What Happened on July 14th in History
30 historical events on this date
Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different...
The first ascent of the Matterhorn is completed by Edward Whymper and his party, four of whom die on the descent.
The first ascent of the Matterhorn was a mountaineering expedition of the Matterhorn made by Edward Whymper, Lord Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz, and two Zermatt guides,...
The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
The Chicago Fire of 1874 took place on July 14. Reports of the extent of the damage vary somewhat, but sources generally agree that the fire burned 47 acres (19Â ha) just south of the Loop, destroyed...
American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the Maxwell House at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders. He was solely responsible for four of...
Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
The Eight-Nation Alliance was a multinational military coalition that invaded northern China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion, with the stated aim of relieving the foreign legations in Beijing,...
Peruvian explorer and farmer AgustĂn LizĂĄrraga discovers Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas".
AgustĂn LizĂĄrraga Ruiz was a Peruvian explorer and farmer who visited the Inca site of Machu Picchu on 14 July 1902, nine years before American explorer Hiram Bingham brought it to international...
The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
St Mark's Campanile is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. The campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902. At 98.6 metres...
Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by president William Howard Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.
Harry Nelson Atwood was an American engineer and inventor known for pioneering work in the early days of aviation, including setting long-distance flying records and delivering the first air mail in...
Beginning of the McMahonâHussein Correspondence between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and the British official Henry McMahon concerning the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
The McMahonâHussein correspondence is a series of letters that were exchanged during World War I, in which the government of the United Kingdom agreed to recognize Arab independence in a large...
Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916.
The Battle of Delville Wood (15 July â 3 September 1916) was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire and the British...
In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis.
In Nazi terminology, Gleichschaltung, meaning 'synchronization' or 'coordination', was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitlerâleader of the Nazi Party in Germanyâestablished a system of...
Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.
The social policies of eugenics in Nazi Germany were composed of various ideas about genetics. The racial ideology of Nazism placed the biological improvement of the German people by selective...
In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain.
Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The administrative headquarter of Wardha district is situated here. Wardha gets its name from the...
In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
Diamond is a city in north central Newton County, Missouri, United States, located southeast of Joplin. The population was 831 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri, Metropolitan...
Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
Palmiro Michele Nicola Togliatti was an Italian politician and statesman who led the Italian Communist Party for nearly forty years, from 1927 until his death. Born into a middle-class family,...
Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon.
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea...
Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Ferrari S.p.A, currently competing as Scuderia Ferrari HP, is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing. The team is...
Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
Rawya Ateya[I] was an Egyptian woman who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world in 1957.
In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader.
The 14 July Revolution, also known as the 1958 Iraqi military coup, was a military coup that took place on 14 July 1958 in Iraq, resulting in the toppling of King Faisal II and the overthrow of the...
Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild.
Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee...
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 ditches off Polillo Island in the Philippines, killing one person and injuring 44.
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1â11 was a Northwest Orient Airlines flight from New York City to Manila, with stopovers in Seattle, Anchorage, Tokyo, and Okinawa. On July 14, 1960, the Douglas...
Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth.
Mariner 4 was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars and to transmit these...
Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super Mario Bros franchise.
Mario Bros. is a 1983 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's chief engineer. Players control Italian twin...
Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British tourist Peter Falconio and abducted his girlfriend in the Northern Territory.
Bradley John Murdoch was an Australian criminal who served a sentence of life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of English backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia. Murdoch was held in Darwin...
Rus Flight 9633 crashes during takeoff from Chkalovsky Airport, killing all 10 people on board.
Rus Flight 9633 was a cargo flight operated by an IL-76TD aircraft of Rus Airlines from Chkalovsky Airport (Moscow) to Taiyuan Wusu Airport (Taiyuan) with intermediate stops at Alykel Airport...
French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt from Maxime Brunerie during a Bastille Day parade at Champs-ĂlysĂ©es.
Jacques René Chirac was President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
An outdoor sculpture depicting the biologist, conservationist, and author Rachel Carson by David Lewis was installed in Waterfront Park in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States, on July 14, 2013.
NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and...
A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police.
On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of...
A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in UmeÄ, Sweden, killing all nine aboard.
The GippsAero GA8 Airvan is a single-engined utility aircraft manufactured by GippsAero of Victoria, Australia. It can seat up to eight people, including the pilot.