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This is a list of selected July 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
756Emperor Xuanzong fled the Tang capital Chang'an as An Lushan's forces advanced toward the city during the An Lushan Rebellion. unreferenced section
1223Louis VIII became King of France to begin a three-year reign. refimprove section
1769 – Spanish soldier Gaspar de Portolá led the first European land expedition to present-day California. Portolá: refimprove; Expedition: refimprove section
1798 – The Sedition Act became United States law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government. refimprove section
1865 – A seven-man team made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, marking the end of the golden age of alpinism. lots of references need page numbers
1881American frontier outlaw and gunman Billy the Kid was killed by sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. appears on September 23
1902Venice's St Mark's Campanile collapsed, also demolishing the loggetta but only killing the caretaker's cat. unreferenced section, lead too short
1933 – With the enactment of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring, the Nazi Party began its eugenics program. refimprove
1957Rawya Ateya took her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt to become the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. many {{cn}} tags
1960 – English primatologist Jane Goodall arrived in Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve, Tanganyika, to begin her groundbreaking study of the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. refimprove section
1969 – Political conflicts between El Salvador and Honduras erupted into the four-day Football War, so-named because it coincided with the inflamed rioting during the second CONCACAF qualifying round for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. refimprove
2002 – The orphaned killer whale named Springer was released after a month of captivity to become the only cetacean in history to be successfully re-integrated into a wild pod after human intervention. unreferenced section

Eligible

July 14: Bastille Day in France (1789); Festino of Saint Rosalia begins in Palermo, Italy

"Storming of the Bastille" by Jean-Pierre Houël
Storming of the Bastille by Jean-Pierre Houël

John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford (d. 1526) · Alphonse Mucha (d. 1939) · Howard Webb (b. 1971)

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