What are the important events that happened on July 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 14 is the 195^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 170 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 1, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 486,792 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontapentagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 218 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,588 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 14 Historical Events

• 1769 –
  An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
• 1789 –
  French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• 1790 –
  French Revolution: citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
• 1791 –
  The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
• 1853 –
  Opening of the first major US world’s fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
• 1900 –
  Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
• 1933 –
  Gleichschaltung: in Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.
• 1943 –
  In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
• 1958 –
  Iraqi Revolution: in Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation’s new leader.
• 1969 –
  Football War: after Honduras loses a soccer match against El Salvador, riots break out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers.

Who were born on July 14?

• 1940 –
  Susan Howatch, English novelist
• 1946 –
  John Wood, Australian actor
• 1947 –
  Claudia Kennedy, U.S. Army officer
• 1971 –
  Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator
• 1971 –
  Madhu Sapre, Former Indian Model and Miss Universe Contestant
• 1973 –
  Candela Peña, Spanish actress
• 1974 –
  Erick Dampier, American basketball player
• 1975 –
  Jamey Johnson, American country music artist
• 1984 –
  Erica Blasberg, American golfer (d. 2010)
• 1985 –
  Darrelle Revis, American football player

Who died on July 14?

• 1704 –
  Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, regent of Russia (b. 1657)
• 1774 –
  James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
• 1817 –
  Madame de Staël, Swiss writer (b. 1766)
• 1827 –
  Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (b. 1788)
• 1834 –
  Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b. 1763)
• 1993 –
  Léo Ferré, French singer and songwriter (b. 1916)
• 1994 –
  César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1940)
• 1996 –
  Jeff Krosnoff, American racing driver (b. 1964)
• 2000 –
  René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
• 2003 –
  François-Albert Angers, French-Canadian economist (b. 1909)