14th July anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1858
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Emmeline Pankhurst, British leader of the women’s suffrage movement."
  • 1862
  • Austria
  • "Birth of Gustav Klimt, Painter" more
  • 1895
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of F R Leavis, critic"
  • 1918
  • Sweden
  • "Birth of Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director ."
  • 1950
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer" more
• event
  • 1789
  • France
  • The French Revolution begins – storming of the Bastille
  • 1865
  • Great Britain
  • Edward Whymper was the first person to climb the Matterhorn
  • 1930
  • Great Britain
  • "The first play, Pirandello's The Man with a Flower in His Mouth, was transmitted on British TV"
  • 1933
  • Germany
  • Adolf Hitler banned all political parties in Germany except the Nazi Party .
  • 1933
  • Germany
  • "Nazi Germany passed the ‘Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring’, also known as the ‘Sterilisation Law’."
  • 1958
  • Iraq
  • The Iraqi army overthrew the monarchy in a military coup led by General Kassem. King Faisal was killed and a republic proclaimed.
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "The first nuclear-powered warship, the USS Long Beach, was launched in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA"
  • 1969
  • United States
  • "In the USA, the $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills were withdrawn from circulation, leaving the $100 bill as the largest unit of currency"
  • 1989
  • Switzerland
  • The Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP) was inaugurated at CERN in Switzerland. It was 16.8 miles (27 km) in circumference
• Death
  • 1817
  • France
  • "Death of Madame de Stael, writer"
  • 1959
  • Switzerland
  • "Death of Grock, Swiss clown"
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Richard (‘Dick’) McDonald, American fast-food entrepreneur ."