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History

2014

Generations

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Lynn Thomas Lowe 75
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 71

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Peggy Lynette Lowe (Phillips) 48
Sandra LaNae Lowe (Johnson) 47
Ronald Evan Johnson 56
Debra Eileen Lowe 41
Michelle Ann Lowe 39
Lori Ellen Lowe (Hatfield) 37
Geoffrey Georg Hatfield 34

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Jennifer Lyn Atwood (Dean) 27
David Dean
Jeremy Scott Atwood 23
Michael Evan Johnson 13
Alena Ann Hatfield 8
Vivienne Marie Hatfield 5

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Athena Lyn Dean 5

World

General:

Population: Approximately 7.18 billion

Crime: Hundreds arrested for computer hacking
Many viruses found worldwide on equipment, Ebay
Economics: Oil prices fall dramatically
Medicine: Polio spreads
Major Ebola emergence kills over 4000
Politics: G-8 allies decide to exclude Russia
Religion: Cannonization of Pope John Paul II
3 Members of Pope Francis' family killed
Vatican hosts global meeting on Marriage
Science: European probe lands on comet
Sports: Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Deaths: Everly Brothers singer Phil Everly, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Singer Pete Seeger, Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Actress and diplomat Shirley Temple Black, Maria Von Trapp (Sound of Music), Actor and director Harold Ramis, Fashion designer and girlfriend of Mick Jagger L'Wren Scott, Westboro Baptist leader Fred Phelps, Nelson Mandela, Actor Mickey Rooney, Actress Peaches Geldof (age 25), Last Polish Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poetess Maya Angelou, Brady Bunch actress Ann B. Davis, Code talker Chester Nez, Actress Ruby Dee, Radio broadcaster Casey Kasem, Actor Meshach Taylor, Musician Tommy Ramone, Actor James Garner, Former Press Secretary James Brady, Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall, TV announcer Don Pardo, US Journalist James Foley (beheaded), Director Richard Attenborough, Former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier, Designer Oscar de la Renta, "Death with dignity" activist Brittany Maynard, Director Mike ,Chicken guru Pete Harman, DC Mayor Marion Barry, Novelist PD James, Actress Billie Whitelaw, Singer Joe Cocker

Africa

General: Ebola outbreak kills more than 1400
US sends troops to Africa to assist with Ebola outbreak
Algeria: Plane crash kills 103
Chad: Boko Haram takes missing Nigerian girls into Chad
Egypt: Government resigns
Court sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
Former president Hosni Mukarak sentenced for 3 years - cleared of charges
Guinea: Eight Ebola healthcare workers murdered
Kenya: Coastal attacks by Islamists
Leader vows war on al-Shabab
Liberia: Ebola outbreak
Libya: US Embassy evacuated and siezed by Islamists
Mali: French Air Algerie fligh crashes killing 116
Nigeria: Terrorists kill 99
Boko Haram kidnaps 276 girls
Bombings
Ebola outbreak - later free
48 killed in school suicide bombing
Explosion in Kano
North Sudan: Christian Meriam ibrahim fored to prison for faith
Sierra Leone: Worst outbreaks of Ebola
Somalia: Explosion near Mogadishu airport

Americas

General: Burger King moves headquarters to Canada
Argentina: Debt default as country misses critical payments
Canada: Somewhere between 10 and 32 die in retirement home fire in Quebec
Three officers killed in shooting
Multiple shots fired in Parliament building - Ottawa
Chile: 8.0 earthquake off coast with 7.8 aftershock
Cuba: Relations with US soften
Mexico: Quake

Asia

China: Bombings in western capital Urumqi
Quake kills 150
Hong Kong protests after leader refuses to quit under Chinese orders - 2 months
Ex-security chief arrested for scandal
India: Investigation into gang rape and hanging of two girls
Indonesia: 7.3 magnitude quake hits waters near Indonesia
Japan: UN court rules against whaling practices, 7.3 quake,
Volcano erupts killing nearly 50
Early parliamentary elections due to recession
Malaysia: Airplane goes missing - Chinese company and a couple Iranians on board. Flight was diverted by crew and disappeared from radar.
Second Malaysian plane shot down
December crash kills 162
North Korea: Shelling into disputed sea
Threats against US over release of movie "The Interview"
South Korea: Artillery shells fired into North Korean waters
Ferry sinks killing hundreds
Thailand: Military takes control

Europe

Belgium: Deadly shooting at Jewish Museum
France: Socialists lose election admid economic woes
Great Britain: Scottish voters reject independence
Greece: Italian ferry boat fire kills 10
Italy: American Amanda Knox re-declared guilty in absentia
Russia: Crimea annexed (see Ukraine)
Subway train derails killing at least 10
Apple refuses to sell because of shaky ruble
Spain: Plane crashes off Canary Islands
King Juan Carlos abdicates
Spanish nurse infected with Ebola after treating priest
Ukraine: Leader proposes siding with Russia over Europe. Unpopular
Protests and removal of Prime Minister from power
Ukranian national attempts to hijack plane to crash it into Olympics - resolved safely
Violence leaves at least 26 dead, truce made and broken
Even though Prime Minister resigns, President Yanukovych refuses to resign
Russia invades Crimea and the population sides with Russia
Russia halts gas supplies to Ukraine
Ukranian politician killed by pro-Russians
Minor skirmishes continue
New prime minister resigns
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 carrying 295 shot down over Ukraine
United Kingdom: Yacht found wrecked off Rafiki
Vatican City: Pope calls for meeting with religious leaders about the family
Topless woman steals Baby Jesus statue

Middle East

General: Israel halts "Iran weapons ship"
Syrian plane 'downed near Turkey'
Afghanistan: Gunmen attack hotel
Two journalists shot
Fighting continues
Iraq: ISIL (ISIS) group starts Iraqi takeover
Prime minister Maliki fires senior officers then resigns
Islamic militants kill 80 members of Iraq's Yazidi
US begins airstrikes near Baghdad
Iran: Problems with nuclear negotiations
Israel: 3 youth kidnapped and killed by Hamas agents in Gaza, Palestine
Palestine and Israel launch missiles with short cease fires
Synagogue attack kills 4
Pakistan: Former president Musharraf charged with treason
Taliban members storm school killing 84
Syria: Hundreds of thousands flee or are killed in civil war
Bombing between Syria and Iraq
U.S. authorizes airstrikes, arming fighters
Turkey: 200+ die in mine fire and collapse - protests ensue and 18 arrested with 3 charged - protestors tear gassed
49 hostages taken by ISIS militants - freed
UAE: Woman slays US teach in mall bathroom

Pacific

Australia: Olympian Oscar Pistorius tried for murder
Explosion and hostages in Sydney cafe - held by Iranian gunman - 4 die
Family killed in home - parent
Solomon Islands: 7.6 quake

U.S. History

President:

Barack H. Obama

General

Business: Data breaches continue affecting perhaps a hundred million
Settlement with Toyota over safety issues tops 1.2 billion dollars
GM recalls 7.6 million cars
Microsoft cuts 18,000 jobs
Ford recalls 850,000 cars with airbags
Cyber-attacks and data breaches affect millions
Culture: Same-sex marriage bans struck down in MI, ID, OR, PA, VA, NV
Entertainment: Pop star Justin Bieber arrested for DUI
Multiple women accuse Bill Cosby of molestation
Sony pictures hacked - private emails released
Sony plans to cancel release of movie "The Interview" due to N. Korean threats - cancelled then released
Environment: EPA issues fossil-fuel emissions reducing carbon emissions
Keystone pipeline remains controversial in House and Senate
Finance: Start of scaling back of stimulus monies
Stock market fluctuates greatly
Economy jittery while volitaile stock market rises past 17,000 then 18,000
Food: New labels proposed by the FDA to focus on total calories
Government: NSA told to limit spying
Lois Lerner of the IRS held in contempt of Congress
Health and Human Services directer Kathleen Sebelius resigns over problems
White House fence jumper gets inside, other drives up to gates the next day
Secret Service director resigns
Second fence-jumper at White House
Republicans win control of Senate, more in House
North Korean, Cuban hostages released or negotiated
Law: Affirmative action ok'd by court to be thrown out
Prayer ruled not illegan in town council meetings
Ruling states police need warrants to search cellphones
Supreme Court rules against President on recess appointments
Abortion clinic buffer zones ruled unconstitutional
Mandatory unionizations illegal for in-house healthcare
Contraception that violates small business beliefs not required
Marine who accidentally entered Mexico Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi kept in custody for months
Refusal to hear same-sex marriage legalizes by default
Obama creates executive action on immigratin, effectively legalizing millions
Mass Killings: B: AZ (church), FL, GA, KS; G: IN, MD; M: TX, VA; S: CA, CO, FL, IN, NM, OK, OR, PA (stabbing), WA x2; W: GA, CA (police); C = PA WV;
[Code: B=Building, C=Cluster, G=Public Gathering, H=Home, M=Military, S=School, W=Work]
Medical: Continued problems with healthcare website
MERS virus first seen in US
Two missionary doctors recover from Ebola in Atlanta, plus one dies in Dallas
Enterovirus outbreak
Medical worker who contracted Ebola in Dallas infuriates nation by traveling
Additional Ebola patient in New York
Influenza epidemic
Military: Conflicts continue as US plans withdrawal from Afghanistan
Plan for reduction of military to pre-WWII levels
Scandal erupts over VA medical facilities with over 100,000 veterans waiting
5-year prisoner Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl traded for five high-level prisoners - later declared illegal
US deploys security troops to Iraq - Iraq asks for airstrikes
US reporters beheaded
Soldiers flee Cape Cod military base and flee to Canada
6 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Uruguay
CIA responds to critical torture report
Politics: President says he's willing to bypass Congress to enact agenda
Focus on immigration reform results in 5800 criminal immigrants released
President Obama vows to act without Congress
Supreme court rules cellphones under constitution
Lawsuit filed against President Obama for alleged abuse of power
President vows executive action on immigration - Several states vow to sue
Relations with Cuba thaw as US capitulates
Science: NASA awards contract to private SpaceX company
NASA's Antares rocket explodes on launchpad
Virgin Galactic spaceship has in-flight problem kills one
Sports: Pine-tar scandal for Michael Pineda
Clippers owner banned for life for racist comment
First openly-gay player in NFL
Nascar driver kills other driver in race
NFL players face suspension for beating spouse, other for child
Travel: Cruise ship with more than 600 sick
Weather: Extreme cold weather from "polar vortex" hits a large portion of the country

East

Massachusetts: Boston hospital takes custody of girl after dispute with parents
Two firefighters killed in nine-alarm fire
Juvenile court judge returns Justina Pelletier to her parents
New Jersey: Governor Chris Christie accused of diverting traffic for political motives - staff guilty
Fire at Point Pleasant motel kills at least three
New York: Carbon monoxide leak at mall kills one
Representative Michael Grimm indicted on fraud charges
Building explosion in Harlem causes injuries and concern
Fatal train crash
Couple rapes and kills two Amish girls
Young black man selling cigarettes illegially killed - riots start, two officers killed as revenge
Pennsylvania: 100-vehicle crash
Philly family shooting

Midwest

Illinois: Northwestern University athletes allowed to unionize
Chicago airport radar fire grounds planes
Morton salt factory wall breaks, leaking onto nearby cars
Kansas: Jewish Community Centers fired upon
Michigan: City of Detroit files bankruptcy
Missouri: Execution halted because criminal has rare birth defect
Shooting of black man by white cop in Ferguson results in protests, curfews, violence, and lootings that last for days - National Guard dispatched
Plot by Black Panthers to blow up arch foiled
Second black man in Missoury killed by white officers - armed
Nebraska: Animal plant explosion injures 10
County judge stalls Keystone oil pipeline

South

Florida: Pensacola jail explosion injures over a hundred
General: Storms in South leave 225,000 without power
Kentucky: House fire kills 9
Louisiana: Former governor Ray Nagin guilty of corruption and sentenced for 10 years
Oklahoma: Judge overturns marriage protection
Drug shortage delays executions
South Carolina: Bomb found outside BMW plant
Texas: Hospital disputes with family over life support of pregnant woman - illegal to remove under TX law, but family wanted to end support
Federal judge strikes down gay marriage ban
Car strikes crowd of people at festival killing two
Fort Hood shooting kills four and injures 14
Governor Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power
Abortion restrictions approved, but also challenged in court
Houston Mayor requests church sermons as part of hunt for slurs
Virginia: Former governor Bob McDonnell charged with corruption
Balloon crash kills 3
West Virginia: Chemical spill shuts down water supply for 200,000
Trapped coal miners freed

West and Pacific

Alaska: 8.0 quake with no deaths
Arizona: Governor Jan Brewer vetoes bill allowing businesses to deny service based on sexual orientation
California: Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off coast
Extreme drought continues
6.0 quake near San Francisco
Huge L.A. fire shuts down parts of two freeways
Hawaii: Two hurricanes and an earthquake hit Hawaii with minimal impact
Idaho: Family dies in carbon monoxide poisoning and sibling missionaries return
Tornado near Pocatello
Flooding at BYU-Idaho campus
Wedding Chapel sued over same-sex marriage refusal
Toddler accidentally shoots mother in WalMart
Nevada: Standoff between Cliven Bundy and Federal Officials at his ranch
Utah: Supreme Court grants stay of gay marriages legalized December '13 - Obama administration recognizes
West Valley woman arrested for killing seven infants
Attorneys General of Utah arrested
Park City resort evicted from mountain - with injunction
Blue-green algae outbreak in Utah Lake kills animals
Same-sex adoptions can proceed
Washington: News helicopter crashes close to Space Needle
Snohomish County mudslide kills at least 30
Seattle hikes minimum wage to $15 an hour
Small plane crashes into house, killing 6
Wyoming: Evacuations in Jackson for slow-moving mudslide