Daily Calendar for July 14th, 2019

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Bastille Day

Commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which started the French Revolution, on July 14th, 1789. Bastille Day is also celebrated by many of France's former and current colonies.

Every Year

• Bastille Day

1220s

• 1223: Louis VIII became King of France upon the death of his father

1790s

• 1791: The Priestley Riots took place in Birmingham, England

1850s

• 1853: The first World's Fair to be held in the United States opened in New York City

• Born 1857: Frederick Louis Maytag (manufacturer)

1860s

• 1864: Gold discovered in Last Chance Gulch (Helena), Montana

• 1865: First ascent of the Matterhorn was completed by Englishman Edward Whymper

• 1868: Enclosed tape measure that holds its place patented

1890s

• 1891: John Smith patented a pure corkboard

1910s

• Born 1912: Woody Guthrie (folk singer)

• Born 1913: Gerald Ford (38th U.S. president)

• Born 1918: Ingmar Bergman (director)

1930s

• Born 1930: Polly Bergen (actress)

• 1933: In Germany, the Nazi party declared themselves the only political party

1960s

• 1965: Mariner 4 delivered close-up photos of Mars

• Died 1965: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (politician)

• Born 1966: Matthew Fox (actor)

• Born 1967: Robin Ventura (baseball player)

1970s

• Born 1977: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

1980s

• Born 1989: Sean Flynn-Amir (actor)

2000s

• 2001: The International Olympic Committee voted for China to be the host of the 2008 Olympics for the first time

• Died 2002: Joaquin Balaguer (Latin American politician)

• 2004: Kelly Ayotte became New Hampshire's first female attorney general

• Died 2009: Nin (cat who served as the Mount Washington Observatory's mascot for a dozen years)

2010s

• 2015: In the Seaport district of Boston, Massachusetts, a 75-foot pile of snow from the winter of 2014-2015 completely melted

• 2019: A human chain (a line of people holding hands) rescued a swimmer caught in a rip current in Panama City Beach, Florida