Historical events July 14.

1789 : In Paris, citizens attacked the Bastille, a symbol of French state repression, and released seven prisoners. This event was the culmination of the French Revolution.

1867: Alfred Nobel successfully tested dynamite.

1933 : All except the Nazi Party were outlawed in Germany.

1933 : Forced sterilization program of German citizens by the Nazi Party.

1958 : Uprising against the monarchy in Iraq. Abd al-Karim Qasim in power.

1976 : Abolition of capital punishment in Canada.

Famous birthdays July 14

1794: Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, the twenty-second maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore.

1856: Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, an Indian social reformer, educationist, and thinker.

1893: Garimella Satyanarayana, an Indian poet, and freedom fighter.

1920: Shankarrao Chavan, an Indian politician.

1927: N. N. Kakkad, an Indian poet of the Malayalam language.

1954: R. Sarathkumar, an Indian film actor, politician, and journalist.

1954: Tanikella Bharani, an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright, and director.

 

Death anniversaries July 14

1660: Baji Prabhu Deshpande, a commander of Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj.

1904: Paul Kruger, a South African politician.

1934: Dhan Gopal Mukerji, the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and won a Newbery Medal.

1963: Sivananda Saraswati, a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta.

1975: Madan Mohan, an Indian music director.

1998: Richard James and Maurice James McDonald, American brothers and entrepreneurs who founded the McDonald’s restaurant

2003: Rajju Bhaiya, the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).