On This Day

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July 14 Birthdays



Woody Guthrie
FOLK SINGER


BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1912

BIRTHPLACE
Okemah, OK

DEATH DATE
Oct 3, 1967 (age 55)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Conor McGregor
MMA FIGHTER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1988

BIRTHPLACE
Dublin, Ireland

AGE
31 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Leonard Garcia
MMA FIGHTER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1979

BIRTHPLACE
Texas

AGE
40 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Sid Haig
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1939

BIRTHPLACE
Fresno, CA

AGE
79 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Polly Bergen
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1930

BIRTHPLACE
Knoxville, TN

DEATH DATE
Sep 20, 2014 (age 84)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jane Lynch
TV ACTRESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1960

BIRTHPLACE
Evergreen Park, IL

AGE
58 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Vincent Pastore
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 14, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
The Bronx, NY

AGE
72 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Dale Robertson
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1923

BIRTHPLACE
Harrah, OK

DEATH DATE
Feb 27, 2013 (age 89)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




John Chancellor
NEWS ANCHOR

BIRTHDAY
July 14, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1996 (age 68)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 14 Deaths



Billy the Kid
CRIMINAL

BIRTHDAY
November 23, 1859

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 14, 1881 (age 21)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Meredith MacRae
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
May 30, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
Houston, TX

DEATH DATE
Jul 14, 2000 (age 56)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




Clarence White
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
June 7, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
Lewiston, ME

DEATH DATE
Jul 14, 1973 (age 29)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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Historical Events on July 14


1789  Bastille Day - the French Revolution begins with the fall of the Bastille Prison

Storming of the Bastille

1798  1st direct US federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves

1798  US Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against government

1832  Opium exempted from federal tariff duty

1845  1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, NYC

1850  1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie

1853  US President Franklin Pierce opens World Fair - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York

14th US President
Franklin Pierce

1861  General McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia with 40,000 troops

1861  Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade

1863  Battle of Falling Waters, Maryland (Beaver Creek)

1863  Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality

1864  Gold is discovered in Helena, Montana

1868  Alvin J Fellows patents tape measure

1870  The United States Congress grants Mary Todd Lincoln a life pension in the amount of $3,000 a year

First Lady of the United States
Mary Todd Lincoln

1891  John T Smith patents corkboard

1911  46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines

1914  Robert Goddard is granted the first patent for liquid-fueled rocket design

Rocket Pioneer
Robert H. Goddard

1916  33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham SC (state record)

1921  Sacco & Vanzetti Trial: Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted murder and sentenced to death

1927  1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii

1933  Germany begins mandatory sterilization of people with hereditary illnesses

1933  All non-Nazi parties are banned in Germany

1934  116°F (47°C), Orogrande NM (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)

1936  116°F (47°C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)

1938  Benito Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifesto

Italian Dictator
Benito Mussolini

1940  Due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps

1941  6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp

1941  Cease fire of Joan of Arc (ends combat in Lebanon & Syria)

1941   Jam rationed in Holland

1942  1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork

1942  Riots against Jews in Amsterdam

1944  Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested

1945  Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan

1946  Dr Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" published

Pediatrician
Benjamin Spock

1946  Mass murder of Jews in Kielce, Poland

1948  Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot near to the Italian Parliament in an assassination attempt

1950  RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea

1951  1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)

1953  1st US National monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver

1954  117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record)

1954  118°F (48°C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)

1959  USS Long Beach, first nuclear powered cruiser launched at Quincy, Mass

1965  Israeli/Jordanian border fights

1966  Richard Speck rapes and kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory

1967  The Who begin a US tour opening for Herman's Hermits

1969  "Easy Rider", directed by Dennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released

Actor
Jack Nicholson

1969  The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.

1972  Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee

1973  Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers

Singer
Phil Everly

1976  Jimmy Carter wins Democratic presidential nomination in NYC

39th US President
Jimmy Carter

1977  North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3

1977  US House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

1983  US politician Crane (Rep-R-Il) and Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with page boys

1983  Mario Bros. is first released by Nintendo in Japan as an arcade game about an Italian-American plumber

1986  Motley Crue's Vince Neil begins 30 day sentence for vehicular homicide

1987  Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million

1987  Lieutenant Colonel 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

1988   WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive

1992  Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery

1992  386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz, starting the open source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds release "Linux" soon afterwards

Software Engineer
Linus Torvalds

2014  The Church of England votes in favor of allowing women to become bishops

2014  The death toll from the West African Ebola outbreak passes 500

2014  The Egyptian government propose a cease fire in the Israel–Gaza conflict

2014  After 7 days, Israel has struck Gaza 1320 times, while Gaza has fired 940 rockets at Israel

2015  Harper Lee's 2nd novel "Go Set A Watchman", an early 1957 version of "To Kill A Mocking Bird" goes on sale in 70 countries

Author
Harper Lee

2015  Scientists from the Large Hadron Collider announce the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark

2015  Arms deal agreed between 6 world powers and Iran limiting Iranian nuclear arms but ending sanctions

2018  Huge iceberg looming over Innaarsuit village, western Greenland prompts evacations in case it caves

2018  US President Donald Trump calls the EU a "trade foe" in interview with CBS ahead of meeting with Russian President Putin

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality
Donald Trump

2018  Russian covert agent Maria Butina arrested by the FBI in Washington, D.C.., charged with being unregistered foreign agent