July 14
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July 14 is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 170 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1454 – Poliziano, Italian humanist (d. 1494)
- 1602 – Jules Mazarin, French statesman and cardinal (d. 1661)
- 1610 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
- 1829 – Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1896)
- 1858 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette (d. 1928)
- 1860 – Owen Wister, American author (d. 1938)
- 1862 – Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
- 1868 – Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (d. 1926)
- 1874 – Khedive Abbas II of Egypt and Sudan (d. 1944)
- 1885 – King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d. 1959)
- 1889 – Ante Pavelic, Croatian fascist leader (d. 1959)
- 1896 – Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (d. 1936)
- 1903 – Irving Stone, American writer (d. 1989)
- 1904 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish author (d. 1991) (possibly born on November 21)
- 1906 – William H. Tunner, American general (d. 1983)
- 1910 – William Hanna, American animator (d. 2001)
- 1912 – Northrop Frye, American literary critic (d. 1991)
- 1912 – Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (d. 1967)
- 1913 – Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (d. 2006)
- 1916 – Natalia Ginzburg, writer (d. 1991)
- 1918 – Ingmar Bergman, Swedish movie and theatre director (d. 2007)
- 1918 – Arthur Laurents, American playwright, novelist, and director (d. 2011)
- 1919 – Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (d. 1987)
- 1921 – Leon Garfield, English children's author (d. 1996)
- 1921 – Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist (d. 1996)
- 1922 – Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
- 1933 – Franz, Duke of Bavaria, head of Wittelsbach family and part of Jacobite Succession
- 1938 – Jerry Rubin, American activist (d. 1994)
- 1939 – George E. Slusser, American scholar and writer
- 1939 – Karel Gott, Czech singer
- 1941 – Maulana Karenga, American author amd activist
- 1942 – Javier Solana, Spanish European Union foreign policy chief
- 1946 – John Wood, Australian actor
- 1947 – Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius
- 1951 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003)
- 1960 – Anna Bligh, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland
- 1960 – Jane Lynch, American actress
- 1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
- 1966 – Matthew Fox, American actor
- 1966 – Owen Coyle, Scottish football manager
- 1967 – Madalina Manole, Romanian singer (d. 2010)
- 1967 – Patrick J. Kennedy, American politician
- 1967 – Robin Ventura, baseball player
- 1971 – Howard Webb, English football referee
- 1973 – Kota Hirano, Japanese manga artist
- 1974 – David Mitchell, British comedian
- 1975 – Taboo, American rapper
- 1976 – Geraint Jones, English cricketer
- 1977 – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
- 1979 – Axel Teichmann, German cross-country skier
- 1981 – Lee Mead, English stage actor
- 1982 – Fernando Lope de Vergara, Argentinian handball manager
- 1983 – Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
- 1984 – Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 – Adam Johnson, English footballer
Deaths [change]
- 1223 – King Philip II of France (b. 1165)
- 1486 – Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (b. 1456)
- 1789 – Jacques de Flesselles, French provost (b. 1721)
- 1789 – Bernard-Rene de Launay, Governor of the Bastille prison (b. 1740)
- 1816 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (b. 1750)
- 1850 – August Neander, German theologian (b. 1789)
- 1881 – Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859)
- 1904 – Paul Kruger, South African Boer politician (b. 1824)
- 1939 – Alphonse Mucha, Czech artist (b. 1860)
- 1954 – Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer (b. 1866)
- 1958 – King Faisal II of Iraq (b. 1935)
- 1965 – Adlai Stevenson, American politician (b. 1900)
- 1968 – Ilzas Tsirimkas, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
- 2002 – Joaquin Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906)
- 2010 – Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (b. 1925)
- 2010 – Madalina Manole, Romanian singer (b. 1967)
Events [change]
- 1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France.
- 1789 – The Bastille is attacked, starting the French Revolution.
- 1790 – The citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fete de la Federation.
- 1865 – The first ascent of the Matterhorn is made, by a team lead by Edward Whymper. Four members of the group die on the way back down.
- 1881 – At Fort Sumner, New Mexico, Pat Garrett shoots and kills Billy the Kid.
- 1933 – Gleichschaltung: All political parties, apart from the Nazi Party, are banned in Germany.
- 1958 – King Faisal II of Iraq is killed, and the monarchy is overthrown by forces lead by Abdul Karim Kassem, who takes over as head of state.
- 1969 – Football War: After Honduras loses a football match against El Salvador, riots break out against El Salvadoran migrant workers in Honduras.
- 2002 – An assassination attempt is made on French President Jacques Chirac at a Bastille Day parade.
- 2003 – The United States Government admits the existence of Area 51.
- 2011 – The United Nations admits South Sudan as the 193rd member nation.[1]
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References [change]
- ↑ "U.N. Admits South Sudan as 193rd Member". foxnews.com. Associated Press (FOX News Network, LLC). 2011-07-14. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/14/un-admits-south-sudan-as-13rd-member/. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
