battle is set at the end of 2014.citation needed Soldiers of Anarchy (2002) Shattered Union: The Second American Civil War begins in this year. North American Conflict: The "Can-Am War" starts on June 12 with a U.S. invasion of Canada. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (2007) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) References IPCC website