Day of the year
July 14
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July 14 Zodiac Sign
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Element: Water
intuitiveloyalnurturingempatheticprotective
Birthstone
Ruby
Birth Flower
Larkspur
Season
Summer
Numerology 3
A number of creativity, expression, and joyful communication.
July 14: This Day in History
- 1789— Parisian citizens stormed the Bastille prison, marking the symbolic start of the French Revolution.
- 1867— Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time at a quarry in Redhill, Surrey, England.
- 1958— A military coup in Iraq overthrew the Hashemite monarchy, establishing a republic under General Abdul Karim Qasim.
- 1965— NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft performed the first successful Mars flyby, transmitting the first close-up images of another planet.
- 2015— NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its historic flyby of Pluto, providing the first close-up images of the dwarf planet.
Famous Birthdays on July 14
- Gerald Ford (1913) — 38th president of the united states
- Ingmar Bergman (1918) — filmmaker
- Gustav Klimt (1862) — painter
- Matthew Fox (1966) — actor
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985) — actress and writer
What Happens on July 14?
Bastille Day (France)
Did You Know? July 14 Fun Facts
- The Bastille held only seven prisoners at the time of its storming — the attack was more symbolic than practical.
- New Horizons took nine and a half years to reach Pluto after its 2006 launch.
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