General election held on February 2 Voters in Thailand go to the polls for a rerun of a general election hoped to end the current political crisis.
Alabama's oldest hotel, the Mentone Springs Hotel - built in 1884 and listed on the register of historical places - burns to the ground.
2014 Crimean crisis Ukraine's Navy commander-in-chief, Denis Berezovsky who was appointed only March 1, defects to the Russia-backed Crimea government.