On This Day
This Day in History: (14-July)
Murakami, emperor of Japan (d. 967)
Arnold, Duke of Guelders, (d. 1473)
Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1508)
Poliziano, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1494)
Philip I, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1560)
Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French cardinal and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of the French Monarch (d. 1661)
George Goring, Lord Goring, English general (d. 1657)
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
Pasquier Quesnel, French priest and theologian (d. 1719)
Jacques d'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (d. 1747)
Caspar Abel, German historian, poet, and theologian (d. 1763)
William Oldys, English historian and author (d. 1761)
John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (d. 1807)
Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (d. 1816)
Michel de Beaupuy, French general (d. 1796)
Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1851)
Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (d. 1858)
Arthur de Gobineau, French author and diplomat (d. 1882)
Edward Benson, English archbishop (d. 1896)
Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (d. 1928)
Kate M. Gordon, American activist (d. 1931)
Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1918)
Arthur Capper, American journalist and politician, 20th Governor of Kansas (d. 1951)
Juliette Wytsman, Belgian painter (d. 1925)
Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (d. 1926)
Albert Marque, French sculptor and doll maker (d. 1939)
Abbas II of Egypt (d. 1944)
Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (d. 1947)
Donald Meek, Scottish actor (d. 1946)
Sisavang Vong, Laotian king (d. 1959)
Scipio Slataper, Italian author and critic (d. 1915)
Marco de Gastyne, French painter and illustrator (d. 1982)
Ante Pavelić, Croatian war criminal and Porajmos perpetrator; 1st Foreign Minister of the Independent State of Croatia (d. 1959)
Clarence J. Brown, American publisher and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (d. 1965)
Garimella Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (d. 1952)
Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1979)
Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish soldier and anarchist (d. 1936)
Happy Chandler, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky, second Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1991)
Gerald Finzi, English composer and academic (d. 1956)
George Tobias, American actor (d. 1980)
Irving Stone, American author and educator (d. 1989)
Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman, founded Carvel (d. 1990)
William H. Tunner, American general (d. 1983)
Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1989)
William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (d. 2001)
Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (d. 2000)
Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
Buddy Moreno, American musician (d. 2015)
Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (d. 2006)
Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
Arthur Laurents, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2011)
Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer and systems scientist (d. 2016)
Shankarrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Finance (d. 2004)
Marijohn Wilkin, American country and gospel songwriter (d. 2006)
Sixto Durán Ballén, American-Ecuadorian architect and politician, 48th President of Ecuador (d. 2016)
Leon Garfield, English author (d. 1996)
Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
Robin Olds, American general and pilot (d. 2007)
Elfriede Rinkel, German SS officer
Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish concert pianist (d. 2014)
Dale Robertson, American actor (d. 2013)
Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (d. 2013)
Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (d. 2013)
Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (d. 2017)
Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet
John Chancellor, American journalist (d. 1996)
Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (d. 2010)
Nancy Olson, American actress
William Rees-Mogg, English journalist and public servant (d. 2012)
Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
Benoît Sinzogan, Beninese military officer and politician
Jacqueline de Ribes, French fashion designer and philanthropist
E. V. Thompson, English police officer and author (d. 2012)
Rosey Grier, American football player and actor
Del Reeves, American country singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1996)
Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1996)
Yoshirō Mori, Japanese journalist and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan
Jerry Rubin, American activist, author, and businessman (d. 1994)
Tommy Vig, Hungarian vibraphone player, drummer, and composer
Karel Gott, Czech singer-songwriter and actor
George Edgar Slusser, American scholar and author (d. 2014)
Susan Howatch, English author and academic
Maulana Karenga, American philosopher, author, and activist, created Kwanzaa
Andreas Khol, German-Austrian lawyer and politician
Ken Hutcherson, American football player (d. 2013)
Javier Solana, Spanish physicist and politician, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs
Christopher Priest, English author
Jim Gordon, American drummer and songwriter
Sue Lawley, English journalist
John Wood, Australian actor and screenwriter
Claudia J. Kennedy, American general
Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (d. 2009)
Navin Ramgoolam, Mauritius physician and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Mauritius
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
Tom Latham, American politician
Earl Williams, American baseball player (d. 2013)
Tommy Mottola, American businessman and music publisher
Bruce Oldfield, English fashion designer
Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2014)
Franklin Graham, American evangelist and missionary
George Lewis, American musician and composer
Joel Silver, American actor and producer, co-founded Dark Castle Entertainment
Martha Coakley, American lawyer and politician, 58th Attorney General of Massachusetts
L. Brent Bozell III, American journalist and activist, founded the Media Research Center
Mircea Geoană, Romanian politician and diplomat, 97th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Aubrey McClendon, American businessman (d. 2016)
Anna Bligh, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland
Kyle Gass, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
Jane Lynch, American actress and game show host
Mike McPhee, Canadian ice hockey player
Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
Vanessa Lawrence, English geographer and civil servant
Jacques Lacombe, Canadian organist and conductor
Brett Ogle, Australian golfer
Igor Shpilband, Russian-American ice dancer and coach
Urmas Kruuse, Estonian lawyer and politician, 41st Mayor of Tartu
Matthew Fox, American actor
Matt Hume, American mixed martial artist and trainer
Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator
Marios Constantinou, Cypriot footballer and manager
Jeff Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter, co-founder of Impact Wrestling
Patrick J. Kennedy, American politician
Hashan Tillakaratne, Sri Lankan cricketer
Robin Ventura, American baseball player and manager
Michael Palmer, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
José Hernández, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
Sven Sester, Estonian politician
Jacob Young, Norwegian guitarist
Howard Webb, English footballer and referee
Tani Fuga, Samoan rugby player
Paul Methric, American rapper and producer
Erick Dampier, American basketball player
David Mitchell, British comedian
Tim Hudson, American baseball player
Jamey Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gordon Cree, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Mattias Ekström, Swedish race car driver
Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player
Axel Teichmann, German skier
George Smith, Australian rugby player
Robbie Maddison, Australian motorcycle racer
Dmitry Chaplin, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
Achille Coser, Italian footballer
Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
Thomas Howard, American football player (d. 2013)
Tito Muñoz, American conductor and academic
Nilmar, Brazilian footballer
Renaldo Balkman, American basketball player
Erica Blasberg, American golfer (d. 2010)
Lenka Dlhopolcová, Slovak tennis player
Mounir El Hamdaoui, Moroccan footballer
Samir Handanović, Slovenian footballer
Billy Celeski, Australian footballer
Darrelle Revis, American football player
Chris Wright, English cricketer
Alexander Gerndt, Swedish footballer
Nikolay Kulemin, Russian ice hockey player
Dan Smith, English singer-songwriter
Aqeel Ahmed, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Margus Hunt, Estonian-American football player, discus thrower, and shot putter
Adam Johnson, English footballer
Dan Reynolds, American singer-songwriter
Sean Smith, American football player
Ryan Sweeting, Bahamian-American tennis player
Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist
James Vaughan, English footballer
Sakari Mattila, Finnish footballer
Rolando McClain, American football player
Cyril Rioli, Australian rules footballer
Shabazz Napier, American basketball player
Kim Hyo-joo, South Korean golfer