388 Historic Events for July 14
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| 1857 |
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Maytag, inventor (washing machine)
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| 1858 |
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Emmeline Pankhurst, England, found (Women's Social and Political Union)
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| 1861 |
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Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops
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| 1861 |
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Naval Engagement at Wilmington NC - USS Daylight establishes blockade
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| 1862 |
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Gustav Klimt, Austria, Art Nouveau painter
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| 1862 |
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Florence Bascom, US, 1st American woman PhD
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| 1863 |
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Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek)
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| 1864 |
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Gold is discovered in Helena, Mont
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| 1865 |
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Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady
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| 1865 |
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Whymper, Hudson, Croz, Douglas and Hadow 1st to climb Matterhorn
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| 1865 |
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1st ascent of Matterhorn
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| 1868 |
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Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert and The Sown)
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| 1868 |
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Alvin J Fellows patents tape measure
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| 1869 |
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Owen Wister, US, novelist (Virginian)
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| 1873 |
Death |
Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63
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| 1874 |
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'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914)
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| 1874 |
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Andr‚ Debierne, French chemist/physicist (Actinium)
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| 1877 |
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General strike brings US railroad to a stand still
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| 1880 |
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Donald Meek, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach)
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| 1883 |
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Alexandru Zirra, composer
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| 1884 |
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Charles Meldrum Daniels, Dayton Oh, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1904, 08)
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| 1890 |
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Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ/French sculptor (Destroyed City)
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| 1891 |
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Henry Oscar, London England, actor (Saint in London)
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| 1891 |
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John T Smith patents corkboard
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