International observance days, weeks, and months for July 14, 2027. Plus historical events and birthdays.
July 14, 2027 celebrates Bastille Day. Bastille Day (also known as la Fête nationale) on July 14 commemorates the storming of the Bastille in Paris in 1789. The event sparked already heated times in France, leading to the French Revolution. Today, it sparks celebrations across the country.
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The first Union Brigadier General to die in battle.
Businessman and manufacturer who founded the company that became Maytag and led its expansion from farm equipment into washing machines.
The the first woman to earn a PhD at the institution in any field; the second woman to earn a PhD in geology in the U.S. (1893); and the first woman to work for the United States Geological Survey.
Founder of Carvel and an early pioneer in the development and commercialization of soft-serve ice cream.
Animator, voice actor, and musician who founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera. He also co-created and was the voice of Tom and Jerry.
Events that occurred on July 14 throughout history
The Sedition Act of 1798 becomes law in the U.S. The Act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
The first major US world's fair opens in New York City. Known as the Exhibition of the Industry of All the Nations, the fair attempted to put American culture and innovation on the world map.
Sheriff Pat Garrett shot and killed outlaw Billy the Kid at Pete Maxwell’s house in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
President William Howard Taft greets Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, after he lands his "aeroplane" on the South Lawn of the White House.
The George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first U.S. National Monument in honor of an African American. The Monument is located in Diamond, Missouri, which is the birthplace and childhood home of Carver.
Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve (present-day Tanzania) to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild.
Mariner 4 captured the first close-up photographs of another planet during its flyby of Mars. Each image took approximately eight hours and 20 minutes to transmit to Earth.
NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto. The flyby completes completes the initial survey of the Solar System.