July 14 in History

Historical Events on July 14

1789 French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.

1853 Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.

1881 Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

1902 The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.

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.

1950 Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.

1960 Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.

2015 NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.

2016 A terrorist vehicular attack in Nice, France kills 86 civilians and injures over 400 others.

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Famous Birthdays on July 14

1816 Arthur de Gobineau

1913 Gerald Ford

1967 Jeff Jarrett

1988 Conor McGregor

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Famous Deaths on July 14

1827 Augustin-Jean Fresnel

1881 Billy the Kid

1904 Paul Kruger

1965 Adlai Stevenson II

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