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*August 2 - [[Lance Mason]] is arrested for domestic violence. | *August 2 - [[Lance Mason]] is arrested for domestic violence. | ||
* August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks the beginning of ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis. | * August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks the beginning of ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis. | ||
* August 7 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia finds both [[Nuon Chea]] and [[Khieu Samphan]] guilty of [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime and sentences them both to life in prison. | * August 7 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) finds both [[Nuon Chea]] and [[Khieu Samphan]] guilty of [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime and sentences them both to life in prison. | ||
* August 28 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is elected President of Turkey. | * August 28 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is elected President of Turkey. | ||
* September 16 - Beginning of the Yemeni Civil War. | * September 16 - Beginning of the Yemeni Civil War. | ||
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Events
- January 25 - Columbia Mall Zumiez shooting
- February 20 to March 26 - Crimea is invaded and annexed by Russia on the orders of Vladimir Putin, beginning the Russo-Ukrainian War.
- February 23 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is ousted from office in the aftermath of the Euromaiden protests.
- April 7 - The Donetsk People's Republic is declared. Beginning of the War in Donbass.
- April 13 - Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting
- April 14 - 276 schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram.
- May 13 - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is sentenced to 6 years in prison for bribery.
- May 16 - Beginning of the Second Libyan Civil War.
- May 21 - The Metro attack is perpetrated in Taipei by Cheng Chieh.
- May 22 - The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), lead by Prayuth Chan-o-cha, seizes power in Thailand as part of a coup d'état. The People's Democratic Reform Committee is disbanded.
- May 23 - Isla Vista shootings
- May 26 - Narendra Modi is elected Prime Minister of India.
- May 31 - The Slender Man stabbing: Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lure their best friend, 12-year old Payton Leutner, into the woods of Waukesha, Wisconsin and stab her 19 times. Leutner manages to survive the attack.
- June 2 - The Palestinian Unity Government is established by Hamas and Fatah in an attempt to foster peace between the two organizations.
- June 8 - Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt.
- June 29 - Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declares itself to be a worldwide caliphate, claiming global authority over all Muslims worldwide. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is formally recognized as Caliph.
- June 30 - The Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade pledges allegiance to Islamic State.
- July 17 - Eric Garner dies after being choked by police officer Daniel Pantaleo.
- August 2 - Lance Mason is arrested for domestic violence.
- August 3 to 8 - Sinjar Massacre: ISIL captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks the beginning of ISIL's campaign of genocide against the Yazidis.
- August 7 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) finds both Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the Khmer Rouge regime and sentences them both to life in prison.
- August 28 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is elected President of Turkey.
- September 16 - Beginning of the Yemeni Civil War.
- October 24 - Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting
- October 31 - Blaise Compaoré steps down as President of Burkina Faso.
- December 4 - Yaser Abdel Said is placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.
- December 5 - Keith Farnham pleads guilty to possession of child pornography.
- December 23 - Luka Magnotta is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the murder of Jun Lin.
- December 26 - Christine Weston Chandler caught Vandalism while protesting Sonic Boom, all because Sonic's new design in it gave him blue arms. She went on to deface various pieces of Sonic Boom merchandise at a GameStop location.
Births
Victim births
- July 19 - Hayden Umbenhower
- November 8 - Mariah Woods
Deaths
Villain deaths
- January 11 - Ariel Sharon
- January 25 - Darion Aguilar
- March 10 - Theresa Riggi
- March 19 - Fred Phelps
- March 31 - Charles Keating, Jr.
- April 3 - Tommy Lynn Sells
- May 12 - Keith Luke
- May 23 - Elliot Rodger
- May 25 - Wojciech Jaruzelski
- August 21 - Robert Hansen
- September 1 - Mukhtar Abu Zubair
- September 12 - Ian Paisley
- October 4 - Jean-Claude Duvalier
- October 23 - Ghulam Azam
- October 24 - Jaylen Fryberg
- December 16 - Man Haron Monis
Victim deaths
- July 13 - Conrad Roy
- July 17 - Eric Garner
- October 11 - Jennifer Laude
- November 22 - Tamir Rice