Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine British neuroscientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian scientists May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser share the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
European Parliament The European Parliament rejects Hungary's EU commissioner-designate Tibor Navracsics as unsuitable for the education and culture commissioner post; he may still be given a different post in the commission, causing a reshuffle.
2014 Pacific typhoon season At least four people are dead as Typhoon Phanfone makes landfall in central Japan.
Enterovirus 68 First death to be blamed on Enterovirus 68. Claims the life of a 4 year old named Eli Waller.
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa A Spanish nurse becomes the first person to be infected with the Ebola virus outside West Africa.
Hewlett-Packard American IT company Hewlett-Packard announces plans to split in two and shed 5,000 jobs.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. agrees to sell its most prestigious hotel, Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria, for $1.95 billion to Chinese insurance company Anbang Insurance Group.
Kashmir conflict India and Pakistan trade fire across the borders resulting in five civilian deaths in India and four in Pakistan.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL prepares to establish itself in Libya and reports emerge that they are already in the city of Derna.