All Events

Historical Events on July 14

  • French Revolution

    1789

    French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.

  • World's fair

    1853

    Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.

  • Billy the Kid

    1881

    Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

  • St Mark's Campanile

    1902

    The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.

  • Battle of Delville Wood

    1916

    Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.

  • Korean War

    1950

    Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.

  • Jane Goodall

    1960

    Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.

  • NASA

    2015

    NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.

  • 2016 Nice attack

    2016

    A terrorist vehicular attack in Nice, France kills 86 civilians and injures over 400 others.

All Births

Famous Birthdays on July 14

All Deaths

Famous Deaths on July 14

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