July 14th, 1944

Born on July 14th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 859 days, exactly on September 2nd, 2026, people who were born on July 14th, 1944 will be 30,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

Born on July 14th, 1944

73

Jon Michelet

Norwegian author (1944-2018)

*July 14th, 1944, Moss Municipality †April 14th, 2018, Oslo

79

Lili Golestan

Iranian translator and gallerist

*July 14th, 1944, Tehran

79

Rani Hamid

Bangladeshi female chess player

*July 14th, 1944, Sylhet

79

Margaret Pomeranz

Australian film critic

*July 14th, 1944, Waverley

79

Lynn Loring

American actress and producer

*July 14th, 1944, New York City

79

Tadeusz Godyń

Polish sportsperson

*July 14th, 1944, Dąbrowa Górnicza

74

Walter Mende

German politician

*July 14th, 1944, Oleśnica †August 11th, 2018, Leverkusen

79

Hiroshi Kume

Japanese broadcaster

*July 14th, 1944, Urawa

79

Freda Kelly

British secretary known for her work with The Beatles, president of the official Beatles Fan Club

*July 14th, 1944, Liverpool

77

Henning Pawel

German author

*July 14th, 1944 †January 4th, 2022, Erfurt

79

Pauline Cartwright

New Zealand writer of novels, picture books, stories and poems for children

*July 14th, 1944, Lawrence

79

Mordechai Elgrably

Israeli politician

*July 14th, 1944, Meknes

79

Greg Kuzma

American poet

*July 14th, 1944, Rome

79

Georgi Popov

Bulgarian footballer

*July 14th, 1944, Plovdiv

79

Walter Tournier

Uruguayan film director and animator

*July 14th, 1944, Montevideo

79

Ike Kelley

American football player

*July 14th, 1944, Ludington

79

Kirsten Strange-Campbell

Danish swimmer

*July 14th, 1944, Frederiksberg

79

Mike Hewitt

Scottish footballer

*July 14th, 1944, Dundee

63

Sheldon Brown

American cyclist, writer and mechanic

*July 14th, 1944, Boston †February 4th, 2008, Boston

72

Juan Carlos Touriño

Footballer (1944–2017)

*July 14th, 1944, Buenos Aires †March 7th, 2017, Buenos Aires

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

80

Christopher Priest

British author (1943–2024)

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

68

Lino Ventura

Italian-French actor

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

81

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

89

Ingmar Bergman

Swedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

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

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

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

80

Sid Haig

American actor (1939–2019)

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

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

93

Gerald Ford

President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

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

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

71

Joel Silver

American film producer (born 1952)

*July 14th, 1952, South Orange

42

Ng Wei

Hong Kong badminton player

*July 14th, 1981, Jiangsu

45

Kristof Hopp

German badminton player

*July 14th, 1978, Kiel

56

Valérie Pécresse

French politician (born 1967)

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

30

Milica Simić

Badminton player

*July 14th, 1993, Peć

23

Ashwathi Pillai

Badminton player

*July 14th, 2000, Kanyakumari

78

Cardinal Warde

Professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

*July 14th, 1945, Christ Church

97

Marc Chagall

Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)

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

75

Tommy Mottola

American music executive

*July 14th, 1948, The Bronx

51

Manfred Weber

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

*July 14th, 1972, Niederhatzkofen

70

Dorothée

French singer and TV presenter

*July 14th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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