📅 July 14 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on July 14? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1789People in Paris stormed the Bastille prison — the start of the French Revolution, celebrated as Bastille Day
- 1865Edward Whymper and his team were the first to climb the Matterhorn
- 1960Jane Goodall arrived at Gombe in Africa to study wild chimpanzees
- 1965Mariner 4 flew past Mars and sent the first close-up pictures of another planet
- 2015NASA’s New Horizons became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto
🎂 Born on July 14
- 🎨 Gustav Klimt (1862) — painter
- 🎸 Woody Guthrie (1912) — singer of "This Land Is Your Land"
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July 14 quiz
In what year? 🏰 People in Paris stormed the Bastille prison — the start of the French Revolution, celebrated as Bastille Day
In what year? 🏔️ Edward Whymper and his team were the first to climb the Matterhorn
In what year? 🐒 Jane Goodall arrived at Gombe in Africa to study wild chimpanzees
Which famous person was born on July 14?