July 14

July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining.

Events

• 1789 - Storming of the Bastille Prison, Paris - a key event in the French revolution.
• 1965 - Mariner 4 flyby of Mars.
• 2002 - during Bastille Day celebrations, Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed

Births

• 1602 - Jules Mazarin, statesman and cardinal (+ 1661)
• 1860 - Owen Wister[?], author, "The Virginian" (+ 1938)
• 1862 - Gustav Klimt, painter and graphic artist (+ 1918)
• 1868 - Gertrude Bell[?], archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (+ 1926)
• 1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, author (+ 1991)
• 1910 - William Hanna[?], animator (+ 2001)
• 1912 - Woody Guthrie, folk musician. (+ 1967)
• 1913 - Gerald Ford, American president
• 1916 - Natalia Ginzburg[?], writer (+ 1991)
• 1918 - Ingmar Bergman, film and theatre director
• 1918 - Arthur Laurents, playwright, novelist, and director
• 1919 - Lino Ventura[?], actor (+ 1987)
• 1926 - Harry Dean Stanton, actor
• 1927 - John Chancellor[?], television commentator (+ 1996)
• 1938 - Jerry Rubin, 60s activist (+ 1994)
• 1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

Deaths

• 1887 - Alfred Krupp[?] (Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach}, German munitions manufacturer
• 1904 - Anton Chekhov - Russian playwright and short story writer
• 1965 - Adlai Stevenson, US presidential candidate
• 2002 - Joaquin Balaguer, Dominican political leader

Holidays and observances

• France and all French dependencies[?] - Bastille Day
• Iraq - National Day[?]
• Kiribati - Independence Day, 3rd day, not a holiday
• Sweden - Birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, an official flag day

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