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March 16, 2014

On March 16, 2014, crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia. 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 16, 2014

  1. 2014 Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

    Peninsula in Europe

    Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia.

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Died on March 16, 2014

Gary Bettenhausen American racing driver
Donald Crothers American chemist and academic (born 1937)
Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy Sierra Leonean actor, director and playwright (1936–2014)
Steve Moore British comics writer (1949–2014)
Alexander Pochinok Russian politician (1958–2014)

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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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