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March 1, 2014

On March 1, 2014, thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China. 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 March 1, 2014

  1. 2014 Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

    Knife attack at Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China

    On 1 March 2014, a group of five knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers in the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people, and wounding 143 others. The attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed passengers at random. Four assailants were shot to death by police on the spot and one injured perpetrator was arrested.

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Died on March 1, 2014

Alain Resnais French film director (1922–2014)

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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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