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July 14: Day of the Week
July 14, 2024 is the 196th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 170 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
July 14 Historical Event(s)
1223
Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France.
1771
Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
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.
1877
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 begins in Martinsburg, West Virginia, US, when Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers have their wages cut for the second time in a year.
1900
Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
1948
Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
1957
Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
1958
Iraqi Revolution: in Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation’s new leader.
Who were born on July 14?
1801
Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (d. 1858)
1872
Albert Marque, French sculptor and doll maker (d. 1939)
1885
King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d. 1959)
1889
Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist leader (d. 1959)
1928
Nancy Olson, American actress
1939
George E. Slusser, American scholar and writer
1941
Maulana Karenga, American writer and political activist, the creator of Kwanzaa
1970
Nina Siemaszko, American actress
1971
Marie-Chantal Toupin, Canadian singer
1982
Dmitry Chaplin, Russian-born American dancer, So You Think You Can Dance finalist
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