Holiday Calendar: Who is celebrating July 14th today?

Today, Thursday, July 14, commemorates memory of Saint Nicodemus Agioreitos and Saint Akylos the Apostle.

Thus, those with the name Nicodemus and Akylas celebrate.

Events of July 14th

• 1223 Louis VIII becomes king of France.

• 1789 French Revolution: Capture of the Bastille.

• 1789 Alexander Mackenzie completes his journey on the great river he hoped would lead him to the Pacific ocean but it turns out to flow to the Arctic ocean. The river, which is the second largest river system in North America, was later named the Mackenzie.

• 1821 Greek Revolution of 1821, Prince Alexander Ypsilantis is imprisoned in Austria.

• 1824 Greek Revolution of 1821, Battle of Ambliani, Greek fighters clash with 12,000 Turkalvans.

• 1907 Macedonian Struggle, the chieftains D. Yougkolakis (Mitrouse) and T. Tourlentes are trapped by the Turks in Kato Kemenikia of Serres.

• 1913 Second Balkan War The Greek army, (VIII Division), enters Gyumuljina (Komotini).

• 1920 Asia Minor Campaign The Greek army liberates the Forty Churches of Thrace.

• 1933 Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are declared illegal except the National Socialist.

• 1942 Second P.P.

• 1943 The Battle of Makrynoros begins. The EDES resistance organization attacks a convoy of the Italian Brenero division and parts of the German Edelweiss division during the Allied operation Animals.

• 1944 Second P.P.

July 14th birthdays

• 1602 Cardinal Mazarin

• 1743 Gabriel Derzhavin, Russian poet

• 1862 Gustav Klimt, Austrian artist

• 1889 Ante Pavelic, Croatian politician

• 1896 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist

• 1909 Frank Glasgow Tinker, American pilot

• 1913 Gerald Ford, 38th president of the USA.

• 1916 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer

• 1918 Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director

• 1947 Naveen Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius

• 1966 Matthew Fox, American actor

• 1967 Marios Konstantinou, Cypriot footballer

• 1967 Jeff Jarrett, American wrestler

• 1971 Bully Ray, American wrestler

• 1971 Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator

Deaths on July 14

• 1223 Philip II, King of France

• 1486 Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots

• 1623 William Byrd, English composer
• 1809 Nicodemus the Saint, saint of the Orthodox Church
• 1827 Augustine Fresnel, French physicist
• 1939 Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter
• 1954 Jadido Benavente, Spanish writer
• 1997 Demosthenes Zades, Greek writer
• 1998 Richard McDonald, American businessman
• 2006 Nathaniel Buchwald, American neuroscientist

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