calendar page - What happened on July 14th?
Current Calendar Page for July 14, 2024
Namesday
Goswin, Roland, Ulrich
Historical Data
1994 - For the first time since the end of World War II, German soldiers, as members of the two-year-old Eurocorps, participate in the troop parade for the French National Holiday on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
1969 - Between Honduras and El Salvador, a short but bloody "Football War" breaks out: El Salvador had won the decisive soccer match against Honduras in qualification for the World Cup. Thousands of people died within a few days.
1959 - The first nuclear-powered ocean-going warship in the world, the US Cruiser "Long Beach", is launched in Quincy (US State of Massachusetts).
1884 - Afrikaforscher Gustav Nachtigal proclaims the land as a so-called German protectorate by hoisting the German flag in the Cameroonian capital Duala. Previously, he had concluded protection treaties with local rulers.
1789 - In Paris, citizens storm the Bastille prison. The event becomes a symbol for the French Revolution and is often considered its beginning.
Birthdays
1979 - Robin Szolkowy (45), German pair skater, five-time World Champion in pair skating with Aljona Savchenko
1974 - Martina Hill (50), German actress ("Knallerfrauen", "today-show")
1959 - Peter Angerer (65), German biathlete, Gold Medal at the Olympic Games 1984
1939 - Karel Gott, Czech singer ("Once Around the Whole World", "Do You Know Where To", Theme song for the TV series "Biene Maja"), died 2019
Deaths
1994 - Robert Jungk, Austrian futurist and science popularizer ("The Future Has Already Begun"), Alternative Nobel Prize 1986, born 1913
In 1994, Deathbeds were unlikely to be a concern for Robert Jungk, as he continued his work as an Austrian futurist and science popularizer, earning the Alternative Nobel Prize. This was the same year when German soldiers, participating in the Eurocorps, marched in a troop parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, marking a historical first since the end of the Second World War.
Later, in 1969, the calendar page would turn to documents a significant event between adjacent countries, Honduras and El Salvador. This was the start of a short but brutal "Football War," sparked by El Salvador's victory in a soccer match against Honduras in World Cup qualifiers and leading to a tragic loss of thousands of lives in just a few days.
Moving forward in History, Germany once again finds itself in the spotlight, as the first nuclear-powered ocean-going warship in the world, the US Cruiser "Long Beach", is launched in the US State of Massachusetts in 1859. Back in the 1780s, the calendar page would have marked a different significant event in History, as citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison, marking a symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
