2014: The Year in People

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The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$3.37

Median home

$160,700

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$8.17

US population

7.30B

US president

Barack Obama

Top song

"Happy" — Pharrell Williams

Top film

American Sniper

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

Birdman

In the news: Russia annexes Crimea; Ebola outbreak in West Africa

What happened in 2014

2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.

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Died in 2014

Elliot Rodger1991–2014 · American mass murderer
Ariel Sharon1928–2014 · Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006
Maya Angelou1928–2014 · American writer and activist
Pete Seeger1919–2014 · American musician and social activist
Bob Hoskins1942–2014 · English actor
Casey Kasem1932–2014 · American disc jockey and actor
James Foley (journalist)1973–2014 · American journalist
Alfredo Di Stéfano1926–2014 · Argentine footballer
H. R. Giger1940–2014 · Swiss artist
Bobby Womack1944–2014 · American singer-songwriter
Elaine Stritch1925–2014 · American actress
Carol Ann Susi1952–2014 · American actress