Timeline November 2014

Events in November 2014 9

• 1920 – 2014 P.D. James (1920-2014) Died 27 November 2014, aged 94 P.D. James, the English author best known for her Adam Dalgliesh detective novels, died at her home in Oxford. She was widely regarded as one of the leading crime writers of her generation. She continued publishing well into her nineties.
• 1931 – 2014 Mike Nichols (1931-2014) Died 19 November 2014, aged 83 Mike Nichols, the director of films including "The Graduate" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", died in New York. He was one of a small number of people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. His five-decade career spanned film, theater and television.
• 2014 Ferguson unrest following shooting of Michael Brown Police killing of unarmed Black teenager sparks nationwide protests The fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, set off weeks of protests and rioting. A grand jury's decision not to indict the officer in November triggered renewed unrest. The events fueled the growing Black Lives Matter movement.
• 2014 Sony Pictures hack — North Korea Sony Pictures Entertainment is hacked in November 2014 by a group subsequently identified as the Lazarus Group, acting on behalf of North Korea — apparently in retaliation for the Seth Rogen comedy The Interview, which depicts the assassination of Kim Jong-un. Terabytes of internal data are stolen and released, including unreleased films, executive emails and employee personal information. Sony initially cancels The Interview's theatrical release under terrorist threats, then releases it online. The hack is the most serious cyberattack on an American corporation to that point.
• 2014 The Endless River -- Wrights farewell The Endless River (November 2014) is described as Pink Floyd's final album -- a largely instrumental record built from recordings made during the Division Bell sessions in 1993-94, featuring Richard Wright's keyboard performances as its emotional core. It is Gilmour and Mason's tribute to Wright. The album reaches Number 1 in the UK -- making Pink Floyd only the second act (after Elvis Presley) to have a Number 1 album in six consecutive decades. It becomes the most pre-ordered album in UK history. Gilmour announces it will be the last Pink Floyd record.
• 2014 Foo Fighters release Sonic Highways Eight cities Each song recorded in a different American city, with a TV series.
• 2014 Rosetta lands on a comet First soft landing on a comet ESA's Philae lander, released from the Rosetta spacecraft, made the first soft landing on a comet on November 12, 2014, touching down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a 10-year journey.
• 2014 Sony Pictures hack Cyberattack exposes internal data ahead of "The Interview" release Hackers, later attributed by the US government to North Korea, breached Sony Pictures' computer systems, leaking unreleased films, executive emails and employee data. The attack was linked to the studio's release of "The Interview," a comedy about a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un. Sony briefly canceled the film's theatrical release amid threats.
• 2014 Stevie Wonder receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom From Barack Obama Awarded the highest US civilian honour.