Burger King agreed to buy out the donut chain Tim Hortons for $11 billion.
Nurse William Pooley, who was treating patients in Sierra Leone, flew to London for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola.
The first photos to reveal that the Aral Sea was shrinking were taken by NASA.
Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani became the world’s first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
Protesting and riots began in Missouri following the death of African American man, Michael Brown.
The World Health Organization announced the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Marvel's superhero movie 'Guardians of the Galaxy' premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, US.
The Supreme Court of the United States decided on the rule that police cannot examine the contents of a cell phone without a search warrant.
The video for Psy's Gangnam Style reached two billion views on YouTube.
Seth MacFarlane's 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' was released to theaters.
Manny Pacquiao reclaimed WBO welterweight boxing title after defeating Timothy Bradley.
Pop singer-songwriter Sia released her hit single 'Chandelier.'
Marvel's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' premiered in Los Angeles.
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board.
In Sweden, a job interview invitation was accidentally mailed to 61,000 people and caused chaos in their offices.
The oldest piece of Earth was found at a sheep ranch in Western Australia.
US President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama amid warnings from China.
US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to college students in Jakarta, Indonesia, about the looming threat of Climate Change.
Ellen Page received a standing ovation after her emotional coming out speech at the Human Rights Campaign "Time to Thrive."
The vice president of Google, Susan Wojcicki, became the CEO of YouTube.
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid.
NASA revealed water vapor had been discovered on dwarf planet Ceres.
The Thaicom 6 satellite was launched into Earth's orbit atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
A bus plunged 400ft from a cliff in Malshej Ghat, India, killing thirty people.
A bombing took place on a trolleybus in Russia.
The San Miguel volcano (also known as Volcán Chaparrastique) erupted in El Salvador.
The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill, was released.
China successfully landed its moon rover.
Beyoncé's fifth studio album, 'Beyoncé,' was released.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was released in theaters in the US.
British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most profitable academic prize in the world.
Metallica became the first band to have performed on all seven continents when they held a concert in Antarctica.
Walt Disney's 'Frozen' was released in American movie theaters.
NASA's MAVEN space probe was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Sony released their PlayStation 4 in North America and sold one million units within 24 hours.
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Hawaii.
Category five Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines and claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people with gusts up to 145 miles per hour.
The Marvel superhero movie 'Thor: The Dark World' premiered in London, UK.
New Zealand singer Lorde released her debut album 'Pure Heroine.'
The Westgate Mall is attacked in Nairobi, Kenya.
Grand Theft Auto V smashed records after topping $1 billion in sales.
Microsoft purchased Nokia for $7.2 billion.
Period drama movie '12 Years a Slave' premiered and went on to win Best Picture at the Telluride Film Festival in 2014.
Kristofer Helgen announced the discovery of the olinguito, a mammal of the raccoon family Procyonidae.
The 14th IAAF World Championships opened in Moscow, Russia.
The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.
A male cheerleader shot and killed four people, and injured four more at two locations in Dallas, Texas.
A suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Quetta, Pakistan, during the funeral of a police officer.
The world's first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
Former US Army Private Chelsea Manning was convicted on 17 espionage charges.
