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14 July 2022
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2016 - A man deliberately drove a truck into crowds in Nice, France, resulting in 86 deaths.2016 Islamist terrorist attack in France
Anniversary
2014 - Lightning strikes started four fires in the Methow Valley in the U.S. state of Washington, collectively known as the Carlton Complex Fire.River in Washington, United States
Anniversary
2003 - Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA operative was leaked to and published by journalist Robert Novak.American writer, spy novelist and former CIA officer (born 1963)
Anniversary
1987 - More than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain fell in a two-and-a-half-hour period in parts of Montreal, causing severe flooding.Floods in Montreal, Canada in 1987
Anniversary
1960 - Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 ditched off Polillo Island in the Philippines, killing one person and injuring 44 others.1960 aviation accident
Historical events
History
2019 - A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in Umeå, Sweden, killing all nine aboard.Single engine shoulder-wing utility aircraft
History
2016 - A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police.2016 Islamist terrorist attack in France
History
2015 - NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.American space and aeronautics agency
History
2013 - Dedication of the statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture of the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.Monument in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
History
2002 - French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt from Maxime Brunerie during a Bastille Day parade at Champs-Élysées.President of France from 1995 to 2007
History
2001 - Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British tourist Peter Falconio and abducts his girlfriend in the Northern Territory.Australian murderer (1958–2025)
History
2001 - Rus Flight 9633 crashes during takeoff from Chkalovsky Airport, killing all 10 people on board.2001 aviation accident in Russia
History
1983 - Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super Mario Bros franchise.1983 video game
History
1965 - 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.First successful NASA mission to Mars (1964–1967)
History
1960 - Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild.English zoologist (1934–2025)
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated
Lunar age: 15.2 days
Sun zodiac
Cancer
22.05 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Moon zodiac
Aquarius
2.40 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.