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July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years ) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 170 days remaining.
Events
1223 - In France , Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France .1789 - French Revolution : Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners .1791 - The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley , a supporter of the French Revolution , out of Birmingham , England .1798 - The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government .1933 - Gleichschaltung : In Germany , all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party .1940 - World War II : Andrew George Latta McNaughton takes command of the 7th Army Corps consisting of British , Canadian and New Zealand troops.1951 - In Joplin, Missouri, George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American .1958 - Iraqi Revolution : In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by Arab nationalists and Abdul Karim Kassem becomes the nation's new leader.1965 - Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.1966 - In Chicago, Illinois, Richard Speck murders eight student nurses in their dormitory.1984 - New Zealand elects the Fourth Labour Government bringing in David Lange as Prime Minister of New Zealand , and thus breaking nine years of National party governance under Robert Muldoon 2000 - George Speight , the principal instigator of the Fiji coup of 2000 , was arrested with 369 of his followers and charged with treason .2001 - The International Olympic Committee votes for Beijing to be the host of the 2008 Olympics . This is the first time that China had been bestowed this honor.2002 - During Bastille Day celebrations, Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed.
Births 1602 - Jules Mazarin , statesman and cardinal (d. 1661 )1857 - Emmeline Pankhurst , suffragette (d. 1928 )1860 - Owen Wister , author, "The Virginian 1938 )1862 - Gustav Klimt , painter and graphic artist (d. 1918 )1868 - Gertrude Bell , archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq " (d. 1926 )1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer , author (d. 1991 )1910 - William Hanna , animator (d. 2001 )1912 - Northrop Frye , educator, literary critic (d. 1991 )1912 - Woody Guthrie , folk musician . (d. 1967 )1913 - Gerald Ford , American president 1916 - Natalia Ginzburg, writer (d. 1991 )1918 - Ingmar Bergman , film and theatre director1918 - Arthur Laurents , playwright, novelist, and director1919 - Lino Ventura , actor (d. 1987 )1926 - Harry Dean Stanton , actor1927 - John Chancellor , television commentator (d. 1996 )1938 - Jerry Rubin , 60s activist (d. 1994 )1939 - George E. Slusser , scholar, professor & writer1939 - Karel Gott , Czech singer1941 - Maulana Karenga , author & activist1946 - John Wood, actor1967 - Robin Ventura , baseball player1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Deaths 1223 - Philip II of France , King of France 1742 - Richard Bentley , English Classical scholar1881 - Billy the Kid , outlaw (b. 1860 )1887 - Alfred Krupp (Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach), German munitions manufacturer1904 - Anton Chekhov - Russian playwright and short story writer1965 - Adlai Stevenson , US presidential candidate1984 - Philippe Wynne , musician (b. 1941 )1994 - C�sar Tovar, Major League Baseball player (b. 1940 )1999 - Gar Samuelson , musician (Megadeth )2000 - William Roscoe Estep , Baptist historian and professor of Church history emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (b. 1920 )2002 - Joaquin Balaguer , Dominican political leader2002 - Qiqi, the longest-living captive Chinese River Dolphin 2003 - Andr� Claveau, French singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner2003 - Tex Schramm , former Dallas Cowboys president and general manager
Holidays and observances July 13 - July 15 - June 14 - August 14 -- listing of all days
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Space Radiation Storm (1189 words)
July 14, 2000 -- This morning NOAA satellites and the orbiting Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded one of the most powerful solar flares of the current solar cycle. This SOHO animation of the July 14th X-class solar flare was recorded by the spacecraft's Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope at 195 angstroms. At mid-afternoon (UT) on July 14th , the storm of particles from the Sun was still intensifying.
Bastille Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1366 words)
On the 14 July 1879, another feast took place, with a semi-official aspect; the events of the day included a military review in Longchamp, a reception in the Chambre of Deputies, organized and presided by Léon Gambetta, and a Republican Feast in the pré Catelan with Louis Blanc and Victor Hugo. The law was made official on 6 July 1880, and the Ministry of the Interior recommended to the prefects that the day should be "celebrated with all the brilliance that the local resources allow". The Fête de la Fédération of the 14 July 1790 was a huge feast and official event to celebrate the uprising of the short-lived constitutional monarchy in France and what people of the time considered to be the happy conclusion of the French Revolution .
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