What happened on July 14? There are more than 245 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 14
July 14 is the 196th day of the year 2024. There are 170 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 28th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Springfield, Virginia 22161 sunrise will occur at 05:54 AM and sunset will occur at 08:35 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 199 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 14
- 1223Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France.
- 1769An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
- 1771Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
- 1789Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
- 1789French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
- 1790French Revolution: citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
- 1791The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
- 1798The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
- 1853Opening of the first major US world’s fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
- 1865First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
- 1877The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 begins in Martinsburg, West Virginia, US, when Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers have their wages cut for the second time in a year.
- 1881Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
- 1900Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
- 1902The Campanile in St. Mark’s Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
- 1911Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright Brothers lands his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House. He is later awarded a Gold medal from President Taft for this feat.
- 1916Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.
- 1933Gleichschaltung: in Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.
- 1943In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
- 1948Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
- 1950Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.
- 1957Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
- 1958Iraqi Revolution: in Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation’s new leader.
- 1960Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.
- 1965The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.
- 1969Football War: after Honduras loses a soccer match against El Salvador, riots break out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers.
- 1969The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.
- 1987Montreal, Canada, is hit by a series of thunderstorms causing the Montreal Flood of 1987.
- 1992386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds releases his Linux soon afterwards.
- 2000A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.
- 2002French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Day celebrations.
- 2003In an effort to discredit U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who had written an article critical of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Washington Post columnist Robert Novak reveals that Wilson’s wife Valerie Plame is a CIA “operative”.
Who Were Born On July 14?
- 1454Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494)
- 1602Jules Mazarin, French statesman and cardinal (d. 1661)
- 1608George Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)
- 1610Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
- 1634Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)
- 1671Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)
- 1675Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (d. 1747)
- 1676Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian and poet (d. 1763)
- 1696William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (d. 1761)
- 1721John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
- 1743Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (d. 1816)
- 1755Michel de Beaupuy, French general of the Revolution (d. 1796)
- 1785Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer and journalist (d. 1851)
- 1801Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (d. 1858)
- 1816Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (d. 1882)
- 1829Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1896)
- 1834James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American painter (d. 1903)
- 1858Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette (d. 1928)
- 1859Willy Hess, German violinist (d. 1928)
- 1860Owen Wister, American novelist (d. 1938)
- 1862Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
- 1865Arthur Capper, American newspaper publisher and politician (d. 1951)
- 1868Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator (d. 1926)
- 1872Albert Marque, French sculptor and doll maker (d. 1939)
- 1874Khedive Abbas II of Egypt and Sudan (d. 1944)
- 1885King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d. 1959)
- 1888Scipio Slataper, Italian writer and essayist (d. 1915)
- 1889Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist leader (d. 1959)
- 1891Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (d. 1977)
- 1893Clarence J. Brown, Newspaper publisher and politician (d. 1965)
- 1893Dave Fleischer, American animator, film director and film producer (d. 1979)
- 1896Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (d. 1936)
- 1898Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1991)
- 1901Gerald Finzi, British composer (d. 1956)
- 1903Irving Stone, American writer (d. 1989)
- 1906Tom Carvel, Greek-born American businessman and inventor (d. 1990)
- 1906William H. Tunner, American general (d. 1983)
- 1910William Hanna, American animator (d. 2001)
- 1911Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and writer (d. 2000)
- 1911Terry-Thomas, British actor (d. 1990)
- 1912Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic (d. 1991)
- 1912Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (d. 1967)
- 1913Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (d. 2006)
- 1918Arthur Laurents, American playwright, novelist, and director (d. 2011)
- 1918Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director (d. 2007)
- 1919Lino Ventura, Italian-born French actor (d. 1987)
- 1920Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (d. 2004)
- 1921Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1921Leon Garfield, English children’s author (d. 1996)
- 1922Elfriede Rinkel, German Nazi concentration camp guard
- 1922Robin Olds, American World War II and Vietnam War ace fighter pilot (d. 2007)
- 1923Dale Robertson, American actor
- 1923Willie Steele, American long jumper (d. 1989)
- 1926Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
- 1927John Chancellor, American television commentator (d. 1996)
- 1928Nancy Olson, American actress
- 1930Polly Bergen, American actress
- 1931Jacqueline de Ribes, French fashion designer
- 1932Roosevelt Grier, American football player and actor
- 1933Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Heir to the House of Stuart
- 1933Robert Bourassa, Quebec politician (d. 1996)
- 1936Pema Chödrön, American-born Buddhist nun and author
- 1937Yoshiro Mori, Japanese politician
- 1938Jerry Rubin, American social activist and businessman (d. 1994)
- 1938Richard Rust, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1939George E. Slusser, American scholar and writer
- 1939Karel Gott, Czech Schlager singer
- 1939Sid Haig, American actor
- 1940Susan Howatch, English novelist
- 1941Andreas Khol, Austrian politician
- 1941Maulana Karenga, American writer and political activist, the creator of Kwanzaa
- 1942Javier Solana, Spanish politician, Secretary General of NATO and European Union High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
- 1943Christopher Priest, English novelist
- 1944Billy McCool, American baseball player
- 1946John Wood, Australian actor
- 1946Vincent Pastore, American actor
- 1947Claudia Kennedy, U.S. Army officer
- 1947Navin Ramgoolam, Mauritius politician, 3rd and 6th Prime Minister of Mauritius
- 1948Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
- 1949Tommy Mottola, American music executive
- 1951Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003)
- 1952Bob Casale (“Bob 2”), American guitarist (Devo)
- 1952Eric Laneuville, American director, actor and producer
- 1952Franklin Graham, American evangelist
- 1952Joel Silver, American film producer
- 1953Bebe Buell, American model
- 1953Martha Coakley, American politician
- 1955L. Brent Bozell III, American writer and pundit
- 1956Julio Chavez, Argentinian actor
- 1956Vladimir Kulich, Czech actor
- 1958Joe Keenan, American screenwriter, television producer and novelist
- 1958Robert Jensen, American journalist and activist
- 1960Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer
- 1960Anna Bligh, Australian politician
- 1960Jane Lynch, American actress, comedian and singer
- 1960Kyle Gass, American guitarist, singer and actor (Tenacious D)
- 1961Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
- 1962Jeff Olson, American percussionist (Trouble)
- 1963Phil Rosenthal, American newspaper columnist
- 1966Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator
- 1966Ellen Reid, Canadian pianist and vocalist (Crash Test Dummies)
- 1966Juliet Cesario, American actress
- 1966Matthew Fox, American actor
- 1966Owen Coyle, Scottish-born Irish football player and manager
- 1966Tanya Donelly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Throwing Muses, Belly)
- 1967Jeff Jarrett, American professional wrestler
- 1967Marios Constantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1967Patrick J. Kennedy, American politician
- 1967Robin Ventura, American baseball player
- 1969José Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1969Kazushi Sakuraba, Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- 1970Nina Siemaszko, American actress
- 1971Howard Webb, English football referee
- 1971Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator
- 1971Madhu Sapre, Former Indian Model and Miss Universe Contestant
- 1971Marie-Chantal Toupin, Canadian singer
- 1971Mark LoMonaco (Bubba Ray Dudley), American professional wrestler
- 1971Nick McCabe, British guitarist (The Verve)
- 1972Deborah Mailman, Australian actress
- 1973Adam Quinn, American bagpipes player
- 1973Candela Peña, Spanish actress
- 1973Halil Mutlu, Turkish weightlifter
- 1973Paul Methric, American rapper
- 1973Tani Fuga, Samoan rugby player
- 1974David Mitchell, English comedian and actor
- 1974Erick Dampier, American basketball player
- 1975Jamey Johnson, American country music artist
- 1975Taboo, American rapper
- 1975Tim Hudson, American baseball player
- 1976Geraint Jones, England cricketer
- 1976Kirsten Sheridan, Irish film director and screenwriter
- 1976Ranj Dhaliwal, Canadian novelist
- 1977Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
- 1978Mattias Ekström, Swedish racing driver
- 1979Axel Teichmann, German cross-country skier
- 1979Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player
- 1979Scott Porter, American actor
- 1980Chad Faust, Canadian actor
- 1980George Smith, Australian rugby union player
- 1980Jed Madela, Filipino singer
- 1981Lee Mead, English actor
- 1982Dmitry Chaplin, Russian-born American dancer, So You Think You Can Dance finalist
- 1983Wesley Dening, Australian TV personality
- 1984Erica Blasberg, American golfer (d. 2010)
- 1984Mounir El Hamdaoui, Moroccan footballer
- 1984Nilmar, Brazilian footballer
- 1984Renaldo Balkman, American basketball player
- 1985Billy Celeski, Australian footballer
- 1985Darrelle Revis, American football player
- 1987Adam Johnson, English footballer
- 1988James Vaughan, English footballer
- 1989Sean Flynn, American actor
Who Died On July 14?
- 664Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (birth year unknown)
- 937Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria (birth year unknown)
- 1223King Philip II of France (b. 1165)
- 1575Richard Taverner, English translator of the Bible (b. c. 1505)
- 1614Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint (b. 1550)
- 1671Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)
- 1704Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, regent of Russia (b. 1657)
- 1723Claude Fleury, French historian (b. 1640)
- 1742Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (b. 1662)
- 1766František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (b. 1674)
- 1774James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
- 1780Charles Batteux, French philosopher (b. 1713)
- 1789Bernard-René de Launay, French Governor of the Bastille (b. 1740)
- 1789Jacques de Flesselles, French provost (b. 1721)
- 1790Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (b. 1717)
- 1809Nicodemus the Hagiorite, Greek Orthodox saint (b. 1749)
- 1816Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (b. 1750)
- 1817Madame de Staël, Swiss writer (b. 1766)
- 1827Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (b. 1788)
- 1834Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b. 1763)
- 1850August Neander, German theologian (b. 1789)
- 1876Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (b. 1816)
- 1881Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859)
- 1904Paul Kruger, South African Boer resistance leader, 5th President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
- 1907William Henry Perkin, English chemist and inventor (b. 1838)
- 1910Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
- 1917Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
- 1918Quentin Roosevelt, American aviator, son of Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1897)
- 1924Isabella Ford, English socialist, feminist, trade unionist and writer (b. 1855)
- 1925Pancho Villa, Filipino boxer (b. 1901)
- 1939Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and decorative artist (b. 1860)
- 1954Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- 1954Jackie Saunders, American silent screen actress (b. 1892)
- 1965Adlai Stevenson, United States politician and Presidential candidate (b. 1900)
- 1966Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
- 1967Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
- 1968Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, 164th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
- 1968Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (b. 1892)
- 1970Preston Foster, American stage and film actor (b. 1900)
- 1974Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (b. 1891)
- 1975Madan Mohan, Indian film music director (b. 1924)
- 1984Ernest Tidyman, American writer (b. 1928)
- 1989Frank Bell, British educator (b. 1916)
- 1990Walter Sedlmayr, German actor (b. 1926)
- 1993Léo Ferré, French singer and songwriter (b. 1916)
- 1994César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1940)
- 1996Jeff Krosnoff, American racing driver (b. 1964)
- 1998Richard McDonald, American fast food pioneer (b. 1909)
- 2000Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944)
- 2000René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
- 2000William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
- 2002Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician, 41st, 45th and 49th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906)
- 2003Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
- 2003François-Albert Angers, French-Canadian economist (b. 1909)
- 2005Cicely Saunders, English nurse, physician and writer (b. 1918)
- 2005Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (b. 1924)
- 2007John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- 2008Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1915)
- 2009Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)
- 2010Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (b. 1925)
- 2010Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (b. 1937)
- 2010Mădălina Manole, Romanian pop recording artist (b. 1967)
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