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7 October 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 October 2014 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 October 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 October 2014 was Full Moon.
On this day: 7 October
- 2002 The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
- 2007 The battle of Mirali begins in which the Pakistan Armed Forces and Taliban militias clash for four days.
- 2008 Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
- 2008 Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, injuring 112.
- 2022 Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Famous people born on October 7
- Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia (born 1952)
- Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor (born 1979)
- Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer (born 1959)
- John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1951)
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Events of 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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