Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British tourist Peter Falconio and abducted his girlfriend in the Northern Territory. Date: July 14, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)

French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt from Maxime Brunerie during a Bastille Day parade at Champs-Élysées. Date: July 14, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)

Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Date: July 14, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)

NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System. Date: July 14, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)

A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police. Date: July 14, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)

A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in Umeå, Sweden, killing all nine aboard. Date: July 14, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak during the Second Balkan War starts. Date: July 13, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)

The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. Date: July 13, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)

The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay. Date: July 13, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak (Thirteenth of July Uprising), a popular revolt against the Axis powers. Date: July 13, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)