What Happened In July 2014 In History

Historical Events for July, 2014

• 8th » Israel launches an Operation Protective Edge known as offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers called killing of Israeli teenagers.
• 8th » Brazil loses to the Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup. The event is known as Mineirazo.
• 17th » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
• 23rd » The 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony or opening ceremony for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is held in Glasgow, Scotland.

Famous Deaths for July 2014

• 1st » Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)
• 1st » Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (Tennessee) or The Farm (b. 1935)
• 1st » Bob Jones (police commissioner) called Bob Jones, English politician (b. 1955)
• 1st » Anatoly Kornukov, Ukrainian-Russian general (b. 1942)
• 1st » Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (b. 1937)
• 2nd » Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (b. 1919)
• 2nd » Chad Brown (poker player) called Chad Brown, American poker player and actor (b. 1961)
• 2nd » Manuel Cardona, Spanish physicist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2nd » Wayne K. Curry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
• 2nd » Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (b. 1915)
• 2nd » Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (b. 1925)
• 2nd » Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (b. 1917)
• 3rd » Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (b. 1917)
• 3rd » Tim Flood (hurler) named Tim Flood, Irish hurler and coach (b. 1927)
• 3rd » Volkmar Groß, German footballer (b. 1948)
• 3rd » Ira Ruskin, American politician (b. 1943)
• 3rd » Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (b. 1924)
• 4th » Alan Alan, English escapologist and magician (b. 1926)
• 4th » Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
• 4th » C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (b. 1951)
• 4th » Earl Robinson (baseball) or Earl Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1936)
• 4th » Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (b. 1932)
• 5th » Sharifah Aini, Malaysian singer (b. 1953)
• 5th » Pedro DeBrito, Cape Verdean-American soccer player (b. 1959)
• 5th » Elsbeth Juda, German-English photographer (b. 2011)
• 5th » Rosemary Murphy, German-American actress (b. 1925)
• 5th » Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1935)
• 5th » Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (b. 1931)
• 5th » Brett Wiesner, American soccer player (b. 1983)
• 6th » Dave Bickers, English motorcross racer and stuntman (b. 1938)
• 6th » Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)
• 6th » S. D. Gunadasa, Sri Lankan businessman (b. 1931)
• 6th » Andrew Mango, Turkish-English historian and author (b. 1926)
• 6th » Martin Van Geneugden, Belgian cyclist (b. 1932)
• 7th » Lammtarra, American race horse (b. 1992)
• 7th » Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1926)
• 7th » Lois Johnson, American singer (b. 1942)
• 7th » Dick Jones (actor) known as Dick Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
• 7th » Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (b. 1928)
• 7th » Bora Todorović, Serbian actor and singer (b. 1930)
• 7th » Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1937)
• 8th » Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 8th » John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)
• 8th » Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian politician (b. 1956)
• 8th » Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945)
• 8th » Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 9th » Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (b. 1926)
• 9th » David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
• 9th » Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (b. 1922)
• 9th » Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
• 9th » Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, Brazilian geologist and mineralogist (b. 1950)
• 9th » John Spinks (musician) named John Spinks, American guitarist and songwriter (The Outfield) (b. 1954)
• 9th » Ken Thorne, English-American composer (b. 1924)
• 10th » Robert C. Broomfield, American judge (b. 1933)
• 10th » On Kawara, Japanese-American painter (b. 1933)
• 10th » Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 10th » Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (b. 1939)
• 10th » Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (b. 1934)
• 10th » Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1912)
• 11th » Jean-Louis Gauthier, French cyclist (b. 1955)
• 11th » Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (Old and New Dreams) (b. 1937)
• 11th » Ray Lonnen, English actor (b. 1940)
• 11th » Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 11th » Bill McGill, American basketball player (b. 1939)
• 11th » Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (Ramones and Uncle Monk) (b. 1949)
• 11th » John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
• 11th » Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (b. 1958)
• 12th » Jamil Ahmad (writer) or Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (b. 1931)
• 12th » Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)
• 12th » Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (b. 1927)
• 12th » Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (b. 1919)
• 12th » Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 12th » Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)
• 12th » Peter Sainsbury, English cricketer (b. 1934)
• 13th » Thomas Berger (novelist) called Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (b. 1924)
• 13th » Geoffrey Blackburn, Australian minister (b. 1914)
• 13th » Nadine Gordimer, South African author and activist, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
• 13th » Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930)
• 13th » Jan Nolten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1930)
• 14th » Alice Coachman, American high jumper (b. 1923)
• 14th » Vintage Crop, Irish race horse (b. 1987)
• 14th » Vange Leonel, Brazilian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1963)
• 14th » John Victor Parker, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1928)
• 14th » Tom Rolf, Swedish-American film editor (b. 1931)
• 14th » Jack Tocco, American businessman (b. 1927)
• 15th » James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (b. 1918)
• 15th » Erosi Kitsmarishvili, Georgian businessman and diplomat (b. 1964)
• 15th » Saúl Lara, Spanish footballer (b. 1982)
• 15th » Robert A. Roe, American politician (b. 1924)
• 16th » Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (b. 1920)
• 16th » Mary Ellen Otremba, American educator and politician (b. 1950)
• 16th » Szymon Szurmiej, Polish actor and director (b. 1923)
• 16th » Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 16th » Heinz Zemanek, Austrian computer scientist and academic (b. 1920)
• 17th » Victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
• 17th » Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)
• 17th » Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)
• 17th » J. Sasikumar, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 17th » Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 18th » Andreas Biermann, German footballer (b. 1980)
• 18th » Tony Dean (rugby league) e.g Tony Dean, English rugby player (b. 1949)
• 18th » João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
• 18th » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 18th » Augie and Margo Rodriguez called Augie Rodriguez, American dancer (b. 1928)
• 19th » David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (b. 1917)
• 19th » Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player (b. 1911)
• 19th » Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (b. 1933)
• 19th » James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
• 19th » Ray King (footballer) or Ray King, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 19th » Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress (b. 1992)
• 19th » John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (b. 1919)
• 20th » Victor G. Atiyeh, American politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (b. 1923)
• 20th » Kadhal Dhandapani, Indian actor (b. 1943)
• 20th » Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (b. 1923)
• 20th » Bob McNamara (Canadian football) e.g Bob McNamara, American football player (b. 1931)
• 20th » Panna Rittikrai, Thai actor, director, and stuntman (b. 1961)
• 20th » Klaus Schmidt (archaeologist) known as Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1953)
• 21st » Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (b. 1961)
• 21st » Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (b. 1915)
• 21st » Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (b. 1943)
• 21st » Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)
• 21st » Kevin Skinner (rugby union) e.g Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)
• 22nd » John Blundell (economist) known as John Blundell, English economist (b. 1952)
• 22nd » Johann Breyer, German SS officer (b. 1925)
• 22nd » Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (b. 1933)
• 22nd » Robert Newhouse, American football player (b. 1950)
• 22nd » Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971)
• 23rd » Dora Bryan, English actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 23rd » Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (b. 1917)
• 23rd » Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1927)
• 23rd » Jordan Tabor, English footballer (b. 1990)
• 23rd » Bill Thompson (television host) named Bill Thompson, American television host (b. 1931)
• 23rd » Saado Ali Warsame, Somalian singer and politician (b. 1950)
• 23rd » Execution of Joseph Wood named Joseph Wood, American murderer (b. 1958)
• 24th » Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (b. 1956)
• 24th » Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean-American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1973)
• 24th » Christian Falk, Swedish singer-songwriter and bass player (Imperiet) (b. 1962)
• 24th » Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (b. 1945)
• 24th » Hans-Hermann Sprado, German journalist and author (b. 1956)
• 25th » Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)
• 25th » Alan C. Greenberg, American businessman (b. 1927)
• 25th » Çolpan İlhan, Turkish actress (b. 1936)
• 25th » Bel Kaufman, German-American author and academic (b. 1911)
• 25th » Richard Larter, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 26th » Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian politician (b. 1965)
• 26th » Charles R. Larson, American admiral (b. 1936)
• 26th » Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (b. 1938)
• 26th » Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthroposophist and author (b. 1954)
• 26th » Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 27th » Richard Bolt (RNZAF officer) or Richard Bolt, New Zealand air marshal (b. 1923)
• 27th » George Freese, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 27th » Robin Ibbs, English businessman and banker (b. 1926)
• 27th » Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 27th » Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
• 27th » Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th List of mayors of Seattle known as Mayor of Seattle (b. 1937)
• 27th » Paul St. Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1923)
• 28th » Margot Adler, American journalist and author (b. 1946)
• 28th » Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 28th » Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (b. 1989)
• 28th » Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 28th » James Shigeta, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 28th » Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (b. 1921)
• 28th » Monty M. Wyche, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1926)
• 29th » M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
• 29th » Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)
• 29th » Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 29th » María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945)
• 29th » Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959)
• 29th » Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939)
• 29th » Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919)
• 30th » Robert Drew, American director and producer (b. 1924)
• 30th » Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 30th » Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (b. 1931)
• 30th » Peter Hall (urbanist) named Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (b. 1932)
• 30th » Shūsei Nakamura, Japanese voice actor (b. 1935)
• 30th » Dick Smith (make-up artist) named Dick Smith, American make-up artist (b. 1922)
• 30th » Nini Stoltenberg, Norwegian activist (b. 1963)
• 30th » Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Frost) (b. 1942)
• 31st » Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (b. 1925)
• 31st » Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (b. 1948)
• 31st » Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948)
• 31st » Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
• 31st » Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director (b. 1945)

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