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June 14, 2014

On June 14, 2014, a Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board. The year's #1 song was "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton would arrive in the same year.

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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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On June 14, 2014

  1. 2014 A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.

    Aircraft shootdown in Ukraine

    On 14 June 2014, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the Russia-backed separatists from Luhansk People's Republic while on approach to land at Luhansk International Airport, Ukraine, during the initial phase of the war in Donbas. The aircraft was carrying troops and equipment from an undisclosed location. All 49 people on board were killed.

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Died on June 14, 2014

Alberto Cañas Escalante Costa Rican politician and writer (1920–2014)
Isabelle Collin Dufresne French-American artist and author (1935–2014)
Robert Lebeck German photojournalist (1929–2014)
James E. Rogers American entrepreneur and former attorney

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Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger

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