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September 26, 2014

On September 26, 2014, a mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico. 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 September 26, 2014

  1. 2014 A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

    2014 abduction of rural Mexican college students

    On September 26, 2014, forty-three male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College disappeared after being forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, in what has been called one of Mexico's most infamous human rights cases. They were allegedly taken into custody by local policemen from Iguala and Cocula in collusion with organized crime, with later evidence implicating the Mexican Army. Officials have concluded there is no indication the students are alive, but as of 2025, only three students' remains have been identified and their deaths confirmed.

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Died on September 26, 2014

Jim Boeke American football player (1938–2014)
Sam Hall American screenwriter
Gerald Neugebauer American astronomer (1932–2014)
Tamir Sapir Georgian born-American businessman

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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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