Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: July 14
July 14, 2024 is the 196th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 170 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: July 14
- 1865 –First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
- 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.
- 1916 –Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.
- 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.
- 1948 –Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
- 1958 –Iraqi Revolution: in Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation’s new leader.
- 1965 –The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.
- 1992 –386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds releases his Linux soon afterwards.
- 2003 –In an effort to discredit U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who had written an article critical of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Washington Post columnist Robert Novak reveals that Wilson’s wife Valerie Plame is a CIA “operative”.
Who were born on July 14?
- 1675 –Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (d. 1747)
- 1891 –Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (d. 1977)
- 1893 –Clarence J. Brown, Newspaper publisher and politician (d. 1965)
- 1921 –Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1951 –Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003)
- 1953 –Bebe Buell, American model
- 1960 –Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer
- 1972 –Deborah Mailman, Australian actress
- 1973 –Candela Peña, Spanish actress
- 1975 –Tim Hudson, American baseball player
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