1 January 2014Knighthood for Criminal Justice ServicesKeir Starmer
Starmer receives a knighthood for services to law and criminal justice.
Historical records for Great Britain in 2014, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Starmer receives a knighthood for services to law and criminal justice.
Calls on people across Britain to argue positively for Scotland to remain in the United Kingdom.
Jewitt leads Hubble observations showing asteroid P/2013 R3 breaking into multiple pieces without evidence for a high-speed collision.
Scores the extra-time winner as Arsenal defeat Hull City 3-2 in the FA Cup final.
UKIP wins the UK European Parliament election, intensifying pressure for a referendum.
Heads Real Madrid in front during extra time against Atletico Madrid.
Meets NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ahead of the alliance summit in Wales.
Opposes Jean-Claude Juncker's nomination for European Commission president during European Council negotiations.
Sets out a strategy for confronting ISIL and its territorial expansion across Iraq and Syria.
Announces retirement from international football
Hosts NATO leaders in Wales for talks on Russia, defence spending, Afghanistan and emerging security threats.
Holds the Scottish independence referendum, which produces a No vote.
Responds to the Scottish referendum result and promises further devolution.
Addresses the United Nations on Ukraine, Ebola, the Middle East and the threat posed by ISIL.
Defects from the Conservatives to UKIP before winning a by-election.
Brown campaigns for Scotland to remain within a reformed United Kingdom.
Wins the Clacton by-election after defecting from the Conservatives to UKIP.
Wins Clacton for UKIP after defecting from the Conservatives.
Presses European leaders to increase financial and medical support for the international response to Ebola.
Release The Who Hits 50 compilation.
Reports to Parliament as British forces conclude their combat mission in Afghanistan.
Pink Floyd release The Endless River, built from sessions recorded for The Division Bell
The historical drama The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, is released in the UK
The historical drama The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, is released in the UK
The historical drama The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, is released in the UK
Wins 100th England international cap, has scored 44 goals, making him Englands ninth most-capped player and joint third-highest goalscorer
Argues for changes to European free movement rules and tighter controls on access to welfare.
Dies in Crawford, Colorado, aged seventy.
George Osborne presents the 2014 Budget to the House of Commons as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The 2014 Budget under George Osborne sets out the Government's taxation, expenditure and borrowing plans.
Highest goal scorer for Chelsea with 211 goals
Stars as combat soldier Rita Vrataski in the science-fiction action film Edge of Tomorrow.
Publication of "How to Be Both"
Directs Interstellar, a science-fiction drama about space exploration, relativity and humanity's search for a new home.
Uses extensive large-format and IMAX photography for Interstellar to emphasize the scale of its space imagery.
Produces Interstellar with Emma Thomas and Lynda Obst.
Co-writes Interstellar with Jonathan Nolan.
Stars in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Directs Mr Turner, with Timothy Spall portraying painter J. M. W. Turner in later life.
Leads Liverpool to second place after an attacking league campaign.
Labour selects Starmer to contest the Holborn and St Pancras constituency.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Forms Bill Legends T. Rex
Stars as concierge Monsieur Gustave H. in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Stars in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Portrays physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
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