14th July
| Birthdays of Note... |
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| 1834 | James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist (Whistler's Mother). | |
| 1857 | Maytag invents washing machine. | |
| 1862 | Florence Bascom, 1st American woman PhD. | |
| 1874 | Abbas II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914). | |
| 1880 | Donald Meek, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach). | |
| 1893 | Spencer Williams, actor (Andy-Amos 'n' Andy). | |
| 1901 | George Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched). | |
| 1903 | Irving Stone, author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life). | |
| 1903 | Ken Murray, comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show). | |
| 1906 | Tom Carvel, ice cream mogul (Carvels). | |
| 1910 | William Hanna, animator (Hanna-Barbera). | |
| 1911 | Terry-Thomas, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). | |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, folk singer (This Land Is Your Land). | |
| 1913 | Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (R-1974-77). | |
| 1917 | Douglas Edwards, newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI). | |
| 1918 | Arthur Laurents, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy). | |
| 1918 | Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director (Cries & Whispers). | |
| 1918 | Jay Wright Forrester, inventor of random-access magnetic core memory. | |
| 1926 | Harry Dean Stanton, actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Alien). | |
| 1927 | John Chancellor, news anchor (NBC, VOA). | |
| 1928 | Nancy Olson, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna). | |
| 1932 | Roosevelt "Roosie" Grier, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On). | |
| 1936 | Robert F Overmyer, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 5, STS 51B). | |
| 1952 | Chris Cross, rock singer (Arthur). | |
| 1952 | Eric Laneuville, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere). | |
| 1952 | Jerry Houser, actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44). | |
| Death Anniversaries... | ||
| 1958 | King Faisal II assassinated in Baghdad | |
| 1970 | Preston Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69 | |
| 1973 | Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car | |
| 1979 | George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56 | |
| Significant Events... | ||
| 1714 | Battle of Aland - Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet. | |
| 1771 | Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California. | |
| 1789 | Bastille Day - citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison. | |
| 1798 | 1st direct federal tax on the states for on dwellings, land & slaves. | |
| 1798 | Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against US govt. | |
| 1832 | Opium exempted from federal tariff duty. | |
| 1850 | 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration. | |
| 1853 | Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan. | |
| 1865 | 1st ascent of Matterhorn. | |
| 1868 | Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented by AJ Fellows of CT. | |
| 1914 | Robert Hutchins Goddard patents a liquid-fuel rocket motor. | |
| 1921 | Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham MA of killing their shoe company's paymaster. | |
| 1934 | NY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time. | |
| 1940 | Lithuania becomes the Lithuanian SSR. | |
| 1950 | RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea. | |
| 1951 | 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race). | |
| 1958 | Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty. | |
| 1965 | Mariner IV, 1st US Mars probe, passes within 6,100 miles (9,800 km) of planet. | |
| 1966 | Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory. | |
| 1967 | Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing. | |
| 1969 | "Futbol War" between El Salvador & Honduras begins. | |
| 1975 | EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced. | |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter wins Democratic pres nomination in NY. | |
| 1986 | NASA agrees to implement recommendations of Rogers commission. | |
| 1987 | Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony. | |
| 1987 | Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. | |
| 1987 | Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law. | |
| Holidays Around the World... | ||
| France & its former territories : Bastille Day (1789) | ||
| Iran : Appointment of the Prophet | ||
| Iraq : Republic Day (1958) | ||
| Senegal : African Community Day | ||
| Islam : Mohammed Ascension | ||