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.
