Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. Date: July 14, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta. Date: July 14, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today)
Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovers Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas". Date: July 14, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today)
Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by president William Howard Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston. Date: July 14, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1911…
Beginning of the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and the British official Henry McMahon concerning the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Date: July 14, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916. Date: July 14, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders. Date: July 14, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This…
In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis. Date: July 14, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain. Date: July 14, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American. Date: July 14, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)