Editing July 14 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; Peruvian explorer and farmer [[Agustín Lizárraga]] discovers [[Machu Picchu]], the "Lost City of the [[Inca Empire|Inca]]s".<ref><{{Cite book |last=Heaney |first=Christopher |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780230112049/cradleofgold |title=Cradle of gold: the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones and the search for Machu Picchu |date=2011 |publisher=MacMillan |isbn=978-0-230-11204-9 |access-date=2023-08-08 |archive-date=2023-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810233531/https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780230112049/cradleofgold |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[St Mark's Campanile|The Campanile]] in [[Piazza San Marco|St Mark's Square, Venice]] collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.<ref>{{cite book |last=Distefano |first=Giovanni |title=Centenario del campanile di san Marco 1912–2012 |location=Venezia |publisher=Supernova |date=2012 |pages=44–45 |isbn=978-88-96220-57-3}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Harry Atwood]], an exhibition pilot for the [[Wright brothers]], is greeted by [[President Taft]] after he lands his aeroplane on the [[South Lawn (White House)|South Lawn of the White House]], having flown from [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/07/15/104829703.pdf |title=Taft Greets Atwood after Rainy Flight |work=The New York Times |date=15 July 1911 |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215193650/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/07/15/104829703.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Edwards |first=John Carver |title=Orville's Aviators: Outstanding Alumni of the Wright Flying School, 1910–1916 |publisher=McFarland & Co. Inc. |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |year=2009 |page=172 |isbn=978-07-86442-27-0}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[McMahon–Hussein Correspondence]] between [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca]] and the British official [[Henry McMahon]] concerning the [[Arab Revolt]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Paris |first=Timothy J. |title=Britain, the Hashemites, and Arab Rule, 1920–1925: the Sherifian Solution |publisher=Frank Cass |location=London |year=2003 |page=24 |isbn=978-07-14654-51-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9oLumAEACAAJ |access-date=2021-01-13 |archive-date=2023-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003181005/https://books.google.com/books?id=9oLumAEACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Battle of Delville Wood]] begins as an action within the [[Battle of the Somme]], lasting until 3 September 1916.<ref>{{cite book |last=Miles |first=W. |series=History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence |title=Military Operations in France and Belgium 1916: 2 July to the End of the Battles of the Somme |volume=II |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |year=1992 |orig-year=1938 |edition=Imperial War Museum and Battery Press |pages=4–61 |isbn=978-08-98391-69-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sheffield |first=G. |title=The Somme |publisher=Cassell |location=London |year=2003 |pages=79–84 |isbn=978-03-04366-49-1}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; In a decree called the ''[[Gleichschaltung]]'', [[Adolf Hitler]] abolishes all German [[political party|political parties]] except the [[Nazi Party|Nazis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power/how-did-the-nazi-gain-power/gleichschaltung/ |title=Gleichschaltung – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools |date=14 July 1933 |publisher=Wiener Holocaust Library |location=Vienna |access-date=28 December 2020 |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110185902/https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power/how-did-the-nazi-gain-power/gleichschaltung/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Nazi eugenics]] programme begins with the proclamation of the [[Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring]] requiring the [[compulsory sterilization]] of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.<ref>{{cite book |last=Friedlander |first=Henry |title=The Origins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution |publisher=University of Northern Carolina Press |location=Chapel Hill, North Carolina |year=1995 |page=30 |isbn=978-08-07822-08-1}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; In the [[Wardha]] session of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], the "[[Quit India Movement|Quit India]]" resolution is approved, authorising [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to campaign for [[India]]'s independence from Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www5.open.ac.uk/research-projects/making-britain/content/1942-quit-india-movement|title=1942 Quit India Movement|website=Open University|access-date=5 March 2024|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416193423/https://www5.open.ac.uk/research-projects/making-britain/content/1942-quit-india-movement|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; In [[Diamond, Missouri]], the [[George Washington Carver National Monument]] becomes the first [[United States National Monument]] in honor of an [[African American]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/66000114.pdf |last=Ortega |first=Richard I. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: George Washington Carver National Monument |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources |location=Jefferson City |date=April 1976 |pages=1–19 |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017081624/https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/66000114.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Palmiro Togliatti]], leader of the [[Italian Communist Party]], is shot and wounded near the [[Italian Parliament]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Palmiro-Togliatti |title=Palmiro Togliatti |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503160502/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Palmiro-Togliatti |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: beginning of the [[Battle of Taejon]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Fehrenbach |first=T.R. |author-link=T. R. Fehrenbach |title=This Kind of War: the Classic Korean War History&nbsp;– Fiftieth Anniversary Edition |publisher=Potomac Books |location=Sterling, Virginia |year=2001 |page=89 |isbn=978-15-74883-34-3}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] take their first [[Formula One]] grand prix victory at the [[1951 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1951 British Grand Prix {{!}} Motorsport Database|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1951-british-grand-prix/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714072823/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1951-british-grand-prix/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Rawya Ateya]] takes her seat in the [[Parliament of Egypt|National Assembly]] of [[Egypt]], thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the [[Arab world]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Magdi |first=Ne'maat |title=راوية عطية: أول نائبة مصرية بعد الثورة |trans-title=Rawya Ateya: the First Egyptian Female Deputy After the Revolution |newspaper=Al Rai |publisher=Al Rai Media |location=Kuwait |series=The Parliament of Women |issue=11012 |date=25 August 2009 |page=7 |url=http://www.alraimedia.com/alrai/Article.aspx?id=152068 |language=ar |access-date=14 January 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172803/http://www.alraimedia.com/alrai/Article.aspx?id=152068 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; In the [[14 July Revolution]] in [[Iraq]], the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by [[Abd al-Karim Qasim]], who becomes the nation's new leader.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tripp |first=Charles |author-link=Charles R. H. Tripp |title=A History of Iraq |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 | page=142 |isbn=978-05-21702-47-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGFNAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jane Goodall]] arrives at the [[Gombe Stream National Park|Gombe Stream Reserve]] in present-day [[Tanzania]] to begin her study of [[chimpanzee]]s in the wild.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goodall |first1=Jane |authorlink1=Jane Goodall |last2=Peterson |first2=Dale |authorlink2=Dale Peterson |title=Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |location=Boston |year=2002 |page=1 |isbn=978-06-18257-34-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kdr0TP7ou0wC&pg=PA1}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11]] [[Water landing|ditches]] off [[Polillo Island]] in the Philippines, killing one person and injuring 44.<ref name="GSM">{{cite web |title=Accident Description |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600714-0 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229152156/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600714-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Mariner 4]] flyby of [[Mars]] takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ley |first=Willy |title=The Re-Designed Solar System |department=For Your Information |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction |volume=24 |number=4 |publisher=Doubleday |location=New York City |date=April 1966 |pages=126–136 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v24n04_1966-04#page/n63/mode/1up}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' is released in Japan, beginning the popular ''[[Super Mario|Super Mario Bros]]'' franchise.<ref name="Iwata">{{cite web|date=February 14, 2013|title=Nintendo Direct 2.14.2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntz1GyM1Bs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215184305/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntz1GyM1Bs|archive-date=February 15, 2013|access-date=February 16, 2013|work=Nintendo YouTube|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Good|first=Owen|date=July 14, 2013|title=Happy 30th Birthday to Video Gaming's Most Famous Brother|url=https://kotaku.com/happy-30th-birthday-to-video-gamings-most-famous-broth-779535652|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165058/https://kotaku.com/happy-30th-birthday-to-video-gamings-most-famous-broth-779535652|archive-date=March 8, 2018|access-date=March 8, 2018|website=[[Kotaku]]|publisher=[[Gizmodo Media Group]]}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Rus Flight 9633]] crashes during takeoff from [[Chkalovsky (air base)|Chkalovsky Airport]], killing all 10 people on board.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76TD RA-76588 Chkalovsky Airport (CKL) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010714-0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804234638/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010714-0 |archive-date=4 August 2022 |website=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; French president [[Jacques Chirac]] escapes an assassination attempt from [[Maxime Brunerie]] during a Bastille Day parade at [[Champs-Élysées]].<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=15 July 2002|title=Chirac escapes lone gunman's bullet|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2127946.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]] Europe|accessdate=14 October 2010|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130175132/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2127946.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; Dedication of [[statue of Rachel Carson]], a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in [[Woods Hole, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Shanklin |first=Radford |title=A Rachel Carson Memorial |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i36/Rachel-Carson-Memorial.html |journal=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |location=Washington, DC |volume=91 |issue=36 |date=2013 |pages=8–9 |issn=0009-2347 |access-date=2021-01-14 |archive-date=2021-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116113529/https://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i36/Rachel-Carson-Memorial.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[New Horizons]] probe performs the first flyby of [[Pluto]], and thus completes the initial survey of the [[Solar System]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/science/space/nasa-new-horizons-spacecraft-reaches-pluto.html |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Pluto |date=14 July 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=14 January 2021 |archive-date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516004720/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/science/space/nasa-new-horizons-spacecraft-reaches-pluto.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150714/us-sci--pluto-1a20f848e7.html |last=Dunn |first=Marcia |title=Pluto close-up: Spacecraft makes flyby of icy, mystery world |work=Excite |agency=Associated Press (AP) |date=14 July 2015 |access-date=14 January 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716165559/http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150714/us-sci--pluto-1a20f848e7.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-three-billion-mile-journey-to-pluto-reaches-historic-encounter |last1=Brown |first1=Dwayne |last2=Cantillo |first2=Laurie |last3=Buckley |first3=Mike |last4=Stotoff |first4=Maria |title=15-149 NASA's Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic Encounter |publisher=NASA |location=Houston |date=14 July 2015 |access-date=14 January 2021 |archive-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617084402/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-three-billion-mile-journey-to-pluto-reaches-historic-encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; A man [[2016 Nice truck attack|ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France]], killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=France lorry attack: As it happened (all updates from start until 15 July, 21:54)|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36799172|access-date=15 July 2016|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408022738/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36799172|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – A [[GippsAero GA8 Airvan]] [[Skydive Umeå Gippsland GA8 Airvan crash|crashes]] in [[Umeå]], Sweden, killing all nine aboard.<ref name="Aftonbladet140719">{{cite web |last1=Westin |first1=Adam |last2=Tronarp |first2=Gustaf |last3=Jamshidi |first3=Jamshid |last4=Toll |first4=Michael |last5=Laneby |first5=Sebastien |date=14 July 2019 |title=Flygplan har kraschat utanför Umeå – nio personer döda |trans-title=Aircraft has crashed near Umeå - nine people dead |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/jdg96A/flygplan-har-kraschat-utanfor-umea--nio-personer-doda |accessdate=19 July 2019 |language=Swedish |newspaper=Aftonbladet}}</ref>