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.'
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.
Around 1,000 prisoners escaped from Queyfiya Prison in Benghazi, Libya.
Selena Gomez's debut studio album 'Stars Dance' was released.
Seven people were killed when a French passenger train derailed in Brétigny-Sur-Orge.
American comedy-drama 'Orange Is the New Black' was released on Netflix.
The International Astronomical Union named Pluto's fourth and fifth moons Kerberos and Styx.
A Duke University neuroscientist connected two rat brains together over the internet.
Nineteen tourists were killed in a hot air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt.
The first electric car charging network debuted in Estonia.
Lionel Messi scored his 300th goal for Barcelona's soccer team.
A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
A category 3 blizzard wreaked havoc in the US and Canada.
The House of Commons voted in favor of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.
House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, was released as a Netflix Original.
The French government made it so that Parisian women could legally wear pants.
South Korea's first launch vehicle successfully reached orbit for the first time.
Earth-like calcium-rich deposits were found on Mars by NASA's Curiosity Rover.
Seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, admitted doping during all wins on Oprah Winfrey.
Twenty One Pilots released their third studio album called 'Vessel.'
