41st year - Nr 195 Tuesday, 14 July 2026

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41st year - Nr 195 Tuesday, 14 July 2026

14 July / Today's 39 Events:

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(x) 237 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1789 The storming of the Bastille to release 7 prisoners marks the beginning of the French Revolution in Prison de la Bastille, IVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Ten days earlier the Marquis de Sade had been transferred from the Bastille to an asylum in Charenton.

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(-) 209 years ago Monday 14th of July 1817 Writer Germaine Anne Louise de Staël, originally Anne Louise Germaine Necker aka Madame de Staël dies of paralysis at the age of 51 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 164 years ago Monday 14th of July 1862 Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt known from the Wiener Secession is born in Baumgarten, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 158 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1868 Writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, spy and archaeologist Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell aka The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq is born in Washington Hall, Washington, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

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(+) 151 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 1875 Entertainer, priest and womanizer Harold Francis Davidson aka The Prostitutes’ Padre is born in Sholing, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 147 years ago Monday 14th of July 1879 Inventor and murderer Jean-Pierre Vaquier is born in Niort-de-Sault, Aude, France.

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(-) 145 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1881 Outlaw, gunfighter and folk icon Billy the Kid, originally Henry McCarty aka William H. Bonney aka Kid Antrim is shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garret at the age of 22 in Fort Summer, New Mexico, United States.

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(-) 123 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1903 Womanizer and murderer Samuel Herbert Dougal aka The Moat Farm Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 57 in Chelmsford Prison, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom.

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(+) 114 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1912 Singer-songwriter Woody Woodrow Wilson Guthrie is born in Dewey Property, 6th Street, Okemah, Oklahoma, United States.

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(+) 113 years ago Monday 14th of July 1913 38th President of the United States Gerald Rudolph Ford, originally Leslie Lynch King Jr. is born in 3202 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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(-) 112 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1914 Black James Bailey is lynched for stealing three mules in Lake Cormorant, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 108 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1918 Film director Ingmar Ernst Bergman is born in Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden.

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(+) 107 years ago Monday 14th of July 1919 Actor Lino Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura is born in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(-) 102 years ago Monday 14th of July 1924 Francis X. McDonnell is abducted, sexually assaulted and strangled by serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Fish aka The Cannibal aka The Werewolf of Wysteria aka The Moon Maniac in Staten Island, New York, New York, United States. McDonnell's body was found by three Scouts hanging from a tree with extensive lacerations to his legs and abdomen and his left hamstring had almost entirely been stripped of its flesh.

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(+) 100 years ago He Came from Paris, Texas Wednesday 14th of July 1926 Actor Harry Dean Stanton is born in West Irvine, Kentucky, United States.

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(-) 78 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 1948 Metallurgist Harry Brearley known for inventing stainless steel dies of unknown causes at the age of 77 in Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.

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(+) 76 years ago Friday 14th of July 1950 Revolutionary thief Mario Roymans aka Tijl van Limburg is born in Nerem, Limburg, Belgium.

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(-) 68 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Rapist and murderer Frederick Ducharme is executed by hanging at the age of 43 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

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(-) 68 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Last King of Iraq Faisal II, originally Al-Malik Fayṣal Ath-thānī is executed by a firing squad led by Captain Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi at the age of 23 in Rihab Palace, Baġdād, Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād, Iraq. Also machine-gunned were Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, his wife Crown Princess Hiyam, his mother Princess Nafeesa, Faisal's aunt Princess Abadiya and several servants.

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(+) 68 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Victim of John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown William Kindred aka Billy Shotgun is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 66 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1960 255 die in mental hospital fire in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Another 300 of the 1600 patients were injured.

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(x) 66 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1960 83-year-old Presumed murderer Gaston Dominici known from L’Affaire Dominici is released from prison in Baumettes Prison, 239 Chemin de Morgiou, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 62 years ago Paint Spots Were Found on Her Body Tuesday 14th of July 1964 Mary Flemming aka Mary Turner is choked to death by unidentified serial killer Jack the Stripper in Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 60 years ago He Came to Raise Hell Thursday 14th of July 1966 21-year-old Gloria Davy, 20-year-old Pamela Wilkening, 20-year-old Mary Ann Jordan, 21-year-old Suzanne Farris, 24-year-old Nina Schmale, 23-year-old Valentina Pasion, 22-year-old Marlita Gargullo and 20-year-old Patricia Matusek are raped and killed by 25-year-old Mass murderer Richard Benjamin Speck aka Born to Raise Hell in 2319 East 100th Street, Jeffery Manor, Chicago, United States. 23-year-old Corazon Amurao hid under a bed and escaped the massacre, she identified Speck due to the 'Born to Raise Hell' tattoo on his forearm. Photographs of the eight nurses were the basis of 'Eight Student Nurses', a 1966 painting series by Gerhard Richter.

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(-) 52 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1974 Janice Anne Ott is abducted and bludgeoned to death by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Lake Sammamish State Park, Washington, United States.

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(-) 52 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1974 Denise Marie Naslund is abducted and strangled by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Lake Sammamish State Park, Washington, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago Monday 14th of July 1975 41-year-old Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert is sentenced to 11 life sentences for the murders of 11 members of his family in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 50 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 1976 Standartenführer der Waffen-SS Joachim Peiper aka Jochen is shot dead and his house burned down by a resistant group known as ‘Les Vengeurs’            at the age of 61 in Traves, Haute-Saône, France.

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(-) 45 years ago The Baby Wasn't Breathing Tuesday 14th of July 1981 8-month old Jennifer Daniels is smothered by serial killer Christine Falling aka The Babysitter Killer in Perry, Florida, United States. Falling was a passenger in a car driven by her 19-year-old stepsister Betty Jean Daniels. The two women had taken the baby for routine vaccinations. On the way home Daniels left them alone to pick up some groceries. When she returned to the car Falling announced "The baby ain’t breathing."

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(-) 43 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1983 Graeme Cunningham is abducted and killed by child molester and serial killer Arthur Gary Bishop aka The Mormon Murderer in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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(-) 38 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1988 Yevgeny Muratov is stabbed to death and his tongue bitten off by serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 37 years ago Friday 14th of July 1989 Murderer Horace Dunkins is executed by Yellow Mama in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States. The first blow just rendered Dunkins unconscious, the second one was administered only 9 minutes later due to a lack of power. Dunkins was pronounced dead 19 minutes after the first jolt.

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(-) 35 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1991 Barbara Jacobs is found strangled by serial killer Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper in Pier 45, West 10th Street, New York, New York, United States.

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25 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 14th of July 2001 The inside of a hot air balloon in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 14th of July 2012 A signpost in De Haan, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 14th of July 2015 A pair of owls staring into my room in Vico I Convento 13, Ficarra, Sicilia, Italy.

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(-) 6 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 2020 Triple murderer Daniel Lewis Lee is executed by lethal injection at the age of 47 in United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Lee was a member of the white supremacist organization Aryan Peoples' Republic or the Aryan Peoples' Resistance.

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(-) 5 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 2021 Artist Christian Boltanski dies of cancer at the age of 77 in Hôpital Cochin, XIVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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4 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 14th of July 2022 Excavations and concrete works in Station, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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