"Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem." As long as we are among humans, let us be humane. Seneca the Younger.

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha known as Lily of the Mohawks and Protectress of Canada Mohawk/Algonquin young woman when she converted to Catholicism. Committing to live as a virgin, she became known for her devotion to Jesus Christ, diligent work ethic, and dedicated prayers for her fellow Native people.

Saint Francis Solanus, OFM 10 March 1549 – 14 July 1610 Spanish Franciscan friar and missionary in South America. He was canonized in 1726.

Quentin Roosevelt I November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 son of President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service. He was killed in aerial combat. He is the only child of a U.S. president to have been killed in action.

Claudia Jean Kennedy born July 14, 1947 retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. She was the first woman to reach the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She retired in 2000 after 31 years of military service.

Robert Lee Elder July 14, 1934 – November 28, 2021 American professional golfer. In 1975, he became the first black golfer to play in the Masters Tournament

"The most successful people do not make up the rules as they go. They have a set of rules that they follow and they stick to them." John William Chancellor July 14, 1927 – July 12, 1996 American journalist who spent most of his career with NBC News.

Polly Bergen July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014 American actress, singer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur.

Nancy Ann Olson born July 14, 1928 American retired actress. She made her film debut Canadian Pacific (1949), before gaining prominence as Betty Schaefer in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950), for which she earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Harry Dean Stanton July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017 American actor and musician.

Robin Olds July 14, 1922 – June 14, 2007 American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force. He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 16 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War.

Fredric John Baur Jr. July 14, 1918 – May 4, 2008 American organic chemist and food storage scientist notable for designing the Pringles packaging. Each Pringles chip is in the mathematical shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid.

"Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go." Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977.

William Denby Hanna July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001 American animator, voice actor, and musician. Hanna and Joseph Barbera co-created Tom and Jerry and founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera

Irving Stone July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989 American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo.

Gustav Klimt 14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918 Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement

July 14, 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. The first digital image from Mars

July 14, 1960 – Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild.

July 14, 1958 – In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader

July 14, 1950 – Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon.

July 14, 1943 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.

July 14, 1933 – In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis.

July 14, 1933 – Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders

July 14, 1911 – Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by president William Howard Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.

July 14, 1900 – Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.

July 14, 1881 – American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the Maxwell House at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

July 14, 1874 – The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council

July 14, 1853 – Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations at Bryant Park in New York City.

July 14, 1798 – The Sedition Act of 1798 becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.