14 July - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on July 14, the day number in a year is 195 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 196. July 14 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
July 14 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 756 | Emperor Xuanzong fled the Tang capital Chang'an as An Lushan'sforces advance toward the city during the An Lushan Rebellion. |
| 1223 | Louis VIII became King of France to begin a short three-yearreign. |
| 1223 | His son Louis VIII became King of France after Philip II's death. |
| 1456 | Hungary defeated Ottoman in the Battle of Belgrade. |
| 1769 | Spanish soldier Gaspar de Portolà led the first European landexpedition to present-day California. |
| 1771 | Mission San Antonio de Padua was established in California. |
| 1791 | The Priestley Riots began, in which Joseph Priestley and otherreligious Dissenters were driven out of Birmingham, England. |
| 1798 | The Sedition Act became United States law, making it a federalcrime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements aboutthe U.S. government. |
| 1798 | The US Congress approved the 'Treason Act'. After this, writing, printing or speaking wrong or confusing thing against the government became a crime. |
| 1827 | The Roman Catholic Deocese of Honolulu was founded in the state of Hawaii. |
| 1845 | The first postmasters final tickets were released. |
| 1850 | The first public display of freezer made ice. |
| 1853 | The first general elections were held in New Zealand. |
| 1853 | The first US World's Fair began at the Crystal Palace in New York. |
| 1861 | An American man named Cott Ling made a machine gun. |
| 1865 | A seven-man team made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, marking the end of the golden age of alpinism. |
| 1880 | Dorchester prison opened in Canada. |
| 1891 | Erik Gustaf Bostrom became Prime Minister of Sweden. |
| 1899 | The first republic was declared in South America. |
| 1927 | The first commercial flight of the aircraft began in the Hawaiian Islands. |
| 1933 | With the enactment of the Law for the Prevention of Here ditarily Diseased Off spring, the Nazi Party began its eugenics program. |
| 1940 | In World War II, German bombers bombed Suez. |
| 1945 | Italy declared war on Japan the next day. |
| 1950 | In an early battle of the Korean War, North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in Taejon, South Korea. |
| 1957 | Rawya Ateya took her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt tobecome the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. |
| 1958 | The revolt of General Abdul Karim in Iraq was followed by the end of the monarchical system and the establishment of democracy. |
| 1960 | Fire has raged through a Guatemala City, Guatemala. It killed 225 in insane asylum kills 225. 300 people were severely injured. |
| 1960 | English primatologist Jane Goodall arrived in Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve, Tanganyika, to begin her ground breaking study of the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. |
| 1965 | The NASA spacecraft Mariner 4 flew past Mars, collecting thefirst close-up pictures of another planet. |
| 1965 | NASA's spacecraft passing near Mars took the first close-up photographs of another planet. |
| 1972 | Plate ump and catcher have become brothers in a game. Bill Haller is ump and Tom Haller is Tigers catcher. Kansas City Royals win 1-0. |
| 1972 | The then Soviet Union conducted underground nuclear tests. |
| 1973 | 102nd British Golf Open has been over. Tom Weiskopf shoots a 276 at Royal Troon. It was a grand success for him. |
| 1978 | Allen Ginsburg completes 'Plutonian Ode'. It blocks trainload of fissile material which was headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory situated in Colorado. |
| 1987 | Over 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain fell in a two-and-a-half-hourperiod in Montreal, causing severe flooding and over CA$220 million indamages. |
| 1987 | 37 years of military rule in Taiwan came to an end. |
| 1995 | The MP3 digital audio encoding format was named. |
| 2003 | In an effort to discredit US Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, whohad written an article critical of the invasion of Iraq, Washington Post columnist Robert Novak revealed that Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA 'operative'. |
| 2010 | Andre Kagwa, the senior Rwandan opposition politician Rwisereka has been found. He was reported missing. He was found with his head nearly severed off. |
| 2010 | 18th SP Award: Won by Drew Breece and Lindsey Vaughan. |
| 2011 | A formerly extinct rainbow toad is rediscovered by scientists in Borneo. The sighting is the first since its extinction. Its extinction was declared in 1924. |
| 2012 | An avalanche has swept away nine climbers. Rescue crews of Italian and French recovered the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps |
| 2013 | Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister phoned Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine. He hoped that the two sides could re-enter peace talks. These have been on a three-year hiatus. |
| 2014 | Hamas has rejected a peace deal brokered by Egypt and agreed to by Israel. Israel has also warned that the rejection could result military action to stop rocket attacks from Palestinian militants. |
| 2014 | Samsung temporarily suspends Operations with supplier Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co has been suspended temporarily by Samsung. The allegations of child labor have been raised. Now Samsung is conducting an investigation. |
| 2014 | The Church of England also voted in favor of making women bishops. |
| 2015 | NASA's New Horizon became the first spacecraft to visit Pluto. |
Famous Birthdays of July 14:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1985 | Billy Celeski / Footballer / Australia |
| 1949 | Tommy Mottola / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1912 | Northrop Frye / Philosopher / Canada |
| 1946 | Sue Lawley / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1958 | Mircea Geoană / Politician / Romania |
| 1986 | Nikolay Kulemin / Ice Hockey Player / Russia |
| 1868 | Gertrude Bell / Archaeologist / United Kingdom |
| 1950 | Bruce Oldfield / Fashion Designer / United Kingdom |
| 1973 | Tani Fuga / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1984 | Samir Handanović / Footballer / Slovenia |
| 1906 | William H. Tunner / General / United States of America |
| 1973 | Paul Methric / Producer / United States of America |
| 1921 | Geoffrey Wilkinson / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1962 | Vanessa Lawrence / Geographer / United Kingdom |
| 1987 | Sean Smith / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1986 | Dan Smith / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1969 | Sven Sester / Politician / Estonia |
| 1936 | Robert F. Overmyer / Pilot / United States of America |
| 1932 | Rosey Grier / Actor / United States of America |
| 1939 | George Edgar Slusser / Author / United States of America |
| 1721 | John Douglas / Scholar / Scotland |
| 1960 | Jane Lynch / Actress / United States of America |
| 1859 | Willy Hess / Educator / Germany |
| 1964 | Igor Shpilband / Dancer / United States of America |
| 1960 | Mike McPhee / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1967 | Marios Constantinou / Footballer / Cyprus |
| 1966 | Matthew Fox / Actor / United States of America |
| 1982 | Dmitry Chaplin / Dancer / United States of America |
| 1968 | Michael Palmer / Politician / Singapore |
| 1974 | Erick Dampier / Basketball Player / United States of America |
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