July 14th, 1869

Born on July 14th, 1869

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 14th?

July 14th, 2016

A man deliberately drove a truck into crowds in Nice, France, resulting in 86 deaths.

July 14th, 2003

In an effort to discredit U.S. ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who had written an op-ed criticizing the invasion of Iraq, his wife Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA operative was leaked to and published by journalist Robert Novak.

July 14th, 1987

More than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain fell in a two-and-a-half-hour period in parts of Montreal, causing severe flooding.

July 14th, 1960

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 ditches off Polillo Island in the Philippines, killing one person and injuring 44.

July 14th, 1950

Early in the Korean War, North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in Taejon, South Korea.

July 14th, 1916

The Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916.

July 14th, 1902

The medieval St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapsed, also demolishing the Loggetta del Sansovino.

July 14th, 1881

While on the run from a death sentence, American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sherriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

July 14th, 1874

A fire destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people in Chicago, leading to reforms in the city's fire-prevention and firefighting efforts.

July 14th, 1798

The Sedition Act became law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.

July 14th, 1791

The Priestley Riots (depicted), targeting religious dissenters such as Joseph Priestley, began in Birmingham, England.

July 14th, 1789

The Bastille, a fortress and prison in Paris, was stormed by a crowd during the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

July 14th, 2016

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.

July 14th, 2015

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

July 14th, 2013

Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 14th?

68

Lino Ventura

Italian-French actor

*July 14th, 1919, Parma †October 22nd, 1987, Saint-Cloud

89

Ingmar Bergman

Swedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

*July 14th, 1918, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly †July 30th, 2007, Fårö parish

97

Marc Chagall

Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)

*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

93

Gerald Ford

President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

*July 14th, 1913, Omaha †December 26th, 2006, Rancho Mirage

57

Gertrude Bell

British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

*July 14th, 1868, Washington †July 12th, 1926, Baghdad

78

Owen Wister

American writer

*July 14th, 1860, Germantown †July 21st, 1938, Kingston

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

42

Ng Wei

Hong Kong badminton player

*July 14th, 1981, Jiangsu

45

Kristof Hopp

German badminton player

*July 14th, 1978, Kiel

30

Milica Simić

Badminton player

*July 14th, 1993, Peć

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

23

Ashwathi Pillai

Badminton player

*July 14th, 2000, Kanyakumari

81

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

55

Gustav Klimt

Austrian painter (1862–1918)

*July 14th, 1862, Baumgarten †February 6th, 1918, Altes AKH

80

Christopher Priest

British author (1943–2024)

*July 14th, 1943, Cheadle †February 2nd, 2024

47

George Green

British mathematical physicist (*1793 – †1841)

*July 14th, 1793, Nottingham †May 31st, 1841, Nottingham

56

Valérie Pécresse

French politician (born 1967)

*July 14th, 1967, Neuilly-sur-Seine

80

Sid Haig

American actor (1939–2019)

*July 14th, 1939, Fresno †September 21st, 2019, Los Angeles

51

Manfred Weber

German politician, current president of the European People's Party and the EPP Group

*July 14th, 1972, Niederhatzkofen

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Born in 1869

78

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

*October 2nd, 1869, Porbandar †January 30th, 1948, Gandhi Smriti

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

67

Karl Hampe

German historian of medieval age (1869-1936)

*February 3rd, 1869, Bremen †February 14th, 1936, Heidelberg

81

André Gide

French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)

*November 22nd, 1869, Paris †February 19th, 1951, Paris

71

Neville Chamberlain

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940

*March 18th, 1869, Birmingham †November 9th, 1940, Reading

62

Tyrone Power Sr.

English-born American stage and screen actor (1869–1931)

*May 2nd, 1869, London †December 23rd, 1931, Los Angeles

87

Miloje Vasić

Serbian archaeologist, historian and art critic (1869-1956)

*September 3rd, 1869, Požeženo †November 4th, 1956, Belgrade

41

William Vaughn Moody

United States dramatist and poet (1869-1910)

*July 8th, 1869, Spencer †October 17th, 1910, Colorado Springs

70

Emma Goldman

Russian anarchist

*June 27th, 1869, Kaunas †May 14th, 1940, Toronto

61

Fritz Pregl

Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930)

*September 3rd, 1869, Ljubljana †December 13th, 1930, Graz

90

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1869-1959)

*February 14th, 1869, Glencorse †November 15th, 1959, Carlops

54

Hovhannes Tumanyan

Armenian writer and public activist

*February 19th, 1869, Dsegh †March 23rd, 1923, Moscow

78

Tony Garnier

French architect

*August 13th, 1869, 1st arrondissement of Lyon †January 19th, 1948, Roquefort-la-Bédoule

86

Charley Grapewin

American actor (1869-1956)

*December 20th, 1869, Xenia †February 2nd, 1956, Corona

47

Grigori Rasputin

Russian mystic (1869-1916)

*January 9th, 1869, Pokrovskoye †December 17th, 1916, Saint Petersburg

72

Hans Spemann

German embryologist

*June 27th, 1869, Stuttgart †September 9th, 1941, Freiburg im Breisgau

80

Karl Seitz

President of Austria (1869-1950)

*September 4th, 1869, Vienna †February 3rd, 1950, Vienna

72

Adam von Au

German politician

*December 24th, 1869, Huchenfeld †July 1st, 1942

75

Will Marion Cook

African American composer and violinist

*January 27th, 1869, Washington, D.C. †July 19th, 1944, New York City

75

Hendrikus Colijn

Dutch politician (1869–1944)

*June 22nd, 1869, Burgerveen †September 18th, 1944, Ilmenau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1869 is a normal year and no leap year.

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