Timeline January 2014

Events in January 2014 10

• 1919 – 2014 Pete Seeger (1919-2014) Died 27 January 2014, aged 94 Pete Seeger, the folk singer and activist behind songs including "If I Had a Hammer" and "We Shall Overcome," died in New York. He used his music for decades in support of civil rights, labor and environmental causes. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his political views.
• 1928 – 2014 Ariel Sharon (1928-2014) Died 11 January 2014, aged 85 Ariel Sharon, the Israeli general and prime minister who withdrew Israeli settlers from Gaza in 2005, died in Israel after eight years in a coma following a stroke. He was a dominant and divisive figure in Israeli politics and military history for decades. His coma began in 2006 while still in office.
• 1942 – 2014 Eusébio The Black Panther Widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time and a national hero.
• 2014 Australian Open 2014 Men: Stan Wawrinka · Women: Li Na Wawrinka upset Nadal. Li Na won her second Grand Slam.
• 2014 IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo IBM sells its x86 server business — including the System x line of Intel-based servers — to Lenovo for $2.3 billion in January 2014, completed in October 2014. The sale follows the ThinkPad divestiture and continues IBM's exit from commodity hardware. IBM retains its high-end Power Systems and mainframe businesses — products that compete on performance rather than price. The x86 server sale reduces IBM's revenues but improves its margins and strategic focus on software and services.
• 2014 2014: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Hamilton won his second title and first with Mercedes in the new turbo-hybrid era, beating teammate Nico Rosberg in a fierce intra-team battle.
• 2014 A Hard Day Starred in the crime comedy A Hard Day, playing a corrupt detective in an increasingly absurd cover-up. The film was a critical and commercial hit in South Korea.
• 2014 World Order Published World Order, a major work examining the nature of international order and the challenges of the 21st century, at the age of 91.
• 2014 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical opens on Broadway Jukebox musical A musical about her life that runs for six years.
• 2014 Billy Joel starts his Madison Square Garden residency Once a month A monthly residency in New York.