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An Eclipse of the Sun, July 14. 1748. Observed by the Right Honourable James Earl of Morton, https://archive.org/details/philtrans06775783 The Bastille Day Flare was a powerful solar flare on July 14, 2000 occurring near the peak of the solar maximum. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43891072/bastille-day-flare-2000/ __________________

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Bastille Day, a French national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day __________________

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A large violent earthquake occurred on the early hours of 14 July 1885 damaging many areas of Bengal https://sites.google.com/site/indiaquake/bengal-earthquake-of-1885 Mara Mountain, the closest known mountain to the North Pole, was first ascended on July 14, 1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Mountain __________________

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The Mariner 4 spacecraft flew by Mars on July 14 and July 15, 1965.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37044588/mariner-4/

Surveyor 4 was launched on the 14th July 1967 (unsuccessful lunar landing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_4

On July 14, 2015, the Pluto system is due to be visited by the New Horizons spacecraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Exploration

Sub-TEC 2 launched successfully on July 14, 2008.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58055786/subtec-ii/

The Malaysian RazakSAT satellite was launched by a Falcon 1 rocket on July 14, 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RazakSAT

An Orbcomm OG2 satellite was launched on the 14th July 2014.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57835110/orbcomm-og2-satellite/

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Tatyana Dmitryevna Kuznetsova (born 14 July 1941) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatyana_Kuznetsova

Robert Franklyn Overmyer (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot and NASA astronaut.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50008147/robert-f-overmyer-1936-1996/

Leonid Aleksandrovich Voskresenskiy (July 14, 1913 - December 15, 1965) was a Soviet rocketry scientist and self-taught engineer that led flight testing of missiles.
https://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Voskresenskiy

Esther Dyson (born 14 July 1951) is a former journalist and Wall Street technology analyst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Dyson

William Gravatt (14 July 1806 - 30 May 1866), was a English civil engineer and scientific instrument maker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gravatt

Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is an American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Goldreich

Robert Lewis John Ellery (14 July 1827 - 14 January 1908) was an English-Australian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._J._Ellery

Wlodzimierz Zonn (July 14, 1905, Vilnius - February 28, 1975) was a Polish astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82odzimierz_Zonn

Jacques d'Allonville (July 14, 1671 - September 1732) was a French astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_D%27Allonville

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NGC 6321 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 14th July 1871.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63325349/ngc-6321/

NGC 6565 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering on the 14th July 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58056973/ngc-6565/

NGC 6595 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 14th July 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58056967/ngc-6595/

NGC 6616 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 14th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58056962/ngc-6616/

NGC 6716 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 14th July 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58056961/ngc-6716/

NGC 6737 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 14th July 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58056954/ngc-6737/

NGC 6903 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 14th July 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58056951/ngc-6903/

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The magnetar Swift J1822.3-1606 was discovered on 14 July 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48525194/swift-j18223-1606/

John Herschel states that he observed Neptune during a sweep of the sky on July 14, 1830
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune#Earlier_observations

Asteroid (370) Modestia was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 14, 1893 in Nice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/370_Modestia

A satellite companion, designated S/2003 (283) 1, for asteroid 283 Emma was detected on 14 July 2003 by W. J. Merline et al.
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08165.html

July Phoenicids meteor shower
http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/july_phoenicids.html

A major detonating fireball over Flagstaff, AZ on July 14, 2013; 9:55 UTC

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Meteorites

The Le Teilleul (Howardite) meteorite fell in Basse-Normandie, France, on the 14th July, 1845.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43890690/le-teilleul-meteorite/

The Braunau (Iron, IIAB) meteorite fell in Vychodocesky, Czech Republic, on the 14th July, 1847.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43891094/braunau-meteorite/

The Dhurmsala (LL6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Himachal Pradesh, India, on the 14th July, 1860.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43891111/dhurmsala-meteorite/

The Sinai (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Al Isma'iliyah, Egypt, on the 14th July, 1916.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43891598/sinai-meteorite/

The Medanitos (Eucrite) meteorite fell in Catamarca, Argentina, on the 14th July, 1953.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43891606/medanitos-meteorite/

The Moss (CO3.6 carbonaceous chondrite) meteorite fell in Norway on July 14, 2006.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7662846/oslo-meteorite/

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