Editing 2014 (section)

===December===
* [[December 3]] – The Japanese space agency, [[JAXA]], launches uncrewed spaceprobe ''[[Hayabusa2]]'' from the [[Tanegashima Space Center]] on a six-year round-trip mission to [[162173 Ryugu|Ryugu]] to collect rock samples.
* [[December 15]] – Two hostages and terrorist [[Man Haron Monis]] are killed in the [[Lindt Cafe siege]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/15/sydney-siege-ends-police-storm-lindt-cafe-hostages-run-out|title=Two hostages and gunman dead as Sydney cafe siege ends|first1=Helen|last1=Davidson|first2=Peter|last2=Walker|first3=Michael|last3=Safi|work=the Guardian|access-date=15 December 2014|date=16 December 2014<!--09.14 AEST-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215162212/http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/15/sydney-siege-ends-police-storm-lindt-cafe-hostages-run-out|archive-date=15 December 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] – [[2014 Peshawar school massacre]]: The [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|Pakistani Taliban]] carry out a mass shooting at an [[Army Public School Peshawar|army school]] in [[Peshawar]], Pakistan, killing at least 145 people, mostly schoolchildren.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/world/asia/pakistan-peshawar-school-attack/index.html|title=Taliban school attack: 145 killed in Pakistan siege|last1=Saifi|first1=Sophia Saifi|last2=Botelho|first2=Greg|date=17 December 2014|website=CNN|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213024855/http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/world/asia/pakistan-peshawar-school-attack/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[December 17]] – U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] announces the [[Cuban Thaw|resumption of normal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30516740|title=Obama hails 'new chapter' in US-Cuba ties|date=17 December 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=17 December 2014|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217231944/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30516740|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 28]] – [[Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501]] from [[Surabaya]], Indonesia, to [[Singapore]] crashes into the [[Java Sea]] just southwest of [[Borneo]], killing all 162 people on board.<ref name=Reuters>{{cite news|title=AirAsia flight QZ8501 loses contact with air traffic control|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control-1.2884831|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=28 December 2014|access-date=December 28, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224234414/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control-1.2884831|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – A [[2014 Shanghai stampede|stampede occurred on New Years' Eve]] in Shanghai, China, resulting in the deaths of 36 people and leaving 49 injured.